Amazon Linux
Install on Amazon Linux
Fluent Bit is distributed as fluent-bit package and is available for the latest Amazon Linux 2.
The following architectures are supported
x86_64
aarch64 / arm64v8
Single line install
A simple installation script is provided to be used for most Linux targets. This will always install the most recent version released.
This is purely a convenience helper and should always be validated prior to use. The recommended secure deployment approach is to follow the instructions below.
Configure Yum
We provide fluent-bit through a Yum repository. In order to add the repository reference to your system, please add a new file called fluent-bit.repo in /etc/yum.repos.d/ with the following content:
Amazon Linux 2
Note: we encourage you always enable the gpgcheck for security reasons. All our packages are signed.
Updated key from March 2022
The GPG Key fingerprint of the new key is:
The GPG Key fingerprint of the old key is:
Install
Once your repository is configured, run the following command to install it:
Now the following step is to instruct systemd to enable the service:
If you do a status check, you should see a similar output like this:
The default configuration of fluent-bit is collecting metrics of CPU usage and sending the records to the standard output, you can see the outgoing data in your /var/log/messages file.
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