# Introduction to Fluentd
## Collecting logs from files
Reading logs from a file we need an application that writes logs to a file.
Lets start one:
```
cd monitoring\logging\fluentd\introduction\
docker-compose up -d file-myapp
```
To collect the logs, lets start fluentd
```
docker-compose up -d fluentd
```
## Collecting logs over HTTP (incoming)
```
cd monitoring\logging\fluentd\introduction\
docker-compose up -d http-myapp
```