New component: migratecheckpoint

[atoulme]

The purpose and use-cases of the new component

The migratecheckpoint utility is used to migrate from fluentD to filelog checkpoints, allowing to keep the current files offsets when migrating.

The code currently lives at https://github.com/signalfx/splunk-otel-collector/tree/main/cmd/migratecheckpoint

Example configuration for the component

- name: CONTAINER_LOG_PATH_FLUENTD
  value: "/var/log/splunk-fluentd-containers.log.pos"
- name: CONTAINER_LOG_PATH_OTEL
  value: "/var/lib/otel_pos/receiver_filelog_"
- name: CUSTOM_LOG_PATH_FLUENTD
  value: "/var/log/splunk-fluentd-*.pos"
- name: CUSTOM_LOG_PATH_OTEL
  value: "/var/lib/otel_pos/receiver_filelog_"
- name: CUSTOM_LOG_CAPTURE_REGEX
  value: "\\/splunk\\-fluentd\\-(?P<name>[\\w0-9-_]+)\\.pos"
- name: JOURNALD_LOG_PATH_FLUENTD
  value: "/var/log/splunkd-fluentd-journald-*.pos.json"
- name: JOURNALD_LOG_PATH_OTEL
  value: "/var/lib/otel_pos/receiver_journald_"
- name: JOURNALD_LOG_CAPTURE_REGEX
  value: "\\/splunkd\\-fluentd\\-journald\\-(?P<name>[\\w0-9-_]+)\\.pos\\.json"

Telemetry data types supported

logs

Is this a vendor-specific component?

• This is a vendor-specific component
• If this is a vendor-specific component, I am proposing to contribute and support it as a representative of the vendor.

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Additional context

This code has been part of our distribution for some time, and would benefit the community at large.

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[atoulme]

I have moved the code in a separate project to make it easier to adopt: https://github.com/signalfx/migratecheckpoint

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