# A  [Fluentd](http://github.com/fluent/fluentd) plugin to read from azure queues

## Dependencies

fluentd v.12

## Input: Configuration

    <source>
      @type azure_queue

      tag queue_input
      storage_account_name my_storage_account
      storage_access_key my_storage_access_key
      queue_name my_storage_queue
      fetch_interval 5     
      batch_size 10 
      lease_time 30
    </source>

**tag (required)**

The tag for the input

**storage_account_name (required)**

The storage account name

**storage_access_key (required)**

The storage account access key

**queue_name (required)**

The storage queue name

**message_key**

The the record key to put the message data into. Default 'message'

**fetch_interval**

How long to wait between getting messages from the queue. Default 5

**batch_size**

The maximum number of messages to pull from the queue at once. Default 10. Max 32

**lease_time**

The time to lease the messages for. Default 30