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aliases = ["/engine/reference/logging/fluentd/"]
title = "Fluentd logging driver"
description = "Describes how to use the fluentd logging driver."
keywords = ["Fluentd, docker, logging, driver"]
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parent = "smn_logging"
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<![end-metadata]-->
# Fluentd logging driver
The `fluentd` logging driver sends container logs to the
[Fluentd](http://www.fluentd.org/) collector as structured log data. Then, users
can use any of the [various output plugins of
Fluentd](http://www.fluentd.org/plugins) to write these logs to various
destinations.
In addition to the log message itself, the `fluentd` log
driver sends the following metadata in the structured log message:
| Field | Description |
-------------------|-------------------------------------|
| `container_id` | The full 64-character container ID. |
| `container_name` | The container name at the time it was started. If you use `docker rename` to rename a container, the new name is not reflected in the journal entries. |
| `source` | `stdout` or `stderr` |
The `docker logs` command is not available for this logging driver.
## Usage
Some options are supported by specifying `--log-opt` as many times as needed:
- `fluentd-address`: specify `host:port` to connect `localhost:24224`
- `tag`: specify tag for fluentd message, which interpret some markup, ex `{{.ID}}`, `{{.FullID}}` or `{{.Name}}` `docker.{{.ID}}`
Configure the default logging driver by passing the
`--log-driver` option to the Docker daemon:
docker daemon --log-driver=fluentd
To set the logging driver for a specific container, pass the
`--log-driver` option to `docker run`:
docker run --log-driver=fluentd ...
Before using this logging driver, launch a Fluentd daemon. The logging driver
connects to this daemon through `localhost:24224` by default. Use the
`fluentd-address` option to connect to a different address.
docker run --log-driver=fluentd --log-opt fluentd-address=myhost.local:24224
If container cannot connect to the Fluentd daemon, the container stops
immediately unless the `fluentd-async-connect` option is used.
## Options
Users can use the `--log-opt NAME=VALUE` flag to specify additional Fluentd logging driver options.
### fluentd-address
By default, the logging driver connects to `localhost:24224`. Supply the
`fluentd-address` option to connect to a different address.
docker run --log-driver=fluentd --log-opt fluentd-address=myhost.local:24224
### tag
By default, Docker uses the first 12 characters of the container ID to tag log messages.
Refer to the [log tag option documentation](log_tags.md) for customizing
the log tag format.
### labels and env
The `labels` and `env` options each take a comma-separated list of keys. If there is collision between `label` and `env` keys, the value of the `env` takes precedence. Both options add additional fields to the extra attributes of a logging message.
### fluentd-async-connect
Docker connects to Fluentd in the background. Messages are buffered until the connection is established.
## Fluentd daemon management with Docker
About `Fluentd` itself, see [the project webpage](http://www.fluentd.org)
and [its documents](http://docs.fluentd.org/).
To use this logging driver, start the `fluentd` daemon on a host. We recommend
that you use [the Fluentd docker
image](https://hub.docker.com/r/fluent/fluentd/). This image is
especially useful if you want to aggregate multiple container logs on a each
host then, later, transfer the logs to another Fluentd node to create an
aggregate store.
### Testing container loggers
1. Write a configuration file (`test.conf`) to dump input logs:
<source>
@type forward
</source>
<match docker.**>
@type stdout
</match>
2. Launch Fluentd container with this configuration file:
$ docker run -it -p 24224:24224 -v /path/to/conf/test.conf:/fluentd/etc -e FLUENTD_CONF=test.conf fluent/fluentd:latest
3. Start one or more containers with the `fluentd` logging driver:
$ docker run --log-driver=fluentd your/application
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