Cloud Native Logging with Fluentd and Fluent Bit
Official partner
Linux Foundation
Course Description
This course introduces the Fluentd and Fluent Bit log forwarding and aggregation tool for use in cloud native logging. Both tools provide fast and efficient log transformation and enrichment, as well as aggregation and forwarding. These capabilities enable both Fluentd and Fluent Bit to realize the concept of a “unified logging layer”, that helps users consume log data collected from all parts of a large scale, distributed system.
Course Summary
Course Introduction
Fluent Ecosystem and Unified Logging
Log Input and Output
Filtering Data and Creating Pipelines
Parsing and Formatting Data
Multi-instance Deployments with the Fluent Ecosystem
Monitoring the Unified Logging Layer
Optimizing and Debugging Fluent Ecosystem Configurations
Securing Fluent Ecosystem Deployments
Debugging, Tuning, and Securing Fluentd Configurations
Introduction to Fluent Bit
Prerequisites for this course
To best benefit from this course you should have:
Some familiarity with logging and log management is helpful
Familiarity with Linux system administration
Labs require a minimal Ubuntu 20.04 system with Docker installed.
Audience for this course
This course is designed for individuals with a technical background including sysadmins and developers who need to utilize cloud native logging tools.