This repository is the standalone home for the Fluent Forward Protocol specification.
The Forward Protocol is the msgpack-based protocol used by Fluentd, Fluent Bit, fluent-logger libraries, and related tooling to forward events between Fluent nodes. The specification previously lived in the Fluentd GitHub wiki; this repository preserves those versions as Markdown files and provides a place to evolve future versions.
| Version | Document | Status |
|---|---|---|
| v1 | Forward-Protocol-Specification-v1.md | Imported from the Fluentd wiki |
| v1.5 | Forward-Protocol-Specification-v1.5.md | Imported from the Fluentd wiki |
The imported v1 and v1.5 specifications came from the original Fluentd wiki pages:
Those wiki pages should be treated as historical sources. This repository is intended to make the protocol easier to review, version, discuss, and update.
This repository is licensed under the Apache License 2.0.
Forward Protocol is part of the Fluent ecosystem. Fluentd and Fluent Bit are projects under the Fluent organization, which is part of the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF).