Docker Images

Optionally, we provide debug images which contains Busybox that can be used to troubleshoot or testing purposes.

It’s strongly suggested that you always use the latest image of Fluent Bit.

Once the image is in place, now run the following (useless) test which makes Fluent Bit meassure CPU usage by the container:

F.A.Q

Alpine Linux uses Musl C library instead of Glibc. Musl is not fully compatible with Glibc which generated many issues in the following areas when used with Fluent Bit:

• Alpine Linux Musl functions bootstrap have a compatibility issue when loading Golang shared libraries, this generate problems when trying to load Golang output plugins in Fluent Bit.
• Maintainers preference in terms of base image due to security and maintenance reasons are Distroless and Debian.