Health
Health input plugin allows you to check how healthy a TCP server is. It does the check by issuing a TCP connection every a certain interval of time.
Configuration Parameters
The plugin supports the following configuration parameters:
| Key | Description |
|---|---|
Host | Name of the target host or IP address to check. |
Port | TCP port where to perform the connection check. |
Interval_Sec | Interval in seconds between the service checks. Default value is 1. |
Internal_Nsec | Specify a nanoseconds interval for service checks, it works in conjunction with the Interval_Sec configuration key. Default value is 0. |
Alert | If enabled, it will only generate messages if the target TCP service is down. By default this option is disabled. |
Add_Host | If enabled, hostname is appended to each records. Default value is false. |
Add_Port | If enabled, port number is appended to each records. Default value is false. |
Getting Started
In order to start performing the checks, you can run the plugin from the command line or through the configuration file:
Command Line
From the command line you can let Calyptia Fluent Bit generate the checks with the following options:
Configuration File
In your main configuration file append the following Input & Output sections:
Testing
Once Calyptia Fluent Bit is running, you will see some random values in the output interface similar to this:
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