README.rdoc in fluentd-0.10.9 vs README.rdoc in fluentd-0.10.10

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@@ -1,46 +1,46 @@ -= Fluent += Fluentd -Fluent is an event collector system. It's said that Fluent is generalized version of syslogd, which can deal with JSON object for the log message. +Fluentd is an event collector system. It is a generalized version of syslogd, which handles JSON objects for its log messages. -== Archtecture +== Architecture -Fluent collects events from various data sources and write them to files, database or other storages: +Fluentd collects events from various data sources and writes them to files, database or other types of storages: Web apps ---+ +--> file | | +--> ---+ - /var/log ------> fluentd ------> mail + /var/log ------> Fluentd ------> mail +--> ---+ | | - apache ---- +--> fluentd + Apache ---- +--> Fluentd Fluent also supports log transfer: Web server +---------+ - | fluentd ------- + | Fluentd ------- +---------+| | +---------+ | | Proxy server | Log server, Amazon S3, HDFS, ... +---------+ +--> +---------+ - | fluentd ----------> | fluentd || + | Fluentd ----------> | Fluentd || +---------+| +--> +---------+| +---------+ | +---------+ | Database server | +---------+ | - | fluentd ---------> mail + | Fluentd ---------> mail +---------+| +---------+ -An event consists of *tag*, *time* and *record*. Tag is a string separated with '.' (e.g. myapp.access). It is used to categorize events. Time is a UNIX time when the event occurs. Record is a JSON object. +An event consists of *tag*, *time* and *record*. Tag is a string separated with '.' (e.g. myapp.access). It is used to categorize events. Time is a UNIX time recorded at occurrence of an event. Record is a JSON object. == Quick Start $ gem install fluentd @@ -52,10 +52,11 @@ == Meta Web site:: http://fluentd.org/ Documents:: http://fluentd.org/doc/ Source repository:: http://github.com/fluent +Discussion:: http://groups.google.com/group/fluentd Author:: Sadayuki Furuhashi Copyright:: (c) 2011 FURUHASHI Sadayuki License:: Apache License, Version 2.0 == Contributors: @@ -65,11 +66,15 @@ * {Abhishek Parolkar}[https://github.com/parolkar] * {Chad Skidmore}[https://github.com/chad-skidmore] * {Eiichiro Iwata}[http://github.com/eiichiroi] * {Francesc Esplugas}[https://github.com/fesplugas] * {hirochachacha}[https://github.com/hirochachacha] +* {Hiro Yoshikawa}[https://github.com/hiroyoshikawa] * {Masahiro Nakagawa}[https://github.com/repeatedly] +* {Nathan Parry}[https://github.com/nparry] * {Sakuro Ozawa}[https://github.com/sakuro] -* Takashi Nagayasu +* {Satoshi Tagomori}[https://github.com/tagomoris] +* {Takashi Nagayasu}[https://github.com/sumipan] * {Tsuyoshi Ozawa}[https://github.com/oza] * {uu59}[https://github.com/uu59] +* {Waldemar Quevedo Salinas}[https://github.com/wallyqs] * {Yuichi Tateno}[https://github.com/hotchpotch]