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fluent-plugin-newrelic

A [Fluentd](https://fluentd.org/) output plugin that sends logs to New Relic

This project is provided AS-IS WITHOUT WARRANTY OR SUPPORT, although you can report issues and contribute to the project here on GitHub.

Examples

Please see the [examples](examples/) directory for ways to build a Docker image with the New Relic output plugin and other configuration types that could be useful in your environment.

Prerequisites

Fluentd >= v1.0

Installation

Add the plugin to your fluentd agent:

`fluent-gem install fluent-plugin-newrelic`

If you are using td-agent:

`td-agent-gem install fluent-plugin-newrelic`

For more info, review [Fluentd's official documentation](https://docs.fluentd.org/deployment/plugin-management).

Configuration

Required plugin configuration

This plugin must be configured with either a New Relic API Insert key, or a New Relic License key. If both types of keys are specified, the API Insert key will take precedence.

To specify an API Insert key, either set the `api_key` property in the configuration, or set the `NEW_RELIC_API_KEY` environment variable. If both are specified, the configuration property will take precedence.

To specify a license key, either set the `license_key` property in the configuration, or set the `NEW_RELIC_LICENSE_KEY` environment variable. If both are specified, the configuration property will take precedence.

Optional plugin configuration

Property	Description	Default value
base_uri	New Relic ingestion endpoint	https://log-api.newrelic.com/log/v1

EU plugin configuration

If you are running this plugin in the eu set the `base_uri` to `https://log-api.eu.newrelic.com/log/v1`.

Fields

• To make Kubernetes log forwarding easier, any log field i