elasticlogger

Build & install from source

git clone https://github.com/diegohce/elasticlogger.git ~/go/src/elasticlogger
cd ~/go/src/elasticlogger
make

Pushing to registry

cd ~/go/src/elasticlogger
docker plugin create <registry>/elasticlogger:<tag> ./plugin-dir
docker plugin push <registry>/elasticlogger:<tag>

Installing from regisrtry

Make sure there's no previous elasticlogger installation from build process.

docker plugin ls

If there's any, remove them first.

docker plugin rm <plugin>:<tag>

Now, we can install elasticlogger from registry.

docker plugin install --alias elasticlogger <registry>/elasticlogger:<tag>

Optionally, you can set the HOST value at the same time.

docker plugin install --alias elasticlogger <registry>/elasticlogger:<tag> HOST=<elastichost:port>

Configuration

docker plugin set elasticlogger:latest HOST=http[s]://<elastic_host:port>
docker plugin enable elasticlogger:latest

Mandatory plugin settings

Option	Description
HOST	Elasticsearch server http[s]://host:port

Optional plugin settings

Option	Description	Default
GCTIMER	sets the garbage collector interval	1m
LOG_LEVEL	sets the loglevel for the driver's own log entries	info
USER	User for basic auth
PASSWORD	PASSWORD for basic auth
DATESUFFIX	Date suffix pattern to append to index name. See Go time package	200601
bulksize	sets how many lines of log to send at a time	10

Usage

docker run --log-driver elasticlogger --log-opt index=myappindex ...

Container level settings

Option	Description	Default
index	Elasticsearch index where logs will be stored	No default. Mandatory setting.
host	will override driver host	plugin's HOST value
bulksize	sets how many lines of log to send at a time	10
USER	User for basic auth
PASSWORD	PASSWORD for basic auth