fluentd-elasticsearch-container

The container to send all containers' logs to an Elasticsearch container.

Running

Simple run:

docker run -d --name some_cool_name oosidat/fluentd-elasticsearch-container

Run in vagrant box alongside other docker containers

• Ensure that there's an ElasticSearch container running at port 9200
• Run fluentd container:

docker run --net=host -d --name some_cool_name oosidat/fluentd-elasticsearch-container

• Ensure that other containers (which need to send logs) have their log driver set to fluentd

Supported Environment Variables

Pass using -e in docker run or using the environment key using docker-compose

Name	Description	Default
ES_HOST	ElasticSearch host	localhost
ES_PORT	ElasticSearch port	9200
ES_INDEX	ElasticSearch index name	fluentd
ES_TYPE	ElasticSearch index type	fluentd
MATCH_PATTERN	fluentd matching pattern, used in <filter> & <match>	docker.**
FLUENTD_OPT	other options for running fluent	none (empty)

Credits:

• openfirmware/docker-fluentd-elasticsearch
• Eric Fortin's custom fluent-plugin-parser plugin
• Fluentd docker image