Bindplane

Description

Monitor the logs of a Bindplane server. Requires a Bindplane Collector be installed on the same system as the server.

Supported Platforms

Bindplane Collector: v1.40.0+

Platform	Metrics	Logs	Traces
Linux		✓
macOS		✓
Windows

Configuration

Field	Description
Bindplane Log Path	The absolute path to the Bindplane log. Default is /var/log/bindplane/bindplane.log.
Enable File Offset Storage	When enabled, the current position into a file will be saved to disk, and reading will resume from where it left off after a collector restart.
Offset Storage Directory	The directory that the offset storage file will be created. Default is $OIQ_OTEL_COLLECTOR_HOME/storage.
Start At	Where in the log file to begin reading logs from. Can be beginning or end.

Example Configuration

Basic Configuration

For basic configuration, the defaults are used.

Web Interface

Standalone Source

apiVersion: bindplane.observiq.com/v1
kind: Source
metadata:
  id: bindplane-agent
  name: bindplane-agent
spec:
  type: bindplane-agent
  parameters:
    - name: log_path
      value: '/var/log/bindplane/bindplane.log'
    - name: enable_offset_storage
      value: true
    - name: offset_storage_dir
      value: '$OIQ_OTEL_COLLECTOR_HOME/storage'
    - name: start_at
      value: 'end'