BigQuery

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Fluent Bit streams data into an existing BigQuery table using a service account that you specify. Therefore, before using the BigQuery output plugin, you must create a service account, create a BigQuery dataset and table, authorize the service account to write to the table, and provide the service account credentials to Fluent Bit.

• Creating a Google Cloud Service Account

Fluent Bit does not create datasets or tables for your data, so you must create these ahead of time. You must also grant the service account permission on the dataset:

Fluent Bit BigQuery output plugin uses a JSON credentials file for authentication credentials. Download the credentials file by following these instructions:

• Creating and Managing Service Account Keys