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  • Fluent Bit Easy Install

    This demo is to install Fluent Bit, a cloud native data pipeline project, on your local machine from the supported released version. It delivers a ready to use Fluent Bit installation. The installation scripts check for and validate prerequisites automatically.

    There are two options for installation detailed below.

    Install in a container (Podman)

    This is an installation using the provided Fluent Bit container image. You will run this container on a virtual machine provided by Podman.

    Prerequisites: Podman 4.x+ with your podman machine started.

    1. Download and unzip this demo.

    2. Run 'init.sh' with the correct argument from the project root directory:

       $ podman machine init
       $ ./init.sh podman
    1. The Fluent Bit container image is now running, connect:
       $ podman attach fluentbit

    Install on your local machine

    This is an installation from the source code of the Fluent Bit project. You will test, build, and deploy Fluent Bitlocally on your machine.

    Prerequisites: cmake, openssl, and bison v3+

    1. Download and unzip this demo.

    2. Run 'init.sh' or 'init.bat' file with the correct argument from the project root directory. Note 'init.bat' must be run with Administrative privileges.

       $ ./init.sh source
       
       C: init.bat source
    1. Fluent bit is now installed, test it by running the following from the install project root directory:
       # Example shown here of Fluent Bit version 3.1.4.
       # 
       $ ./target/fluent-bit-3.1.4/bin/fluent-bit/bin/fluent-bit --version
    
       Fluent Bit v3.1.4

    Getting started

    Not sure how to get started with Fluent Bit and building your first data pipelines? Try this online workshop:



    Notes:

    If for any reason the installation breaks or you want a new Fluent Bit installation, just rerun the installation script to reinstall the Fluent Bit project in the target directory.

    Supporting Articles

    Released versions

    See the tagged releases for the following versions of the product:

    • v1.5 - Supporting Fluent Bit v3.2.2, installing in a container or from source.

    • v1.4 - Supporting Fluent Bit v3.1.4, installing in a container or from source.

    • v1.3 - Supporting Fluent Bit v3.0.7, installing in a container or from source.

    • v1.2 - Supporting Fluent Bit v3.0.4, installing in a container or from source.

    • v1.1 - Supporting Fluent Bit v3.0.1, installing in a container or from source.

    • v1.0 - Supporting Fluent Bit v2.2.2, installing in a container or from source.