[CentOS-devel] [opstools] fluentd packaging

On Wed, Aug 10, 2016 at 07:27:45AM -0600, Rich Megginson wrote:
> On 08/09/2016 03:41 PM, Lars Kellogg-Stedman wrote:
> > In working with the fluentd packaging from the opstools sig, I think
> > we need to make at least two changes:
> > 
> > - For type=tail sources, fluentd really wants a pos_file parameter to
> >    track the file position.  It would be helpful if we created
> >    /run/fluentd via /etc/tmpfiles.d as a common location for storing
> >    these files.
> 
> +1 - as long as the location is configurable.  OpenShift typically keeps its
> pos_file in the log directory (e.g. /var/log) that is mounted from the host.
> 
> > 
> > - I think that the *_secure_forward plugins (which permit using ssl
> >    for communication between a fluentd client and a collector) are
> >    going to be a necessity for just about everybody, so these should
> >    probably be packaged in manner similar to the elasticsearch plugin.
> 
> +1 - gem2rpm for starters.  But watch out because gem2rpm will sometimes
> generate too many Requires and BuildRequires which aren't really needed, and
> will miss some Requires and BuildRequires, and see
> https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:Ruby?rd=Packaging/Ruby
> 

I'd be happy to see patches/pull requests and to build new packages.

Matthias
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Matthias Runge <mrunge at matthias-runge.de>