Updates to all of the Fluent Bit configuration output and added supervisor mode entry matching verison 4.1. Fixes #2082. (#2129)

Signed-off-by: Eric D. Schabell <[email protected]>

Author: eschabell

administration/configuring-fluent-bit.md

@@ -10,6 +10,10 @@ Fluent Bit supports two configuration formats:
 Fluent Bit exposes most of it features through the command line interface. Running the `-h` option you can get a list of the options available:
 
 ```shell
+# Podman container tooling.
+podman run -rm -ti fluent/fluent-bit --help
+
+# Docker container tooling.
 docker run --rm -it fluent/fluent-bit --help
 ```
 
@@ -22,6 +26,7 @@ Available Options
   -b  --storage_path=PATH specify a storage buffering path
   -c  --config=FILE       specify an optional configuration file
   -d, --daemon            run Fluent Bit in background mode
+      --supervisor        run under a supervising parent process, uses "fork()" to execute child processes
   -D, --dry-run           dry run
   -f, --flush=SECONDS     flush timeout in seconds (default: 1)
   -C, --custom=CUSTOM     enable a custom plugin
@@ -36,16 +41,24 @@ Available Options
   -t, --tag=TAG           set plugin tag, same as '-p tag=abc'
   -T, --sp-task=SQL       define a stream processor task
   -v, --verbose           increase logging verbosity (default: info)
+  -Z, --enable-chunk-traceenable chunk tracing, it can be activated either through the http api or the command line
+  --trace-input           input to start tracing on startup.
+  --trace-output          output to use for tracing on startup.
+  --trace-output-property set a property for output tracing on startup.
+  --trace                 setup a trace pipeline on startup. Uses a single line, ie: "input=dummy.0 output=stdout output.format='json'"
   -w, --workdir           set the working directory
   -H, --http              enable monitoring HTTP server
   -P, --port              set HTTP server TCP port (default: 2020)
   -s, --coro_stack_size   set coroutines stack size in bytes (default: 24576)
   -q, --quiet             quiet mode
   -S, --sosreport         support report for Enterprise customers
+  -Y, --enable-hot-reload enable for hot reloading
+  -W, --disable-thread-safety-on-hot-reloadingdisable thread safety on hot reloading
   -V, --version           show version number
   -h, --help              print this help
 
 Inputs
+  blob                    Blob (binary) files
   cpu                     CPU Usage
   mem                     Memory Usage
   thermal                 Thermal
@@ -56,32 +69,53 @@ Inputs
   netif                   Network Interface Usage
   docker                  Docker containers metrics
   docker_events           Docker events
+  podman_metrics          Podman metrics
+  process_exporter_metricsProcess Exporter Metrics (Prometheus Compatible)
+  gpu_metrics             GPU Metrics
   node_exporter_metrics   Node Exporter Metrics (Prometheus Compatible)
+  kubernetes_events       Kubernetes Events
+  kafka                   Kafka consumer input plugin
   fluentbit_metrics       Fluent Bit internal metrics
   prometheus_scrape       Scrape metrics from Prometheus Endpoint
+  prometheus_textfile     Read Prometheus metrics from text files
   tail                    Tail files
   dummy                   Generate dummy data
-  dummy_thread            Generate dummy data in a separate thread
   head                    Head Input
   health                  Check TCP server health
   http                    HTTP
   collectd                collectd input plugin
   statsd                  StatsD input plugin
   opentelemetry           OpenTelemetry
+  elasticsearch           HTTP Endpoints for Elasticsearch (Bulk API)
+  splunk                  Input plugin for Splunk HEC payloads
+  prometheus_remote_write Prometheus Remote Write input
+  event_type              Event tests for input plugins
   nginx_metrics           Nginx status metrics
   serial                  Serial input
   stdin                   Standard Input
   syslog                  Syslog
+  udp                     UDP
+  exec_wasi               Exec WASI Input
   tcp                     TCP
   mqtt                    MQTT, listen for Publish messages
   forward                 Fluentd in-forward
   random                  Random
 
+Processors
+  content_modifier        Modify the content of Logs, Metrics and Traces
+  labels                  Modifies metrics labels
+  metrics_selector        select metrics by specified name
+  opentelemetry_envelope  Package log records inside an OpenTelemetry Logs schema
+  sampling                Sampling
+  sql                     SQL processor
+
 Filters
   alter_size              Alter incoming chunk size
   aws                     Add AWS Metadata
   checklist               Check records and flag them
+  ecs                     Add AWS ECS Metadata
   record_modifier         modify record
+  sysinfo                 Filter for system info
   throttle                Throttle messages using sliding window algorithm
   type_converter          Data type converter
   kubernetes              Filter to append Kubernetes metadata
@@ -92,14 +126,17 @@ Filters
   expect                  Validate expected keys and values
   grep                    grep events by specified field values
   rewrite_tag             Rewrite records tags
+  log_to_metrics          generate log derived metrics
   lua                     Lua Scripting Filter
   stdout                  Filter events to STDOUT
   geoip2                  add geoip information to records
   nightfall               scans records for sensitive content
+  wasm                    WASM program filter
 
 Outputs
   azure                   Send events to Azure HTTP Event Collector
   azure_blob              Azure Blob Storage
+  azure_logs_ingestion    Send logs to Log Analytics with Log Ingestion API
   azure_kusto             Send events to Kusto (Azure Data Explorer)
   bigquery                Send events to BigQuery via streaming insert
   counter                 Records counter
@@ -118,6 +155,7 @@ Outputs
   nrlogs                  New Relic
   null                    Throws away events
   opensearch              OpenSearch
+  oracle_log_analytics    Oracle log analytics
   plot                    Generate data file for GNU Plot
   pgsql                   PostgreSQL
   skywalking              Send logs into log collector on SkyWalking OAP
@@ -127,6 +165,7 @@ Outputs
   stdout                  Prints events to STDOUT
   syslog                  Syslog
   tcp                     TCP Output
+  udp                     UDP Output
   td                      Treasure Data
   flowcounter             FlowCounter
   gelf                    GELF Output
@@ -138,4 +177,6 @@ Outputs
   prometheus_exporter     Prometheus Exporter
   prometheus_remote_write Prometheus remote write
   s3                      Send to S3
+  vivo_exporter           Vivo Exporter
+  chronicle               Send logs to Google Chronicle as unstructured log
 ```