fluent-forward

enabled

This indicates if the module is enabled or disabled.

socket_path

This indicates the path of the UDP socket to be listen. The socket will be created at runtime in the designated path.

For example <socket_path>/var/run/fluentd.sock</socket_path>.

tag

This indicates the tag to be added to the messages forwarded to the Fluentd server.

For example <tag>debug.test</tag>.

address

This indicates the address of the Fluentd server.

For example <address>localhost</address>.

port

This indicates de port number of the Fluentd server.

For example <port>24224</port>.

shared_key

This indicates the key known by the Fluentd server for authentication. This implicitly enables the TLS secure mode;

For example <shared_key>secret_string</shared_key>.

ca_file

This indicates path to a CA certificate file to validate the Fluentd server in TLS (secure mode only).

For example <ca_file>/root/conf/fluentd.crt</ca_file>.

user

This indicates the user name for authentication used on the Fluentd server TLS (secure mode only).

For example <user>foo</user>.

password

This indicates the user password for authentication used on the Fluentd server TLS (secure mode only).

For example <password>bar</password>.

timeout

This indicates the timeout in seconds for sending and receiving responses from the Fluentd server.

For example <timeout>10</timeout>.