Synopsis

fluentd bug fix and enhancement update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated fluentd packages that fix several bugs and add various enhancements are now available.

Description

The fluentd package is an open source data collector designed to scale and simplify log management. It can collect, process, and ship many data types in near real-time.

Changes to the fluentd component:

• Rebase package(s) to version: 0.12.31
  

Highlights, important fixes, or notable enhancements:
This is a rebase from 0.12.29.

0.12.31: http://www.fluentd.org/blog/fluentd-v0.12.31-has-been-released
New features / Enhancement

• output: Add slow_flush_log_threshold parameter
  
• formatter_csv: Change fields parameter to required. Now accepts both a,b and ["a", "b"]
  
• in_syslog: Add priority_key and facility_key parameters
  

0.12.30: https://github.com/fluent/fluentd/commit/0c44166f8d1c355c6095de411006ab963c8b6dc4

• No notable new features / Enhancement
  

Packaging:

• Run fluentd service as root to be able to gather httpd logs (rhbz#1426169) (BZ#1460305)

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata
relevant to your system have been applied.

For details on how to apply this update, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/2974891

Affected Products

• Red Hat Virtualization 4.1 x86_64
• Red Hat Virtualization 4 x86_64
• Red Hat Virtualization for IBM Power LE 4 ppc64le

Fixes

• BZ - 1460305 - Upgrade fluentd to 0.12.31

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Red Hat Virtualization 4.1

SRPM
fluentd-0.12.31-4.el7.src.rpm	SHA-256: e829815e051b488b6fa6221dada3a7bdafcb807c8ef3c1a73c6de52e2c970d06
x86_64
fluentd-0.12.31-4.el7.noarch.rpm	SHA-256: b8f872cf047228376701c2d4f61968494215dd6ff0c255392d6ad85cb4684370
fluentd-doc-0.12.31-4.el7.noarch.rpm	SHA-256: 52530fd4ac197a7210001eaebe3fd3c1b4e2a201da9f9b9a04eb8dccd6748de2

Red Hat Virtualization 4

SRPM
fluentd-0.12.31-4.el7.src.rpm	SHA-256: e829815e051b488b6fa6221dada3a7bdafcb807c8ef3c1a73c6de52e2c970d06
x86_64
fluentd-0.12.31-4.el7.noarch.rpm	SHA-256: b8f872cf047228376701c2d4f61968494215dd6ff0c255392d6ad85cb4684370
fluentd-doc-0.12.31-4.el7.noarch.rpm	SHA-256: 52530fd4ac197a7210001eaebe3fd3c1b4e2a201da9f9b9a04eb8dccd6748de2

Red Hat Virtualization for IBM Power LE 4

SRPM
fluentd-0.12.31-4.el7.src.rpm	SHA-256: e829815e051b488b6fa6221dada3a7bdafcb807c8ef3c1a73c6de52e2c970d06
ppc64le
fluentd-0.12.31-4.el7.noarch.rpm	SHA-256: b8f872cf047228376701c2d4f61968494215dd6ff0c255392d6ad85cb4684370
fluentd-doc-0.12.31-4.el7.noarch.rpm	SHA-256: 52530fd4ac197a7210001eaebe3fd3c1b4e2a201da9f9b9a04eb8dccd6748de2