How to exit a fluentd plugin completely

[senalkularatne]

What is the best way to exit a fluentd plugin for debugging purposes.

For example I've tried something like:

log.debug("Some message)
exit 1

However the process keeps going. How can I bring it to an end completely via code? Thanks.

[fujimotos]

However the process keeps going. How can I bring it to an end completely via code?

No this is not possible. Plugins are not supposed to exit.

Fluentd just automatically restarts your plugin every time
it (self-)terminates.