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| docs | How-To: Set-up New Relic for Dapr logging | New Relic | 3000 | Set-up New Relic for Dapr logging |
Prerequisites
- Perpetually free New Relic account, 100 GB/month of free data ingest, 1 free full access user, unlimited free basic users
Background
New Relic offers a Fluent Bit output plugin to easily forward your logs to New Relic Logs. This plugin is also provided in a standalone Docker image that can be installed in a Kubernetes cluster in the form of a DaemonSet, which we refer as the Kubernetes plugin.
This document explains how to install it in your cluster, either using a Helm chart (recommended), or manually by applying Kubernetes manifests.
Installation
Install using the Helm chart (recommended)
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Install Helm following the official instructions.
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Add the New Relic official Helm chart repository following these instructions
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Run the following command to install the New Relic Logging Kubernetes plugin via Helm, replacing the placeholder value YOUR_LICENSE_KEY with your New Relic license key:
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Helm 3
helm install newrelic-logging newrelic/newrelic-logging --set licenseKey=YOUR_LICENSE_KEY -
Helm 2
helm install newrelic/newrelic-logging --name newrelic-logging --set licenseKey=YOUR_LICENSE_KEY
For EU users, add `--set endpoint=https://log-api.eu.newrelic.com/log/v1 to any of the helm install commands above.
By default, tailing is set to /var/log/containers/*.log. To change this setting, provide your preferred path by adding --set fluentBit.path=DESIRED_PATH to any of the helm install commands above.
Install the Kubernetes manifest
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Download the following 3 manifest files into your current working directory:
curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/newrelic/helm-charts/master/charts/newrelic-logging/k8s/fluent-conf.yml > fluent-conf.yml curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/newrelic/helm-charts/master/charts/newrelic-logging/k8s/new-relic-fluent-plugin.yml > new-relic-fluent-plugin.yml curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/newrelic/helm-charts/master/charts/newrelic-logging/k8s/rbac.yml > rbac.yml -
In the downloaded new-relic-fluent-plugin.yml file, replace the placeholder value LICENSE_KEY with your New Relic license key.
For EU users, replace the ENDPOINT environment variable to https://log-api.eu.newrelic.com/log/v1.
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Once the License key has been added, run the following command in your terminal or command-line interface:
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[OPTIONAL] You can configure how the plugin parses the data by editing the parsers.conf section in the fluent-conf.yml file. For more information, see Fluent Bit's documentation on Parsers configuration.
By default, tailing is set to /var/log/containers/*.log. To change this setting, replace the default path with your preferred path in the new-relic-fluent-plugin.yml file.
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