Send your first log

Fluxtail collects logs through authenticated receivers. Send one HTTP event and see it appear in Live Tail.

1Create an HTTP JSON receiver.
2Copy its exact URL and bound token.
3Run the request shown here.
4Find the event in Live Tail.

Send a logHTTP JSON

$ curl -X POST "$FLUXTAIL_RECEIVER_URL" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $FLUXTAIL_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"message":"hello from Fluxtail","severity":"INFO"}'

Expected resultHTTP 202

{"accepted":1}

Live TailSynthetic verification

14:30:00INFOcheckouthello from Fluxtail

Start with one event

The fastest way to understand Fluxtail is to send one HTTP JSON event and watch it arrive in Live Tail. The quickstart uses the exact receiver URL copied from Fluxtail and a receiver-bound access token.

Choose the right path

Shared receivers use authenticated TLS on port 443. Dedicated receivers use an assigned hostname and port plus source IPv4 or CIDR rules.

Keep customer data private

Fluxtail data is isolated by account. Access tokens have explicit scopes. Hosted MCP uses OAuth and binds each connection to one account. Keep tokens in environment variables and never place them in tracked files.