Can 'fluentd' be configured to send logs to the external syslog server over UDP?

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Issue

  • As per the EFK stack doc fluentd can be configured to forward all logs to some external syslog server.
  • The logs are being sent by default on TCP/514, however, can the same logs be sent over UDP(Instead of default TCP)?

Environment

  • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform v3.11
  • EFK stack
  • Fluentd

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