FluentdWhat is Fluentd?
Fluentd collects events from various data sources and writes them to files, RDBMS, NoSQL, IaaS, SaaS, Hadoop and so on. Fluentd helps you unify your logging infrastructure.
Fluentd is a tool in the Log Management category of a tech stack.
Key Features
Open sourceFlexibleMinimum resourcesReliable
Fluentd Pros & Cons
Pros of Fluentd
- ✓Open-source
- ✓Great for Kubernetes node container log forwarding
- ✓Easy
- ✓Lightweight
Cons of Fluentd
No cons listed yet.
Fluentd Alternatives & Comparisons
What are some alternatives to Fluentd?
Logstash
Logstash is a tool for managing events and logs. You can use it to collect logs, parse them, and store them for later use (like, for searching). If you store them in Elasticsearch, you can view and analyze them with Kibana.
Logback
It is intended as a successor to the popular log4j project. It is divided into three modules, logback-core, logback-classic and logback-access. The logback-core module lays the groundwork for the other two modules, logback-classic natively implements the SLF4J API so that you can readily switch back and forth between logback and other logging frameworks and logback-access module integrates with Servlet containers, such as Tomcat and Jetty, to provide HTTP-access log functionality.
SLF4J
It is a simple Logging Facade for Java (SLF4J) serves as a simple facade or abstraction for various logging frameworks allowing the end user to plug in the desired logging framework at deployment time.
