Fluent Forward

Description

​The Fluent Forward source type can receive logs from Fluentd and Fluentbit agents or software capable of emitting logs using the Fluent Forward Protocol. ​ The Fluent Forward source type is useful for integrating Open Telemetry-based collectors into an existing environment where Fluentd or Fluentbit is the primary collection system for logs.

Supported Platforms

Platform	Metrics	Logs	Traces
Linux		✓
Windows		✓
macOS		✓

Configuration Table

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
listen_address	string	0.0.0.0	The IP address to listen on and receive logs from Fluent Forward capable agents.
port	int	24224	TCP port to listen on and receive logs from Fluent Forward capable agents.

See the Open Telemetry Fluent Forward Receiver documentation for more information.