jkawamoto/fluentd repository overview

⁠Fluentd storing logs to MongoDB

This image extends kiyoto/docker-fluentd and it has two modes; server and client.

Server or hub mode aggregates logs from client mode containers and store logs to MongoDB. Client mode gathers containers logs from /var/lib/docker/containers.

⁠Install

$ docker pull jkawamoto/fluentd

⁠Usage

⁠Server mode

This mode requires

• linking to a MongoDB container as mongo,
• setting environment variables USER and PASSWORD which are auth information of MongoDB.

$ docker run -d --name fluentd-server --link <mongodb>:mongo \
             -e USER=<user> -e PASSWORD=<password> \
             jkawamoto/fluentd server

⁠Client mode

This mode requires

• linking to a server/ambassador container as fluentd,
• mounting /var/lib/docker/containers to the same path,
• setting environment variable HOSTNAME.

$ docker run -d --name fluentd-client --link fluentd-server:fluentd \
             -v /var/lib/docker/containers:/var/lib/docker/containers \
             -e HOSTNAME=<some identifier> \
             jkawamoto/fluentd client

It also takes environment variable PORT. You can specify server's listing port with this variable.

⁠License

This software is released under the MIT License, see LICENSE.