Amazon S3 plugin for Fluentd

Overview

s3 output plugin buffers event logs in local file and upload it to S3 periodically.

This plugin splits files exactly by using the time of event logs (not the time when the logs are received). For example, a log '2011-01-02 message B' is reached, and then another log '2011-01-03 message B' is reached in this order, the former one is stored in "20110102.gz" file, and latter one in "20110103.gz" file.

s3 input plugin reads data from S3 periodically. This plugin uses SQS queue on the region same as S3 bucket. We must setup SQS queue and S3 event notification before use this plugin.

Requirements

fluent-plugin-s3	fluentd	ruby
>= 1.0.0	>= v0.14.0	>= 2.1
< 1.0.0	>= v0.12.0	>= 1.9

NOTE: fluent-plugin-s3 v1.0.0 is now RC. We will release stable v1.0.0 soon.

Installation

Simply use RubyGems:

$ gem install fluent-plugin-s3 -v "~> 0.8"  --no-document # for fluentd v0.12 or later
$ gem install fluent-plugin-s3 -v 1.0.0.rc2 --no-document # for fluentd v0.14 or later

Output: Configuration

v0.14 style

With fluentd v0.14 and fluent-plugin-s3 v1.0.0, use new buffer configuration to dynamic parameters.

<match pattern>
  @type s3

  aws_key_id YOUR_AWS_KEY_ID
  aws_sec_key YOUR_AWS_SECRET_KEY
  s3_bucket YOUR_S3_BUCKET_NAME
  s3_region ap-northeast-1

  path logs/${tag}/%Y/%m/%d/
  s3_object_key_format %{path}%{time_slice}_%{index}.%{file_extension}

  # if you want to use ${tag} or %Y/%m/%d/ like syntax in path / s3_object_key_format,
  # need to specify tag for ${tag} and time for %Y/%m/%d in <buffer> argument.
  <buffer tag,time>
    @type file
    path /var/log/fluent/s3
    timekey 3600 # 1 hour partition
    timekey_wait 10m
    timekey_use_utc true # use utc
  </buffer>
  <format>
    @type json
  </format>
</match>

For <buffer>, you can use any record field in path / s3_object_key_format.

path logs/${tag}/${foo}
<buffer tag,foo>
  # parameters...
</buffer>

See official article for more detail: Buffer section configurations

Note that this configuration doesn't work with fluentd v0.12.

v0.12 style

This configuration works with both fluentd v0.12 and v0.14.

<match pattern>
  @type s3

  aws_key_id YOUR_AWS_KEY_ID
  aws_sec_key YOUR_AWS_SECRET_KEY
  s3_bucket YOUR_S3_BUCKET_NAME
  s3_region ap-northeast-1

  path logs/
  s3_object_key_format %{path}%{time_slice}_%{index}.%{file_extension}
  buffer_path /var/log/fluent/s3
  time_slice_format %Y%m%d-%H
  time_slice_wait 10m
  utc
  format json
</match>

If you want to embed tag in path / s3_object_key_format, you need to use fluent-plugin-forest plugin.

aws_key_id

AWS access key id. This parameter is required when your agent is not running on EC2 instance with an IAM Role. When using an IAM role, make sure to configure instance_profile_credentials. Usage can be found below.

aws_sec_key

AWS secret key. This parameter is required when your agent is not running on EC2 instance with an IAM Role.

aws_iam_retries

The number of attempts to make (with exponential backoff) when loading instance profile credentials from the EC2 metadata service using an IAM role. Defaults to 5 retries.

s3_bucket (required)

S3 bucket name.

s3_region

s3 region name. For example, US West (Oregon) Region is "us-west-2". The full list of regions are available here. > http://docs.aws.amazon.com/general/latest/gr/rande.html#s3_region. We recommend using s3_region instead of s3_endpoint.

s3_endpoint

endpoint for S3 compatible services. For example, Riak CS based storage or something. This option doesn't work on S3, use s3_region instead.

ssl_verify_peer

Verify SSL certificate of the endpoint. Default is true. Set false when you want to ignore the endpoint SSL certificate.

s3_object_key_format

The format of S3 object keys. You can use several built-in variables:

• %{path}
• %{time_slice}
• %{index}
• %{file_extension}
• %{hex_random}
• %{uuid_flush}
• %{hostname}

to decide keys dynamically.

• %{path} is exactly the value of path configured in the configuration file. E.g., "logs/" in the example configuration above.
• %{time_slice} is the time-slice in text that are formatted with time_slice_format. %{index} is the sequential number starts from 0, increments when multiple files are uploaded to S3 in the same time slice.
• %{file_extention} is always "gz" for now.
• %{uuid_flush} a uuid that is replaced everytime the buffer will be flushed. If you want to use this placeholder, install uuidtools gem first.
• %{hostname} is replaced with Socket.gethostname result.
• %{hex_random} a random hex string that is replaced for each buffer chunk, not assured to be unique. This is used to follow a way of peformance tuning, Add a Hex Hash Prefix to Key Name, written in Request Rate and Performance Considerations - Amazon Simple Storage Service. You can configure the length of string with a hex_random_length parameter (Default: 4).

The default format is %{path}%{time_slice}_%{index}.%{file_extension}.

For instance, using the example configuration above, actual object keys on S3 will be something like:

"logs/20130111-22_0.gz"
"logs/20130111-23_0.gz"
"logs/20130111-23_1.gz"
"logs/20130112-00_0.gz"

With the configuration:

s3_object_key_format %{path}/events/ts=%{time_slice}/events_%{index}.%{file_extension}
path log
time_slice_format %Y%m%d-%H

You get:

"log/events/ts=20130111-22/events_0.gz"
"log/events/ts=20130111-23/events_0.gz"
"log/events/ts=20130111-23/events_1.gz"
"log/events/ts=20130112-00/events_0.gz"

NOTE: ${hostname} placeholder is deprecated since v0.8. You can get same result by using configuration's embedded ruby code feature.

s3_object_key_format %{path}%{time_slice}_%{hostname}%{index}.%{file_extension}
s3_object_key_format "%{path}%{time_slice}_#{Socket.gethostname}%{index}.%{file_extension}"

Above two configurations are same. The important point is wrapping "" is needed for #{Socket.gethostname}.

force_path_style

:force_path_style (Boolean) — default: false — When set to true, the bucket name is always left in the request URI and never moved to the host as a sub-domain. See Plugins::S3BucketDns for more details.

store_as

archive format on S3. You can use serveral format:

• gzip (default)
• json
• text
• lzo (Need lzop command)
• lzma2 (Need xz command)
• gzip_command (Need gzip command)
  • This compressor uses an external gzip command, hence would result in utilizing CPU cores well compared with gzip

See Use your compression algorithm section for adding another format.

<format> or format

Change one line format in the S3 object. Supported formats are "out_file", "json", "ltsv" and "single_value". See also official Formatter article.

• out_file (default).

    time\ttag\t{..json1..}
    time\ttag\t{..json2..}
    ...
  

• json

    {..json1..}
    {..json2..}
    ...
  

At this format, "time" and "tag" are omitted. But you can set these information to the record by setting "include_tag_key" / "tag_key" and "include_time_key" / "time_key" option. If you set following configuration in S3 output:

format json
include_time_key true
time_key log_time # default is time

then the record has log_time field.

{"log_time":"time string",...}

• ltsv

    key1:value1\tkey2:value2
    key1:value1\tkey2:value2
    ...
  

"ltsv" format also accepts "include_xxx" related options. See "json" section.

• single_value

Use specified value instead of entire recode. If you get '{"message":"my log"}', then contents are

my log1
my log2
...

You can change key name by "message_key" option.

auto_create_bucket

Create S3 bucket if it does not exists. Default is true.

check_bucket

Check mentioned bucket if it exists in AWS or not. Default is true.

When it is false, fluentd will not check aws s3 for the existence of the mentioned bucket. This is the case where bucket will be pre-created before running fluentd.

check_object

Check object before creation if it exists or not. Default is true.

When it is false, s3_object_key_format will be %{path}%{date_slice}_%{time_slice}.%{file_extension} where, time_slice will be in hhmmss format, so that each object will be unique. Example object name, assuming it is created on 2016/16/11 3:30:54 PM 20161611_153054.txt (extension can be anything as per user's choice)

Example when check_bucket=false and check_object=false

When the mentioned configuration will be made, fluentd will work with the minimum IAM poilcy, like: "Statement": [{ "Effect": "Allow", "Action": "s3:PutObject", "Resource": ["*"] }]

check_apikey_on_start

Check AWS key on start. Default is true.

proxy_uri

uri of proxy environment.

path

path prefix of the files on S3. Default is "" (no prefix).

buffer_path (required)

path prefix of the files to buffer logs.

time_slice_format

Format of the time used as the file name. Default is '%Y%m%d'. Use '%Y%m%d%H' to split files hourly.

time_slice_wait

The time to wait old logs. Default is 10 minutes. Specify larger value if old logs may reache.

utc

Use UTC instead of local time.

storage_class

Set storage class. Possible values are STANDARD, REDUCED_REDUNDANCY, STANDARD_IA from Ruby SDK.

reduced_redundancy

Use S3 reduced redundancy storage for 33% cheaper pricing. Default is false.

This is deprecated. Use storage_class REDUCED_REDUNDANCY instead.

acl

Permission for the object in S3. This is useful for cross-account access using IAM roles. Valid values are:

• private (default)
• public-read
• public-read-write (not recommended - see Canned ACL)
• authenticated-read
• bucket-owner-read
• bucket-owner-full-control

To use cross-account access, you will need to create a bucket policy granting the specific access required. Refer to the AWS documentation for examples.

hex_random_length

The length of %{hex_random} placeholder. Default is 4 as written in Request Rate and Performance Considerations - Amazon Simple Storage Service. The maximum length is 16.

overwrite

Overwrite already existing path. Default is false, which raises an error if a s3 object of the same path already exists, or increment the %{index} placeholder until finding an absent path.

use_server_side_encryption

The Server-side encryption algorithm used when storing this object in S3 (e.g., AES256, aws:kms)

ssekms_key_id

Specifies the AWS KMS key ID to use for object encryption. You have to set "aws:kms" to use_server_side_encryption to use the KMS encryption.

sse_customer_algorithm

Specifies the algorithm to use to when encrypting the object (e.g., AES256).

sse_customer_key

Specifies the AWS KMS key ID to use for object encryption.

sse_customer_key_md5

Specifies the 128-bit MD5 digest of the encryption key according to RFC 1321.

compute_checksums

AWS SDK uses MD5 for API request/response by default. On FIPS enabled environment, OpenSSL returns an error because MD5 is disabled. If you want to use this plugin on FIPS enabled environment, set compute_checksums false.

signature_version

Signature version for API request. s3 means signature version 2 and v4 means signature version 4. Default is nil (Following SDK's default). It would be useful when you use S3 compatible storage that accepts only signature version 2.

warn_for_delay

Given a threshold to treat events as delay, output warning logs if delayed events were put into s3.

assume_role_credentials

Typically, you use AssumeRole for cross-account access or federation.

<match *>
  @type s3

  <assume_role_credentials>
    role_arn          ROLE_ARN
    role_session_name ROLE_SESSION_NAME
  </assume_role_credentials>
</match>

See also:

• Using IAM Roles - AWS Identity and Access Management
• Aws::STS::Client
• Aws::AssumeRoleCredentials

role_arn (required)

The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the role to assume.

role_session_name (required)

An identifier for the assumed role session.

policy

An IAM policy in JSON format.

duration_seconds

The duration, in seconds, of the role session. The value can range from 900 seconds (15 minutes) to 3600 seconds (1 hour). By default, the value is set to 3600 seconds.

external_id

A unique identifier that is used by third parties when assuming roles in their customers' accounts.

instance_profile_credentials

Retrieve temporary security credentials via HTTP request. This is useful on EC2 instance.

<match *>
  @type s3

  <instance_profile_credentials>
    ip_address IP_ADDRESS
    port       PORT
  </instance_profile_credentials>
</match>

See also:

• Aws::InstanceProfileCredentials
• Temporary Security Credentials - AWS Identity and Access Management
• Instance Metadata and User Data - Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud

retries

Number of times to retry when retrieving credentials. Default is 5.

ip_address

Default is 169.254.169.254.

port

Default is 80.

http_open_timeout

Default is 5.

http_read_timeout

Default is 5.

shared_credentials

This loads AWS access credentials from local ini file. This is useful for local developing.

<match *>
  @type s3

  <shared_credentials>
    path         PATH
    profile_name PROFILE_NAME
  </shared_credentials>
</match>

See also:

• Aws::SharedCredentials

path

Path to the shared file. Defaults to "#{Dir.home}/.aws/credentials".

profile_name

Defaults to 'default' or [ENV]('AWS_PROFILE').

Input: Setup

1. Create new SQS queue (use same region as S3)
2. Set proper permission to new queue
3. Configure S3 event notification
4. Write configuration file such as fluent.conf
5. Run fluentd

Input: Configuration

<source>
  @type s3

  aws_key_id YOUR_AWS_KEY_ID
  aws_sec_key YOUR_AWS_SECRET_KEY
  s3_bucket YOUR_S3_BUCKET_NAME
  s3_region ap-northeast-1

  <sqs>
    queue_name YOUR_SQS_QUEUE_NAME
  </sqs>
</source>

aws_key_id

AWS access key id. This parameter is required when your agent is not running on EC2 instance with an IAM Role.

aws_sec_key

AWS secret key. This parameter is required when your agent is not running on EC2 instance with an IAM Role.

aws_iam_retries

The number of attempts to make (with exponential backoff) when loading instance profile credentials from the EC2 metadata service using an IAM role. Defaults to 5 retries.

s3_bucket (required)

S3 bucket name.

s3_region

S3 region name. For example, US West (Oregon) Region is "us-west-2". The full list of regions are available here. > http://docs.aws.amazon.com/general/latest/gr/rande.html#s3_region. We recommend using s3_region instead of s3_endpoint.

store_as

archive format on S3. You can use serveral format:

• gzip (default)
• json
• text
• lzo (Need lzop command)
• lzma2 (Need xz command)
• gzip_command (Need gzip command)
  • This compressor uses an external gzip command, hence would result in utilizing CPU cores well compared with gzip

See 'Use your compression algorithm' section for adding another format.

format

Parse a line as this format in the S3 object. Supported formats are "apache_error", "apache2", "syslog", "json", "tsv", "ltsv", "csv", "nginx" and "none".

check_apikey_on_start

Check AWS key on start. Default is true.

proxy_uri

URI of proxy environment.

sqs/queue_name (required)

SQS queue name. Need to create SQS queue on the region same as S3 bucket.

sqs/skip_delete

When true, messages are not deleted after polling block. Default is false.

sqs/wait_time_seconds

The long polling interval. Default is 20.

IAM Policy

The following is an example for a minimal IAM policy needed to write to an s3 bucket (matches my-s3bucket/logs, my-s3bucket-test, etc.).

{ "Statement": [
 { "Effect":"Allow",
   "Action":"s3:*",
   "Resource":"arn:aws:s3:::my-s3bucket*"
  } ]
}

Note that the bucket must already exist and auto_create_bucket has no effect in this case.

Refer to the AWS documentation for example policies.

Using IAM roles with a properly configured IAM policy are preferred over embedding access keys on EC2 instances.

Use your (de)compression algorithm

s3 plugin has plugabble compression mechanizm like Fleuntd's input / output plugin. If you set 'store_as xxx', out_s3 plugin searches fluent/plugin/s3_compressor_xxx.rb and in_s3 plugin searches fluent/plugin/s3_extractor_xxx.rb. You can define your (de)compression with 'S3Output::Compressor'/S3Input::Extractor classes. Compressor API is here:

module Fluent # Since fluent-plugin-s3 v1.0.0 or later, use Fluent::Plugin instead of Fluent
  class S3Output
    class XXXCompressor < Compressor
      S3Output.register_compressor('xxx', self)

      # Used to file extension
      def ext
        'xxx'
      end

      # Used to file content type
      def content_type
        'application/x-xxx'
      end

      # chunk is buffer chunk. tmp is destination file for upload
      def compress(chunk, tmp)
        # call command or something
      end
    end
  end
end

Extractor is similar to Compressor See bundled Compressor/Extractor classes for more detail.

Website, license, et. al.

Web site	http://fluentd.org/
Documents	http://docs.fluentd.org/
Source repository	http://github.com/fluent/fluent-plugin-s3
Discussion	http://groups.google.com/group/fluentd
Author	Sadayuki Furuhashi
Copyright	(c) 2011 FURUHASHI Sadayuki
License	Apache License, Version 2.0