This is a protocol specification for Fluentd forward
input/output plugins. This protocol is also used by fluent-logger software, and many other software in ecosystem (e.g., Docker logging driver for Fluentd).
This protocol version is v1. This spec is supported by Fluentd v0.14
(v0.14.5
and later), and v1
(in plan). Protocol version v0 is supported by v0.10
and v0.12
, and protocol version v1
is compatible with v0
(All implementations which supports v1
also supports v0
).
- August 30, 2016: start to write this draft