Examples
Flow examples
The following examples show some simple flows. For more examples that use filters, see Filter examples in Flows.
Flow with a single output
This Flow sends every message with the app: nginx label to the output called forward-output-sample.
Flow with multiple outputs
This Flow sends every message with the app: nginx label to the gcs-output-sample and s3-output-example outputs.
Logging examples
Simple Logging definition with default values.
Logging with TLS
Simple Logging definition with TLS encryption enabled.
Output examples
Simple file output
Defines a file output with timestamped log files.
Drop messages into dev/null output
Creates a dev/null output that can be the destination of messages you want to drop explicitly.
CAUTION:
Messages sent to this output are irrevocably lost forever.S3 output
Defines an Amazon S3 output to store your logs in a bucket.
GCS output
Defines a Google Cloud Storage output to store your logs.
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