fluent-plugin-winevtlog

Component

fluentd Input plugin for Windows Event Log

Fluentd plugin to read Windows Event Log. You must use fluentd 'Windows' brach to use me, and it doesn't work on Linux of course.

Installation

gem install fluent-plugin-winevtlog

Configuration

fluentd Input plugin for Windows Event Log

<source>
  type winevtlog
  channel application,system
  pos_file c:\temp\mypos
  read_interval 2
  tag winevt.raw
</source>

parameters

name description
channel (option) 'applicaion' as default. one or combination of system, setup, security. If you want to read setup or security, administrator priv is required to launch fluentd.
pos_file (option, but higly recommended) a path of position file to save record numbers.
read_interval (option) a read interval in second. 2 seconds as default.

read keys

This plugin reads follows from Windws Event Log. No customization is allowed currently.

key
record_number
time_generated
time_written
event_id
event_type
event_category
source_name
computer_name
user
description

Etc.

'read_from_head' is not supporeted currently.You can read newer records after you start first. No customize to read information keys.

Copyright(C) 2014- @okahashi117

License

Apache License, Version 2.0