Docker Events

The Docker events input plugin uses the Docker API to capture server events. A complete list of possible events returned by this plugin can be found in the Docker documentation.

Configuration parameters

This plugin supports the following configuration parameters:

Key	Description	Default
Unix_Path	The docker socket Unix path.	/var/run/docker.sock
Buffer_Size	The size of the buffer used to read docker events in bytes.	8192
Parser	Specify the name of a parser to interpret the entry as a structured message.	none
Key	When a message is unstructured (no parser applied), it's appended as a string under the key name message.	message
Reconnect.Retry_limits	The maximum number of retries allowed. The plugin tries to reconnect with docker socket when EOF is detected.	5
Reconnect.Retry_interval	The retry interval in seconds.	1
Threaded	Indicates whether to run this input in its own thread.	false

Command line

You can run this plugin from the command line:

$ fluent-bit -i docker_events -o stdout

Configuration file

In your main configuration file append the following:

fluent-bit.yaml

pipeline:
    inputs:
        - name: docker_events

    outputs:
        - name: stdout
          match: '*'

fluent-bit.conf

[INPUT]
    Name   docker_events

[OUTPUT]
    Name   stdout
    Match  *