To selectively filter log events in Fluentd, you can use the <match> directive to specify which events to process and which to discard. Here's how you can do it:
To discard all events that match a specific tag and process all other tags, you can configure Fluentd like this:
<match the.tag.you.want.to.drop>
@type null
</match>
<match **>
# process everything else
</match>
The null output plugin effectively discards all log events that match the specified tag.
On the other hand, if you want to drop all events except those with a specific tag, the configuration would look like this:
<match the.tag.you.want.to.process>
# process this specific tag
</match>
In this setup, only the events matching the.tag.you.want.to.process are processed, and all others are ignored. However, Fluentd will issue a warning for unprocessed tags.
To eliminate this warning and explicitly discard all other log events, you can direct them to the null output plugin, like this:
<match the.tag.you.want.to.process>
# process this specific tag
</match>
<match **>
@type null
</match>
This approach ensures a clean configuration where specific tags are processed, and all others are silently discarded, maintaining an efficient log management system.
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