Fluent-bit Health Plugin

How to Integrate Fluent-bit Health Plugin with Apica Ascent

1. Introduction

This guide explains how to send Health metrics to Apica Ascent with Fluent-bit, and how to view them.

2. Configure the Health Plugin in Fluent-bit

Update your Fluent-bit.conf with an input and filter for the Health Plugin:

[INPUT]
    Name     health
    Host     127.0.0.1
    Tag      health
    Port     80

[FILTER]
    Name   modify
    Match  health
    Add    namespace Fluent-bit
    Add    app_name Health

Restart Fluent-bit with systemctl restart fluent-bit and check the status with systemctl status fluent-bit to verify that it’s running correctly.

Helpful links:

• Official Plugin documentation.

• Set up Fluent-bit for Apica Ascent.

3. Verify Logs in Apica Ascent

1. Log in to Apica Ascent

2. Navigate to Explore → Logs & Insights

3. Look for the namespace and application name specified in the config file Example:

4.Example logs

Message:

{"alive":false,"app_name":"Health","date":1765566810.188435,"namespace":"Fluent-bit"

StructuredData :

_size: 85
alive: false
date: 1765566810.188435

5. Troubleshooting

Fluent-bit Troubleshooting