Kubernetes Container Logs

Supported Platforms

Platform	Metrics	Logs	Traces
Kubernetes DaemonSet		✓
OpenShift 4 DaemonSet		✓

Configuration Table

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
cluster_name*	string		The cluster name that will be added as the k8s.cluster.name resource attribute.
log_source	enum	File	Where to read logs from. Generally, this is file. file source supports Docker json-file and Containerd cri-o log formats. Options include file and journald.
file_path	strings	/var/log/containers/*.log	When log_source is file. File or directory paths to tail for logs. Defaults to all container logs.
journald_path*	string	The directory containing Journald's log files.	When log_source is journald. The directory containing Journald's log files.
exclude_file_path	strings	/var/log/containers/observiq--collector-	File or directory paths to exclude. Generally, the collector's own log should be excluded.
start_at	enum	end	Start reading the logs from the 'beginning' or 'end'.

*required field

Example Configuration

The Kubernetes Container logs source has one required parameter:

• Cluster Name: The name of the cluster, which will be inserted as the k8s.cluster.name resource attribute

Once running on an agent, metrics will look like this: