UndefinedConversionError from ASCII-8BIT to UTF-8 in OpenShift Fluentd

Issue

• Seeing messages about ASCII-8BIT and UTF-8 in the fluentd logs

13 Oct 2017 09:44:29.944{ "error_class": "Encoding::UndefinedConversionError", "error": "\"\\xC2\" from ASCII-8BIT to UTF-8", "tag": "kubernetes.journal.container", "message": "emit transaction failed: error_class=Encoding::UndefinedConversionError error=\"\\\"\\\\xC2\\\" from ASCII-8BIT to UTF-8\" tag=\"kubernetes.journal.container\"" }
13 Oct 2017 09:44:29.944{ "error_class": "Encoding::UndefinedConversionError", "error": "#<Encoding::UndefinedConversionError: \"\\xC2\" from ASCII-8BIT to UTF-8>", "message": "unexpected error in in_secure_forward from 192.168.100.100:45400 error_class=Encoding::UndefinedConversionError error=#<Encoding::UndefinedConversionError: \"\\xC2\" from ASCII-8BIT to UTF-8>" }

• Fluentd secure-forward plugin not sending all messages, especially non-ASCII characters