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| 1 | +--- |
| 2 | +description: >- |
| 3 | + Collects Kubernetes Events |
| 4 | +--- |
| 5 | + |
| 6 | +# Kubernetes Events |
| 7 | + |
| 8 | +Kubernetes exports it events through the API server. This input plugin allows to retrieve those events as logs and get them processed through the pipeline. |
| 9 | + |
| 10 | +## Configuration |
| 11 | + |
| 12 | + |
| 13 | +| Key | Description | Default | |
| 14 | +|---------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------| |
| 15 | +| db | Set a database file to keep track of recorded Kubernetes events | | |
| 16 | +| db.sync | Set a database sync method. values: extra, full, normal and off | normal | |
| 17 | +| interval_sec | Set the polling interval for each channel. | 0 | |
| 18 | +| interval_nsec | Set the polling interval for each channel (sub seconds: nanoseconds) | 500000000 | |
| 19 | +| kube_url | API Server end-point | https://kubernetes.default.svc | |
| 20 | + | kube_ca_file | Kubernetes TLS CA file | /var/run/secrets/kubernetes.io/serviceaccount/ca.crt | |
| 21 | + | kube_ca_path | Kubernetes TLS ca path | | |
| 22 | +| kube_token_file | Kubernetes authorization token file. | /var/run/secrets/kubernetes.io/serviceaccount/token | |
| 23 | + | kube_token_ttl | kubernetes token ttl, until it is reread from the token file. | 10m | |
| 24 | +| kube_request_limit | kubernetes limit parameter for events query, no limit applied when set to 0. | 0 | |
| 25 | + | kube_retention_time | Kubernetes retention time for events. | 1h | |
| 26 | + | kube_namespace | Kubernetes namespace to query events from. Gets events from all namespaces by default | | |
| 27 | + | tls.debug | Debug level between 0 (nothing) and 4 (every detail). | 0 | |
| 28 | + | tls.verify | Enable or disable verification of TLS peer certificate. | On | |
| 29 | + | tls.vhost | Set optional TLS virtual host. | | |
| 30 | + |
| 31 | +## Getting Started |
| 32 | + |
| 33 | +### Simple Configuration File |
| 34 | + |
| 35 | +In the following configuration file, the input plugin _windows_exporter_metrics collects _metrics every 2 seconds and exposes them through our [Prometheus Exporter](../outputs/prometheus-exporter.md) output plugin on HTTP/TCP port 2021. |
| 36 | + |
| 37 | +```text |
| 38 | +[SERVICE] |
| 39 | +flush 1 |
| 40 | +log_level info |
| 41 | +
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| 42 | +[INPUT] |
| 43 | +name kubernetes_events |
| 44 | +tag k8s_events |
| 45 | +kube_url https://kubernetes.default.svc |
| 46 | +
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| 47 | +[OUTPUT] |
| 48 | +name stdout |
| 49 | +match * |
| 50 | +
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| 51 | +
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| 52 | +``` |
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