My Fluentbit experience logging docker!

Pre-requirements

• Elasticsearch

docker run --name elk -p 9200:9200 -p 9300:9300 -d docker.elastic.co/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-oss:6.6.0

Optional - Build a customize Kibana docker image with Logtrail

Customize your kibana/logtrail.json and build your image: docker build -t [your_account]/kibana:6.6.0 .

Run your Kibana point to your elasticsearch

docker run --name kibana -p 5602:5601 -e ELASTICSEARCH_URL=http://myelastichost:9200 -d dvriesman/kibana:6.6.0

Run fluentbit

docker run --name fluentbit --restart=always -p 24224:24224 -vpwd:/opt/bitnami/fluent-bit/conf -d bitnami/fluent-bit:latest

Add new flag to docker gun

You should now add --log-driver=fluentd to all containers you want to log.

Example:

docker run --name mycontainer -d -p 8080:8080 --log-driver=fluentd dvriesman/myapp:1.0

Open you Kibana and you will see Logtrail in action !