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loki.source.docker

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loki.source.docker

loki.source.docker reads log entries from Docker containers and forwards them to other loki.* components. Each component can read from a single Docker daemon.

Multiple loki.source.docker components can be specified by giving them different labels.

Usage

loki.source.docker "LABEL" {
  host       = HOST
  targets    = TARGET_LIST
  forward_to = RECEIVER_LIST
}

Arguments

The component starts a new reader for each of the given targets and fans out log entries to the list of receivers passed in forward_to.

loki.source.docker supports the following arguments:

Name	Type	Description	Default	Required
`host`	`string`	Address of the Docker daemon.		yes
`targets`	`list(map(string))`	List of containers to read logs from.		yes
`forward_to`	`list(LogsReceiver)`	List of receivers to send log entries to.		yes
`labels`	`map(string)`	The default set of labels to apply on entries.	`"{}"`	no
`relabel_rules`	`RelabelRules`	Relabeling rules to apply on log entries.	`"{}"`	no
`refresh_interval`	`duration`	The refresh interval to use when connecting to the Docker daemon over HTTP(S).	`"60s"`	no

Blocks

The following blocks are supported inside the definition of loki.source.docker:

Hierarchy	Block	Description	Required
client	client	HTTP client settings when connecting to the endpoint.	no
client > basic_auth	basic_auth	Configure basic_auth for authenticating to the endpoint.	no
client > authorization	authorization	Configure generic authorization to the endpoint.	no
client > oauth2	oauth2	Configure OAuth2 for authenticating to the endpoint.	no
client > oauth2 > tls_config	tls_config	Configure TLS settings for connecting to the endpoint.	no
client > tls_config	tls_config	Configure TLS settings for connecting to the endpoint.	no

The > symbol indicates deeper levels of nesting. For example, client > basic_auth refers to an basic_auth block defined inside a client block.

These blocks are only applicable when connecting to a Docker daemon over HTTP or HTTPS and has no effect when connecting via a unix:/// socket

client block

The client block configures settings used to connect to HTTP(S) Docker daemons.

Name	Type	Description	Default	Required
`bearer_token_file`	`string`	File containing a bearer token to authenticate with.		no
`bearer_token`	`secret`	Bearer token to authenticate with.		no
`enable_http2`	`bool`	Whether HTTP2 is supported for requests.	`true`	no
`follow_redirects`	`bool`	Whether redirects returned by the server should be followed.	`true`	no
`proxy_url`	`string`	HTTP proxy to send requests through.		no

bearer_token, bearer_token_file, basic_auth, authorization, and oauth2 are mutually exclusive, and only one can be provided inside of a http_client_config block.

basic_auth block

The basic_auth block configures basic authentication for HTTP(S) Docker daemons.

Name	Type	Description	Required
`password_file`	`string`	File containing the basic auth password.	no
`password`	`secret`	Basic auth password.	no
`username`	`string`	Basic auth username.	no

password and password_file are mutually exclusive, and only one can be provided inside a basic_auth block.

authorization block

The authorization block configures custom authorization to use for the Docker daemon.

Name	Type	Description	Required
`credentials_file`	`string`	File containing the secret value.	no
`credentials`	`secret`	Secret value.	no
`type`	`string`	Authorization type, for example, “Bearer”.	no

credential and credentials_file are mutually exclusive, and only one can be provided inside an authorization block.

oauth2 block

The oauth2 block configures OAuth2 authorization to use for the Docker daemon.

Name	Type	Description	Required
`client_id`	`string`	OAuth2 client ID.	no
`client_secret_file`	`string`	File containing the OAuth2 client secret.	no
`client_secret`	`secret`	OAuth2 client secret.	no
`endpoint_params`	`map(string)`	Optional parameters to append to the token URL.	no
`proxy_url`	`string`	Optional proxy URL for OAuth2 requests.	no
`scopes`	`list(string)`	List of scopes to authenticate with.	no
`token_url`	`string`	URL to fetch the token from.	no

client_secret and client_secret_file are mutually exclusive, and only one can be provided inside an oauth2 block.

The oauth2 block may also contain a separate tls_config sub-block.

tls_config block

The tls_config block configures TLS settings for connecting to HTTPS Docker daemons.

Name	Type	Description	Required
`ca_pem`	`string`	CA PEM-encoded text to validate the server with.	no
`ca_file`	`string`	CA certificate to validate the server with.	no
`cert_pem`	`string`	Certificate PEM-encoded text for client authentication.	no
`cert_file`	`string`	Certificate file for client authentication.	no
`insecure_skip_verify`	`bool`	Disables validation of the server certificate.	no
`key_file`	`string`	Key file for client authentication.	no
`key_pem`	`secret`	Key PEM-encoded text for client authentication.	no
`min_version`	`string`	Minimum acceptable TLS version.	no
`server_name`	`string`	ServerName extension to indicate the name of the server.	no

The following pairs of arguments are mutually exclusive and can’t both be set simultaneously:

ca_pem and ca_file
cert_pem and cert_file
key_pem and key_file

When configuring client authentication, both the client certificate (using cert_pem or cert_file) and the client key (using key_pem or key_file) must be provided.

When min_version is not provided, the minimum acceptable TLS version is inherited from Go’s default minimum version, TLS 1.2. If min_version is provided, it must be set to one of the following strings:

"TLS10" (TLS 1.0)
"TLS11" (TLS 1.1)
"TLS12" (TLS 1.2)
"TLS13" (TLS 1.3)

Exported fields

loki.source.docker does not export any fields.

Component health

loki.source.docker is only reported as unhealthy if given an invalid configuration.

Debug information

loki.source.docker exposes some debug information per target:

Whether the target is ready to tail entries.
The labels associated with the target.
The most recent time a log line was read.

Debug metrics

loki_source_docker_target_entries_total (gauge): Total number of successful entries sent to the Docker target.
loki_source_docker_target_parsing_errors_total (gauge): Total number of parsing errors while receiving Docker messages.

Component behavior

The component uses its data path (a directory named after the domain’s fully qualified name) to store its positions file. The positions file stores the read offsets so that if there is a component or Agent restart, loki.source.docker can pick up tailing from the same spot.

Example

This example collects log entries from the files specified in the targets argument and forwards them to a loki.write component to be written to Loki.

discovery.docker "linux" {
  host = "unix:///var/run/docker.sock"
}

loki.source.docker "default" {
  host       = "unix:///var/run/docker.sock"
  targets    = discovery.docker.linux.targets 
  forward_to = [loki.write.local.receiver]
}

loki.write "local" {
  endpoint {
    url = "loki:3100/api/v1/push"
  }
}

Compatible components

loki.source.docker can accept arguments from the following components:

Components that export Targets
Components that export Loki LogsReceiver

Note
Connecting some components may not be sensible or components may require further configuration to make the connection work correctly. Refer to the linked documentation for more details.

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