Fluentd

Mezmo has developed a plugin to send your Fluentd logs to Mezmo. For more detailed information regarding the Fluentd plugin and configuration options, check out our Github repo.

Set Up FluentD Log Ingestion

Follow the instructions in the Mezmo Web App to set up FluentD log ingestion using your Mezmo ingestion key.

1. Log in to the Mezmo Web App.
2. In the bottom section of the left-hand navigation, click Help.
3. Select Add Log Sources.
4. Under Via platform, click FluentD.
5. Follow the instructions to set up FluentD log ingestion. Note that your ingestion key is automatically inserted into the configuration code.

Using FluentD to Tail Logs

Add code to td-agent.conf.

<source>
  @type tail
  path C:\tmp\*.log    #change to any path
  pos_file C:\tmp\httpd-access.log.pos    #change to any temp path as needed
  tag tail    #could be any tag
  <parse>
    @type none
  </parse>
</source>