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Fluentd - A logging aggregation framework that integrates security monitoring and observability across distributed environments. https://github.com/fluent/fluentd

Fluentd is an open-source data collector designed to unify the collection and consumption of data from various sources, creating a unified logging layer. It provides a flexible and scalable solution for gathering logs, events, and metrics from diverse systems and applications, enabling centralized log management, analysis, and visualization.

• **Unified Logging Layer:** Fluentd aims to structure data as JSON as much as possible, unifying the collection, filtering, buffering, and outputting of logs across multiple sources and destinations.
• **Plugin Ecosystem:** A rich plugin ecosystem supports various input and output sources, allowing seamless integration with a wide range of systems and applications.
• **Tag-Based Routing:** Fluentd employs a tag-based routing mechanism to efficiently filter and route data to different destinations based on user-defined tags.
• **Buffering and Reliability:** It incorporates buffering mechanisms to handle fluctuations in data volume and ensure reliable data delivery even during network outages or system disruptions.
• **High Performance:** Fluentd is designed for high performance and scalability, capable of handling large volumes of data from distributed systems.

• **Centralized Log Management:** Fluentd centralizes log collection from diverse sources, simplifying log management and analysis.
• **Flexibility:** Its pluggable architecture and tag-based routing offer flexibility in adapting to various data sources and destinations.
• **Reliability:** Buffering mechanisms ensure reliable data delivery even in challenging network conditions.
• **Scalability:** Fluentd's architecture is designed to handle large volumes of data from distributed systems, ensuring scalability as your infrastructure grows.
• **Open Source and Community-Driven:** Fluentd is an open-source project with a vibrant community, fostering collaboration and innovation.

Fluentd configuration is typically defined in a configuration file using a domain-specific language (DSL). Here's a simple example that collects logs from a file and sends them to Elasticsearch:

``` <source>

 @type tail
 path /var/log/myapp.log
 tag myapp

<match myapp>

 @type elasticsearch
 host elasticsearch-host
 port 9200
 logstash_format true
 index_name myapp-logs

This configuration defines a `tail` input source that reads logs from the `/var/log/myapp.log` file and assigns the tag `myapp` to the collected data. The `match` section filters data with the `myapp` tag and sends it to an Elasticsearch cluster for indexing and searching.

• **Fluentd Official Website:** s://www.fluentd.org/(https://www.fluentd.org/)
• **Fluentd GitHub Repository:** s://github.com/fluent/fluentd(https://github.com/fluent/fluentd)
• **Fluentd Documentation:** s://docs.fluentd.org/(https://docs.fluentd.org/)