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This Document documents the types introduced by the fluentbit Operator.

Note this document is generated from code comments. When contributing a change to this document please do so by changing the code comments.

Table of Contents

• ClusterFilter
• ClusterFilterList
• ClusterFluentBitConfig
• ClusterFluentBitConfigList
• ClusterInput
• ClusterInputList
• ClusterOutput
• ClusterOutputList
• ClusterParser
• ClusterParserList
• Collector
• CollectorList
• CollectorService
• CollectorSpec
• Decorder
• Filter
• FilterItem
• FilterList
• FilterSpec
• FluentBit
• FluentBitConfig
• FluentBitConfigList
• FluentBitConfigSpec
• FluentBitList
• FluentBitService
• FluentBitSpec
• InputSpec
• NamespacedFluentBitCfgSpec
• Output
• OutputList
• OutputSpec
• Parser
• ParserList
• ParserSpec
• Script
• Service

ClusterFilter

ClusterFilter defines a cluster-level Filter configuration.

Field	Description	Scheme
metadata		metav1.ObjectMeta
spec	Specification of desired Filter configuration.	FilterSpec

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ClusterFilterList

ClusterFilterList contains a list of ClusterFilter

Field	Description	Scheme
metadata		metav1.ListMeta
items		[]ClusterFilter

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ClusterFluentBitConfig

ClusterFluentBitConfig is the Schema for the cluster-level fluentbitconfigs API

Field	Description	Scheme
metadata		metav1.ObjectMeta
spec		FluentBitConfigSpec

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ClusterFluentBitConfigList

ClusterFluentBitConfigList contains a list of ClusterFluentBitConfig

Field	Description	Scheme
metadata		metav1.ListMeta
items		[]ClusterFluentBitConfig

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ClusterInput

ClusterInput is the Schema for the inputs API

Field	Description	Scheme
metadata		metav1.ObjectMeta
spec		InputSpec

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ClusterInputList

ClusterInputList contains a list of ClusterInput

Field	Description	Scheme
metadata		metav1.ListMeta
items		[]ClusterInput

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ClusterOutput

ClusterOutput is the Schema for the cluster-level outputs API

Field	Description	Scheme
metadata		metav1.ObjectMeta
spec		OutputSpec

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ClusterOutputList

ClusterOutputList contains a list of ClusterOutput

Field	Description	Scheme
metadata		metav1.ListMeta
items		[]ClusterOutput

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ClusterParser

ClusterParser is the Schema for the cluster-level parsers API

Field	Description	Scheme
metadata		metav1.ObjectMeta
spec		ParserSpec

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ClusterParserList

ClusterParserList contains a list of ClusterParser

Field	Description	Scheme
metadata		metav1.ListMeta
items		[]ClusterParser

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Collector

Collector is the Schema for the fluentbits API

Field	Description	Scheme
metadata		metav1.ObjectMeta
spec		CollectorSpec
status		CollectorStatus

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CollectorList

CollectorList contains a list of Collector

Field	Description	Scheme
metadata		metav1.ListMeta
items		[]Collector

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CollectorService

CollectorService defines the service of the FluentBit

Field	Description	Scheme
name	Name is the name of the FluentBit service.	string
annotations	Annotations to add to each Fluentbit service.	map[string]string
labels	Labels to add to each FluentBit service	map[string]string

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CollectorSpec

CollectorSpec defines the desired state of FluentBit

Field	Description	Scheme
image	Fluent Bit image.	string
args	Fluent Bit Watcher command line arguments.	[]string
imagePullPolicy	Fluent Bit image pull policy.	corev1.PullPolicy
imagePullSecrets	Fluent Bit image pull secret	[]corev1.LocalObjectReference
resources	Compute Resources required by container.	corev1.ResourceRequirements
nodeSelector	NodeSelector	map[string]string
affinity	Pod's scheduling constraints.	*corev1.Affinity
tolerations	Tolerations	[]corev1.Toleration
fluentBitConfigName	Fluentbitconfig object associated with this Fluentbit	string
secrets	The Secrets are mounted into /fluent-bit/secrets/.	[]string
runtimeClassName	RuntimeClassName represents the container runtime configuration.	string
priorityClassName	PriorityClassName represents the pod's priority class.	string
volumes	List of volumes that can be mounted by containers belonging to the pod.	[]corev1.Volume
volumesMounts	Pod volumes to mount into the container's filesystem.	[]corev1.VolumeMount
annotations	Annotations to add to each Fluentbit pod.	map[string]string
serviceAccountAnnotations	Annotations to add to the Fluentbit service account	map[string]string
securityContext	SecurityContext holds pod-level security attributes and common container settings.	*corev1.PodSecurityContext
hostNetwork	Host networking is requested for this pod. Use the host's network namespace. If this option is set, the ports that will be used must be specified. Default to false.	bool
pvc	PVC definition	*corev1.PersistentVolumeClaim
rbacRules	RBACRules represents additional rbac rules which will be applied to the fluent-bit clusterrole.	[]rbacv1.PolicyRule
disableService	By default will build the related service according to the globalinputs definition.	bool
bufferPath	The path where buffer chunks are stored.	*string
ports	Ports represents the pod's ports.	[]corev1.ContainerPort
service	Service represents configurations on the fluent-bit service.	CollectorService

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Decorder

Field	Description	Scheme
decodeField	If the content can be decoded in a structured message, append that structure message (keys and values) to the original log message.	string
decodeFieldAs	Any content decoded (unstructured or structured) will be replaced in the same key/value, no extra keys are added.	string

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Filter

Filter is the Schema for namespace level filter API

Field	Description	Scheme
metadata		metav1.ObjectMeta
spec		FilterSpec

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FilterItem

Field	Description	Scheme
grep	Grep defines Grep Filter configuration.	*filter.Grep
recordModifier	RecordModifier defines Record Modifier Filter configuration.	*filter.RecordModifier
kubernetes	Kubernetes defines Kubernetes Filter configuration.	*filter.Kubernetes
modify	Modify defines Modify Filter configuration.	*filter.Modify
nest	Nest defines Nest Filter configuration.	*filter.Nest
parser	Parser defines Parser Filter configuration.	*filter.Parser
lua	Lua defines Lua Filter configuration.	*filter.Lua
throttle	Throttle defines a Throttle configuration.	*filter.Throttle
rewriteTag	RewriteTag defines a RewriteTag configuration.	*filter.RewriteTag
aws	Aws defines a Aws configuration.	*filter.AWS
multiline	Multiline defines a Multiline configuration.	*filter.Multiline
customPlugin	CustomPlugin defines a Custom plugin configuration.	*custom.CustomPlugin

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FilterList

FilterList contains a list of Filters

Field	Description	Scheme
metadata		metav1.ListMeta
items		[]Filter

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FilterSpec

FilterSpec defines the desired state of ClusterFilter

Field	Description	Scheme
match	A pattern to match against the tags of incoming records. It's case-sensitive and support the star (*) character as a wildcard.	string
matchRegex	A regular expression to match against the tags of incoming records. Use this option if you want to use the full regex syntax.	string
filters	A set of filter plugins in order.	[]FilterItem

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FluentBit

FluentBit is the Schema for the fluentbits API

Field	Description	Scheme
metadata		metav1.ObjectMeta
spec		FluentBitSpec
status		FluentBitStatus

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FluentBitConfig

FluentBitConfig is the Schema for the API

Field	Description	Scheme
metadata		metav1.ObjectMeta
spec		NamespacedFluentBitCfgSpec

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FluentBitConfigList

FluentBitConfigList contains a list of Collector

Field	Description	Scheme
metadata		metav1.ListMeta
items		[]FluentBitConfig

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FluentBitConfigSpec

FluentBitConfigSpec defines the desired state of ClusterFluentBitConfig

Field	Description	Scheme
service	Service defines the global behaviour of the Fluent Bit engine.	*Service
inputSelector	Select input plugins	metav1.LabelSelector
filterSelector	Select filter plugins	metav1.LabelSelector
outputSelector	Select output plugins	metav1.LabelSelector
parserSelector	Select parser plugins	metav1.LabelSelector
namespace	If namespace is defined, then the configmap and secret for fluent-bit is in this namespace. If it is not defined, it is in the namespace of the fluentd-operator	*string

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FluentBitList

FluentBitList contains a list of FluentBit

Field	Description	Scheme
metadata		metav1.ListMeta
items		[]FluentBit

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FluentBitService

FluentBitService defines the service of the FluentBit

Field	Description	Scheme
name	Name is the name of the FluentBit service.	string
annotations	Annotations to add to each Fluentbit service.	map[string]string
labels	Labels to add to each FluentBit service	map[string]string

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FluentBitSpec

FluentBitSpec defines the desired state of FluentBit

Field	Description	Scheme
disableService	DisableService tells if the fluentbit service should be deployed.	bool
image	Fluent Bit image.	string
args	Fluent Bit Watcher command line arguments.	[]string
command	Fluent Bit Watcher command.	[]string
imagePullPolicy	Fluent Bit image pull policy.	corev1.PullPolicy
imagePullSecrets	Fluent Bit image pull secret	[]corev1.LocalObjectReference
positionDB	Storage for position db. You will use it if tail input is enabled.	corev1.VolumeSource
containerLogRealPath	Container log path	string
resources	Compute Resources required by container.	corev1.ResourceRequirements
nodeSelector	NodeSelector	map[string]string
affinity	Pod's scheduling constraints.	*corev1.Affinity
tolerations	Tolerations	[]corev1.Toleration
fluentBitConfigName	Fluentbitconfig object associated with this Fluentbit	string
namespaceFluentBitCfgSelector	NamespacedFluentBitCfgSelector selects the namespace FluentBitConfig associated with this FluentBit	metav1.LabelSelector
secrets	The Secrets are mounted into /fluent-bit/secrets/.	[]string
runtimeClassName	RuntimeClassName represents the container runtime configuration.	string
priorityClassName	PriorityClassName represents the pod's priority class.	string
volumes	List of volumes that can be mounted by containers belonging to the pod.	[]corev1.Volume
volumesMounts	Pod volumes to mount into the container's filesystem.	[]corev1.VolumeMount
annotations	Annotations to add to each Fluentbit pod.	map[string]string
serviceAccountAnnotations	Annotations to add to the Fluentbit service account	map[string]string
labels	Labels to add to each FluentBit pod	map[string]string
securityContext	SecurityContext holds pod-level security attributes and common container settings.	*corev1.PodSecurityContext
hostNetwork	Host networking is requested for this pod. Use the host's network namespace. If this option is set, the ports that will be used must be specified. Default to false.	bool
envVars	EnvVars represent environment variables that can be passed to fluentbit pods.	[]corev1.EnvVar
livenessProbe	LivenessProbe represents the pod's liveness probe.	*corev1.Probe
readinessProbe	ReadinessProbe represents the pod's readiness probe.	*corev1.Probe
initContainers	InitContainers represents the pod's init containers.	[]corev1.Container
ports	Ports represents the pod's ports.	[]corev1.ContainerPort
rbacRules	RBACRules represents additional rbac rules which will be applied to the fluent-bit clusterrole.	[]rbacv1.PolicyRule
dnsPolicy	Set DNS policy for the pod. Defaults to "ClusterFirst". Valid values are 'ClusterFirstWithHostNet', 'ClusterFirst', 'Default' or 'None'.	corev1.DNSPolicy
metricsPort	MetricsPort is the port used by the metrics server. If this option is set, HttpPort from ClusterFluentBitConfig needs to match this value. Default is 2020.	int32
service	Service represents configurations on the fluent-bit service.	FluentBitService

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InputSpec

InputSpec defines the desired state of ClusterInput

Field	Description	Scheme
alias	A user friendly alias name for this input plugin. Used in metrics for distinction of each configured input.	string
dummy	Dummy defines Dummy Input configuration.	*input.Dummy
tail	Tail defines Tail Input configuration.	*input.Tail
systemd	Systemd defines Systemd Input configuration.	*input.Systemd
nodeExporterMetrics	NodeExporterMetrics defines Node Exporter Metrics Input configuration.	*input.NodeExporterMetrics
prometheusScrapeMetrics	PrometheusScrapeMetrics defines Prometheus Scrape Metrics Input configuration.	*input.PrometheusScrapeMetrics
fluentBitMetrics	FluentBitMetrics defines Fluent Bit Metrics Input configuration.	*input.FluentbitMetrics
customPlugin	CustomPlugin defines Custom Input configuration.	*custom.CustomPlugin

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NamespacedFluentBitCfgSpec

NamespacedFluentBitCfgSpec defines the desired state of FluentBit

Field	Description	Scheme
filterSelector	Select filter plugins	metav1.LabelSelector
outputSelector	Select output plugins	metav1.LabelSelector
parserSelector	Select parser plugins	metav1.LabelSelector
clusterParserSelector	Select cluster level parser config	metav1.LabelSelector

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Output

Output is the schema for namespace level output API

Field	Description	Scheme
metadata		metav1.ObjectMeta
spec		OutputSpec

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OutputList

OutputList contains a list of Outputs

Field	Description	Scheme
metadata		metav1.ListMeta
items		[]Output

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OutputSpec

OutputSpec defines the desired state of ClusterOutput

Field	Description	Scheme
match	A pattern to match against the tags of incoming records. It's case sensitive and support the star (*) character as a wildcard.	string
matchRegex	A regular expression to match against the tags of incoming records. Use this option if you want to use the full regex syntax.	string
alias	A user friendly alias name for this output plugin. Used in metrics for distinction of each configured output.	string
azureBlob	AzureBlob defines AzureBlob Output Configuration	*output.AzureBlob
azureLogAnalytics	AzureLogAnalytics defines AzureLogAnalytics Output Configuration	*output.AzureLogAnalytics
cloudWatch	CloudWatch defines CloudWatch Output Configuration	*output.CloudWatch
retry_limit	RetryLimit represents configuration for the scheduler which can be set independently on each output section. This option allows to disable retries or impose a limit to try N times and then discard the data after reaching that limit.	string
es	Elasticsearch defines Elasticsearch Output configuration.	*output.Elasticsearch
file	File defines File Output configuration.	*output.File
forward	Forward defines Forward Output configuration.	*output.Forward
http	HTTP defines HTTP Output configuration.	*output.HTTP
kafka	Kafka defines Kafka Output configuration.	*output.Kafka
null	Null defines Null Output configuration.	*output.Null
stdout	Stdout defines Stdout Output configuration.	*output.Stdout
tcp	TCP defines TCP Output configuration.	*output.TCP
loki	Loki defines Loki Output configuration.	*output.Loki
syslog	Syslog defines Syslog Output configuration.	*output.Syslog
datadog	DataDog defines DataDog Output configuration.	*output.DataDog
firehose	Firehose defines Firehose Output configuration.	*output.Firehose
stackdriver	Stackdriver defines Stackdriver Output Configuration	*output.Stackdriver
splunk	Splunk defines Splunk Output Configuration	*output.Splunk
opensearch	OpenSearch defines OpenSearch Output configuration.	*output.OpenSearch
opentelemetry	OpenTelemetry defines OpenTelemetry Output configuration.	*output.OpenTelemetry
prometheusRemoteWrite	PrometheusRemoteWrite_types defines Prometheus Remote Write configuration.	*output.PrometheusRemoteWrite
customPlugin	CustomPlugin defines Custom Output configuration.	*custom.CustomPlugin

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Parser

Parser is the Schema for namespace level parser API

Field	Description	Scheme
metadata		metav1.ObjectMeta
spec		ParserSpec

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ParserList

ParserList contains a list of Parsers

Field	Description	Scheme
metadata		metav1.ListMeta
items		[]Parser

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ParserSpec

ParserSpec defines the desired state of ClusterParser

Field	Description	Scheme
json	JSON defines json parser configuration.	*parser.JSON
regex	Regex defines regex parser configuration.	*parser.Regex
ltsv	LTSV defines ltsv parser configuration.	*parser.LSTV
logfmt	Logfmt defines logfmt parser configuration.	*parser.Logfmt
decoders	Decoders are a built-in feature available through the Parsers file, each Parser definition can optionally set one or multiple decoders. There are two type of decoders type: Decode_Field and Decode_Field_As.	[]Decorder

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Script

Field	Description	Scheme
Name		string
Content		string

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Service

Field	Description	Scheme
daemon	If true go to background on start	*bool
flushSeconds	Interval to flush output	*int64
graceSeconds	Wait time on exit	*int64
hcErrorsCount	the error count to meet the unhealthy requirement, this is a sum for all output plugins in a defined HC_Period, example for output error: [2022/02/16 10:44:10] [ warn] [engine] failed to flush chunk '1-1645008245.491540684.flb', retry in 7 seconds: task_id=0, input=forward.1 > output=cloudwatch_logs.3 (out_id=3)	*int64
hcRetryFailureCount	the retry failure count to meet the unhealthy requirement, this is a sum for all output plugins in a defined HC_Period, example for retry failure: [2022/02/16 20:11:36] [ warn] [engine] chunk '1-1645042288.260516436.flb' cannot be retried: task_id=0, input=tcp.3 > output=cloudwatch_logs.1	*int64
hcPeriod	The time period by second to count the error and retry failure data point	*int64
healthCheck	enable Health check feature at http://127.0.0.1:2020/api/v1/health Note: Enabling this will not automatically configure kubernetes to use fluentbit's healthcheck endpoint	*bool
httpListen	Address to listen	string
httpPort	Port to listen	*int32
httpServer	If true enable statistics HTTP server	*bool
logFile	File to log diagnostic output	string
logLevel	Diagnostic level (error/warning/info/debug/trace)	string
parsersFile	Optional 'parsers' config file (can be multiple)	string

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