How to setup error reporting in Stackdriver from kubernetes pods?

Question

I\'m a bit confused at how to setup error reporting in kubernetes, so errors are visible in Google Cloud Console / Stackdriver \"Error Reporting\"?

According to docu

Answer 1

Boris' answer was great but was a lot more complicated then it really needed to be (no need to build a docker image). If you have kubectl configured on your local box (or you can use the Google Cloud Shell), copy and paste the following and it will install the forwarder in your cluster (I updated the version of fluent-gcp from the above answer). My solution uses a ConfigMap to store the file so it can be changed easily without rebuilding.

cat << EOF | kubectl create -f -
apiVersion: v1
kind: ConfigMap
metadata:
  name: fluentd-forwarder
data:
  google-fluentd.conf: |+
    
      type forward
      port 24224
    

    
      type google_cloud
      buffer_chunk_limit 2M
      buffer_queue_limit 24
      flush_interval 5s
      max_retry_wait 30
      disable_retry_limit
    

---
apiVersion: v1
kind: ReplicationController
metadata:
  name: fluentd-forwarder
spec:
  replicas: 1
  template:
    metadata:
      name: fluentd-forwarder
      labels:
        app: fluentd-forwarder
    spec:
      containers:
      - name: fluentd-forwarder
        image: gcr.io/google_containers/fluentd-gcp:2.0.18
        env:
        - name: FLUENTD_ARGS
          value: -qq
        ports:
        - containerPort: 24224
        volumeMounts:
        - name: config-vol
          mountPath: /etc/google-fluentd
      volumes:
        - name: config-vol
          configMap:
            name: fluentd-forwarder
---
apiVersion: v1
kind: Service
metadata:
  name: fluentd-forwarder
spec:
  selector:
    app: fluentd-forwarder
  ports:
  - protocol: TCP
    port: 24224
EOF