Can I use Fluentd to send logs to Nagios Log Server?

[Sampath.Basireddy]

Can I use Fluentd to send logs to Nagios Log Server?

[kfanselow]

While we don't currently support fluentd as log source there should be a way to route the data into the system if you're already using fluentd. The easiest way may be to use one of the syslog output plugins and send the logs to logstash on port 5544. Please find below our document on configuring Nagios Log Server inputs and a guide for setting up syslog to work with SSL.

https://assets.nagios.com/downloads/nag ... Inputs.pdf

https://assets.nagios.com/downloads/nag ... th-SSL.pdf

Hope this is useful.

Thanks and Best Regards,
Keith

[Sampath.Basireddy]

Thank You @kfanselow for the response.

Basically my requirement is to use Nagios Log Server for our Java based applications hosted in Kubernetes and parse.

Is this something which I can pursue, if yes, are there some best practices or any documentation around the filters, grok parsers etc?

Really appreciate your inputs.

Thank You!!

[kfanselow]

Glad to hear that was helpful. Please find below a link to our Log Server Administrator Guide along with the specific links to our Input and Filter guides for your convenience.

https://assets.nagios.com/downloads/nag ... index.php#

Server Input Guide
https://assets.nagios.com/downloads/nag ... Inputs.pdf
Server Filter Guide
https://assets.nagios.com/downloads/nag ... ilters.pdf

Also here is our guide for configuring multi-line input with syslog -- this should make processing the java output easier.

https://support.nagios.com/kb/print-727.html

Thanks and Best Regards,
Keith