Troubleshooting Fluentd

Look at Logs

If things aren't happening as expected, please first look at your logs. For td-agent (rpm/deb), the logs are located at /var/log/td-agent/td-agent.log.

Turn on Verbose Logging

You can get more information about the logs if verbose logging is turned on. Please follow the steps below.

rpm

1. edit /etc/init.d/td-agent
2. add -vv to TD_AGENT_ARGS

3. restart td-agent

    # at /etc/init.d/td-agent
    ...
    TD_AGENT_ARGS="... -vv"
    ...
   

deb

1. edit /etc/init.d/td-agent
2. add -vv to DAEMON_ARGS

3. restart td-agent

    # at /etc/init.d/td-agent
    ...
    DAEMON_ARGS="... -vv"
    ...
   

gem

Please add -vv to your command line.

$ fluentd .. -vv