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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

PlatformMetricsLogsTraces
Linux
Windows
macOS

Configuration Table

ParameterTypeDefaultDescription
listen_addressstring0.0.0.0The IP address to listen on and receive logs from Fluent Forward capable agents.
portint24224TCP port to listen on and receive logs from Fluent Forward capable agents.

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