Use the LogDNA Fluentd plugin to send your Fluentd logs to LogDNA.

1. Install Fluentd.

2. Install the LogDNA Fluentd plugin with:

sudo gem install fluent-plugin-logdna

Or, install via td-agent:

sudo td-agent-gem install fluent-plugin-logdna

3. Add the contents below to /etc/fluent/fluent.conf. For td-agent, use /etc/td-agent/td-agent.conf

<match your_match>
  type logdna
  api_key YOUR_INGESTION_KEY_HERE # replace with your Ingestion Key (required)
  hostname my_hostname      # replace with your hostname (required)
  mac C0:FF:EE:C0:FF:       # replace with host mac address
  ip 127.0.0.1              # replace with host ip address
  app my_app                # replace with your app name
</match>

4. Restart Fluentd using your init script. For td-agent use:

sudo /etc/init.d/td-agent restart

For more detailed information regarding the Fluentd plugin and configuration options, check out our Github repo.