Regarding the Fluentd google_cloud plugin to send logs to stackdriver.

[Charith Dilshan]

Hi,

I have used fluetnd out_file and cloudwatch plugins to output my log lines to log files, Now I want to send the output to stackdriver. I tried the official documentation for that. But a lot of configuration parameters are missing . For example in cloudwatch_logs we can authenticate easily by using aws_key_id and aws_sec_key. Instead here we have to use a private key file. But I don't know where to specify(parameter) it in the configuration file.

Also in cloudwatch I can send the one field that has data by using message_keys msg. I also used log_group_name and log_stream_name with ${key} to accommodate as variables.

Can I use buffer to specify chunks in this plugin with fields in the json object(custom keys)?

Is stack-driver plugin is capable in something simillar to these?

Also can anyone share a example configuration of stack-driver in using for logging!

I am not using specifically google fluentd but fluentd. I have installed the required gem.

Any help is highly appreciated!

Thanks!

[Igor Peshansky]

Hi, Charith,

The instructions for using the Stackdriver logging agent are at https://cloud.google.com/logging/docs/agent. These include both installation and configuration.

We do not support using the gem separately, without installing the full package. This is because the package comes with all of the necessary dependencies, as well as a default configuration that is tuned to maximize logging ingestion performance for the common cases. This configuration should work out of the box on GCE and AWS, and is the example configuration you've asked for.

See https://cloud.google.com/logging/docs/agent/authorization for instructions on using private keys with the agent.

It's possible to configure the output plugin to convert certain payload fields into Stackdriver logging labels, which can be used for grouping and filtering. See https://cloud.google.com/logging/docs/agent/configuration#label-setup.

Hope this helps.

        Igor
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