# Fluentd

This section explains how you can configure 'Fluentd' like a log shipper.

In order for the Fluentd component to send the log details to the event gateway,  users have to configure two elements.

1. Event Gateway Endpoint
2. Fluentd configuration 

**Step 1:** 

An example Event Gateway Endpoint configuration is captured in the below configuration snippet

```
Gateway Endpoint:
endpoints:
- name: http_events
  enabled: true
  type: http
  content_type: auto
  port: 516
  attrs:
    site_code: cfx_dc3
    archive_name: http_events
  stream: http-stream-01 
```

An example Fluentd configuration is captured in the below configuration snippet.

**Step 2:** 

Update host details in /etc/td-agent/td-agent.conf (using your favorite editor (e.g. vi )

```
## CFX Configuration

<source>
  @type tail
  path /var/log/messages
  pos_file /var/log/td-agent/log-messages.pos
  tag cfx-test-log
  <parse>
    @type none
  </parse>
</source>
<match cfx-test-log>
  @type http
  endpoint http://<event-gateway>:516/http_events
  open_timeout 2
  <format>
    @type json
  </format>
  <buffer>
    flush_interval 10s
  </buffer>
</match>
```

**Step 3:**

Restart Fluentd service (example is captured in the below snippet)

```
# Restart td-agent services 
sudo systemctl stop td-agent
sudo systemctl start td-agent
```

Note: In order to run the above commands, the user is expected to have 'sudo' privileges or run the command as a root to enable the required ports.


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