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Output `cloudwatch_logs` parameter `extra_user_agent` not documented

trallnag opened this issue · comments

commented

The cloudwatch_logs output plugin supports the parameter extra_user_agent according to AWS documentation and the source code.

But it is not documented here: https://docs.fluentbit.io/manual/pipeline/outputs/cloudwatch

Sadly I don't know what exactly this parameter achieves.

commented

Hey Tim,

I found a doc string in the code. Basically, AWS are using it to distinguish traffic from their different vendored configurations. My guess is that it's deliberately not documented as they would like you not to update it manually.

     "This option appends a string to the default user agent. "
     "AWS asks that you not manually set this field yourself, "
     "it is reserved for use in our vended configurations, "
     "for example, EKS Container Insights."
commented

Closing this for now , perhaps something you can add to aws-for-fluent-bit repo if there are specific customizations needed?

commented

@agup006, I'm fine with closing this issue as @mickeypash already clarified where this option comes from

@mickeypash, thanks