CheckList Filter: updatable file on runtime, or I need to restart FluentBit service to refresh the content of the file?

[canob]

Hi everyone,

Another question, this time about CheckList Filter: is the file that the CheckList Filter checks (for example, in the documentation, ip_list.txt), updatable when FluentBit is running?
In other words, is FluentBit going to review that file after x seconds/minutes to see if it was modified, and refresh it the filter, or I need to restart FluentBit service?

Thanks in advance for your help!

[canob]

Answering myself:

• No, Fluentbit is not going to review again the file.
• I can use https://docs.fluentbit.io/manual/administration/hot-reload to reload the config, including Checklist file, but that is only working on Linux. Is not working on Windows (yet, said by the documentation), but is not working on Linux containers too if you are using volumes for config files.
  Maybe the idea is that I can restart the Docker directly remotely, but is not clear why is not working with a Linux container...