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1. IoT logging with MQTT, Fluentd / Fluent Bit and Loki 2020-08-15

   tags: embedded, fluentd, internet-of-things, network/mqtt, observability/grafana, observability/logging, observability/logging/grafana-loki

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   Open questions, potential solutions or workarounds:

   • Loki does not support out-of-order message ingestion
     • https://github.com/grafana/loki/issues/1544
     • https://github.com/project-hatohol/fluent-plugin-sort
   • There is not Java client for Loki
     • https://github.com/grafana/loki/issues/1158
     • https://grafana.com/docs/loki/latest/api/
     • https://github.com/grafana/loki/tree/master/cmd/fluent-bit
   • The Wiced MQTT queue might be limited depending on the volume of logs
     • https://iotexpert.com/2017/03/08/embedded-world-2017-wiced-wifi-mqtt-and-the-amazon-iot-cloud/