README.md

Fluentd CloudWatch

• Installs Fluentd Cloudwatch log forwarder.

TL;DR;

$ helm install incubator/fluentd-cloudwatch

Introduction

This chart bootstraps a Fluentd Cloudwatch deployment on a Kubernetes cluster using the Helm package manager.

Prerequisites

• Kubernetes 1.4+ with Beta APIs enabled

Installing the Chart

To install the chart with the release name my-release:

$ helm install --name my-release incubator/fluentd-cloudwatch

The command deploys Fluentd Cloudwatch on the Kubernetes cluster in the default configuration. The configuration section lists the parameters that can be configured during installation.

Uninstalling the Chart

To uninstall/delete the my-release deployment:

$ helm delete my-release

The command removes all the Kubernetes components associated with the chart and deletes the release.

Configuration

The following tables lists the configurable parameters of the Fluentd Cloudwatch chart and their default values.

Parameter	Description	Default
image	Image	18fgsa/fluentd-cloudwatch
imageTag	Image tag	0.1.0
imagePullPolicy	Image pull policy	Always if imageTag is latest, else IfNotPresent
resources.limits.cpu	CPU limit	100m
resources.limits.memory	Memory limit	200Mi
resources.requests.cpu	CPU request	100m
resources.requests.memory	Memory request	200Mi
hostNetwork	Host network	false
annotations	Annotations	nil
awsRegion	AWS Cloudwatch region	us-east-1
logGroupName	AWS Cloudwatch log group	kubernetes

Specify each parameter using the --set key=value[,key=value] argument to helm install. For example,

$ helm install --name my-release \
  --set awsRegion=us-east-1 \
    incubator/fluentd-cloudwatch

Alternatively, a YAML file that specifies the values for the above parameters can be provided while installing the chart. For example,

$ helm install --name my-release -f values.yaml stable/fluentd-cloudwatch

ConfigMap Files

FluentD is configured through td-agent.conf. This file (and any others listed in tdAgentFiles) will be mounted into the fluentd pod.