Hi team,
Does fluentbit support `hot loading` the ...
# fluent-bity
Yan Li
12/10/2025, 2:43 AMHi team,
Does fluentbit support
hot loadingPort Copy code
[OUTPUT]
Name http
Match *
Host 10.85.37.241
Port 9000 <======h
Hung
12/10/2025, 6:54 AMif you are deploying on Kube, there is a reloader container that detects the config change then it sends a signal to reload the Flb service .. so using a different port than default does not impact it
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Pat
12/10/2025, 7:53 AMHelm charts can just use the checksum annotation to do this as well, no need for reloader. That's not a hot reload though in either case, it starts a new container for the new config.
Pat
12/10/2025, 7:54 AMHot reload is supported if you check the docs
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Pat
12/10/2025, 7:54 AMy
Yan Li
12/11/2025, 6:42 AMlooked into the doc, the reloading seems to involve some manual work using curl. Is there an automatic way to do this?
Yan Li
12/11/2025, 6:45 AMTo clarify my testing scenario, I am running Fluent Bit on a Kubernetes cluster and looking for a way to automatically restart the Fluent Bit pod after its configuration is changed. If fluent bit can auto reload the configuration change without restart, that will be even better
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Pat
12/11/2025, 9:18 AMThe helm chart already supports it, you can look at that if you want
Pat
12/11/2025, 9:18 AMThere's reloader too
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Yan Li
12/12/2025, 6:16 AMthanks, Pat, that's awesome