> ## Documentation Index
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# Fluent Forward

> Configure the Fluent Forward source in Sawmills to receive log data from Fluent Bit or Fluentd agents on a configurable address and port.

## Supported Data Types

📘 **Logs**

## Configuration

| Field   | Type   | Required | Default Value      | Description                             |
| :------ | :----- | :------- | :----------------- | :-------------------------------------- |
| Name    | String | true     | none               | Unique identifier within Sawmills       |
| Address | String | true     | `${env:MY_POD_IP}` | Address FluentBit source should bind to |
| Port    | Int    | true     | 8006               | Port number for binding                 |

<Note> The pod’s IP address is retrieved by defining an environment variable `MY_POD_IP` from the pod’s status field `status.podIP`. You can access this value using `${env:MY_POD_IP}` in your configuration to dynamically reference the pod’s IP at runtime. </Note>