# Introduction to Fluentd fluentd-intro ## 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 ```