Preparing to send data to Fluentd

If you use a Fluentd receiver for target destinations, you must install and configure Fluentd on your own. This procedure summarizes how to configure Fluentd TCP input plug-in in this situation.

Before you begin

Determine sending data to Fluentd in CSV format or Key-value format.

For CSV format, the header information and data are both sent to Fluentd.
For Key-Value format, the header information and the data are put in Key-Value pairs and sent to Fluentd.

About this task

On the distributed Fluentd system where you want to send z/OS® operational data, you must configure the TCP input plug-in to specify the port on which Fluentd listens for data from the Data Streamer.

Procedure

To configure the TCP input plug-in which enables Fluentd to accept TCP payload, specify the following source directive in the Fluentd configuration:
```
<source>
  @type tcp
  tag tcp.events       # required
  <parse>
    @type json
  </parse>
  port fluentd_port   # optional. 5170 by default.
  bind fluentd_host   # optional. 0.0.0.0 by default.
</source>
```
For more information, refer to the Input plugins article that describes the basic concepts of Fluentd configuration file syntax.
If you want to configure a secure data connection for streaming operational data from Z Common Data Provider to Fluentd, see the Fluentd documentation for more information about how to set up Transport Layer Security for the TCP input plug-in.
Configure the output plug-in as appropriate for your environment.