Fluent Bit

Fluent bit source plugin

Fluent Bit is an open-source data collector and forwarder, designed to collect data from various sources, transform it, and export it to different destinations. It provides a lightweight and efficient solution for collecting and processing data, with support for various input sources such as logs, metrics, and events.

You can use the Fluent Bit Source Plugin to configure your Calyptia Core pipeline to receive data from your Fluent Bit instances.

Configuration Parameters

The following are configuration Parameters for Fluent Bit Source Plugin

Key	Description
Port	The TCP Port the pipeline should listen on.

The following are security and TLS configuration parameters.

Key	Description
TLS	Enable or Disable TLS/SSL support
TLS Certificate Validation	Turn TLS/SSL certificate validation on / off, TLS must be on for this setting to be enabled.
TLS Debug Level	Set TLS debug verbosity level. It accepts the following values: 0 (No debug), 1 (Error), 2 (State change), 3 (Informational), and 4 Verbose
CA Certificate File Path	Absolute path to CA certificate file
Certificate File Path	Absolute path to Certificate file
Private key File Path	Absolute path to private Key file
Private Key Path Password	Optional password for tls.key_file file
TLS SNI Hostname Extension	Hostname to be used for TLS SNI Extension

Configuring Fluent Bit to route data to Calyptia Core

You can leverage the out_forward plugin within Fluent Bit to route data to the Fluent Bit data source within Calyptia Core. In your Fluent Bit configuration use the following configuration

Fluent Bit documentation: https://docs.fluentbit.io/manual/pipeline/outputs/forward

[OUTPUT]
    Name          forward
    Match         *
    Host          127.0.0.1
    Port          24244