Post on 10-May-2015
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who am I?
•Freelance Engineer using Python for the job.
•maintainer of several OSS projects including notorious PHP
•Also a Go contributor
•http://www.mozo.jp/
•Developed a fluent-protocol compatible log collector in Go
•Deployed it over a number of embedded Windows 8 boxes in production environment
•Managed to get it working quite easily thanks to Go’s cross-compilation feature.
ik [ai-kay]
•A humble alternative implementation of fluentd that I am developing with @stanaka
•https://github.com/moriyoshi/ik
•fluentd is a versatile log collector developed by folks at TreasureData Inc.
ik [ai-kay]
Record Router
Goroutine Supervisor
Scorekeeper
Engine
Input Plugin
Output Plugin
Input Plugin
Input Plugin
Output Plugin
Output Plugin
goroutine goroutine goroutine goroutine goroutine goroutine
features of ik
•Small memory footprint comparing to the bare fluentd set-up
•Built-in scoreboard feature
•Can run on Windows out-of-the-box
Scoreboard
Windows
In the Real World
•A bunch of Windows tablets running a .NET application embedded in consoles
•Needed to see how it is going remotely
•fluentd was already being used in production, wanted to stick to it
In the Real Worldfluentd
stunnel
Internet
stunnel
ik
.NET application
stunnel
ik
.NET application
stunnel
ik
.NET application
stunnel
ik
.NET application
Components
•fluentdfor log collection
•stunnelfor secure connection
•ikas a log transfer agent
•NLog-Targets-Fluentdto stream application logs to the server in fluent protocol
Thank you for listening...