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Explains internal event generation, JSON payloads, tags, matching, and multiple sources, while deferring detailed routing.

Dummy input plugin

As explained in Logs and Telemetry

A dummy input plugin is a Fluent Bit input plugin that generates synthetic events internally instead of reading them from an external source.

A dummy input plugin generates synthetic log events inside Fluent Bit instead of reading an external source. Configure its JSON payload and assign each source a tag for downstream matching. section 2.1.3

Hello World through stdout

Run `fluent-bit -q -i dummy -p dummy="{\"hello\":\"my world\"}" -t dummy1 -o stdout -m '*'` to generate a tagged event and print it as output. Add another `-i dummy` declaration with a different tag and payload to test multiple synthetic sources. section 2.1.3

Listing 2.1 Command-line-configured Fluent BIt

fluent-bit -q -i dummy -p dummy="{\"hello\":\"my world\"}" -t dummy1
 -o stdout -m '*'

Use the command-line listing as a compact reference for configuring a dummy source, JSON payload, tag, stdout output, and wildcard match. section 2.1.3

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