Fluentd

Plugin Helper API

Fluentd provides plugin helpers to encapsulate and make commonly implemented features available such as timer, threading, formatting, parsing, ensuring configuration syntax's backward compatibility, etc.

How To Use

To use plugin helpers, call helpers(*snake_case_symbols) method to make them available.

Example:

helpers :timer, :storage, :compat_parameters

It will include Timer, Storage, and CompatParameters plugin helpers.

Built-in Plugin Helpers

• child_process
• compat_parameters
• event_emitter
• event_loop
• extract
• formatter
• inject
• metrics
• parser
• record_accessor
• server
• socket
• storage
• thread
• timer
• http_server

• Plugin Helper: Child Process
• Plugin Helper: Compat Parameters
• Plugin Helper: Event Emitter
• Plugin Helper: Event Loop
• Plugin Helper: Extract
• Plugin Helper: Formatter
• Plugin Helper: Metrics
• Plugin Helper: Inject
• Plugin Helper: Parser
• Plugin Helper: Record Accessor
• Plugin Helper: Server
• Plugin Helper: Socket
• Plugin Helper: Storage
• Plugin Helper: Thread
• Plugin Helper: Timer
• Plugin Helper: Http Server
• Plugin Helper: Service Discovery

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