55[ Fluent Bit] ( https://fluentbit.io ) has an engine that helps to coordinate the data
66ingestion from input plugins. The engine calls the _ scheduler_ to decide when it's time to
77flush the data through one or multiple output plugins. The scheduler flushes new data
8- at a fixed time of seconds and retries when asked.
8+ at a fixed number of seconds, and retries when asked.
99
1010When an output plugin gets called to flush some data, after processing that data it
1111can notify the engine using these possible return statuses:
@@ -17,14 +17,14 @@ can notify the engine using these possible return statuses:
1717
1818## Configure wait time for retry
1919
20- The scheduler provides two configuration options called ` scheduler.cap ` and
21- ` scheduler.base ` which can be set in the Service section. These determine the waiting
20+ The scheduler provides two configuration options, called ` scheduler.cap ` and
21+ ` scheduler.base ` , which can be set in the Service section. These determine the waiting
2222time before a retry happens.
2323
2424| Key | Description | Default |
2525| --- | ------------| --------------|
26- | ` scheduler.cap ` | Set a maximum retry time in seconds. Supported in v1.8.7 or greater . | ` 2000 ` |
27- | ` scheduler.base ` | Set a base of exponential backoff. Supported in v1.8.7 or greater . | ` 5 ` |
26+ | ` scheduler.cap ` | Set a maximum retry time in seconds. Supported in v1.8.7 or later . | ` 2000 ` |
27+ | ` scheduler.base ` | Set a base of exponential backoff. Supported in v1.8.7 or later . | ` 5 ` |
2828
2929The ` scheduler.base ` determines the lower bound of time and the ` scheduler.cap `
3030determines the upper bound for each retry.
@@ -97,8 +97,8 @@ impose a limit to try N times and then discard the data after reaching that limi
9797
9898### Retry example
9999
100- The following example configures two outputs where the HTTP plugin has an unlimited
101- number of while the Elasticsearch plugin have a limit of ` 5 ` retries:
100+ The following example configures two outputs, where the HTTP plugin has an unlimited
101+ number of retries, and the Elasticsearch plugin have a limit of ` 5 ` retries:
102102
103103``` text
104104[OUTPUT]
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