Have you just discovered Grafana Loki and plan to use FluentD or Fluent Bit as your telemetry collector? Or are you trying to decide which agent is right for you? In this "Zero to Hero" episode, we cover the basics of FluentD and Fluent Bit, highlighting their differences and helping you determine when to use one over the other. Additionally, we guide you through configuring both agents' Loki plugins to write logs directly into Loki.

Buckle up and get ready to learn about:

00:00 - Intro

00:25 - An introduction to Fluentd and Fluent Bit

02:20 - Plugins and Installation

03:17 - Fluentd Configuration (Part 1)

04:08 - Demo Architecture + Fluent Tags

05:10 - Fluentd Configuration (Part 2)

08:00 - Fluent Bit Configuration

10:21 - Outro

Helpful links:
Killercoda: https://killercoda.com/grafana-labs/course/loki/intro-to-logging-fluentd-fluentbit
Github: https://github.com/grafana/loki-fundamentals/tree/microservice-fluentd-fluentbit

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