diff --git a/examples/filter.pp b/examples/filter.pp
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index 0000000..0fa06ad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/filter.pp
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+# configure filter
+::fluentd::filter { 'test':
+  priority => 20,
+  pattern  => '*.test',
+  config   => {
+    'type'   => 'record_transformer',
+    'record' => {
+      'hostname' => '${hostname}'
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/examples/init.pp b/examples/init.pp
index c20b759..5a5354a 100644
--- a/examples/init.pp
+++ b/examples/init.pp
@@ -1,12 +1,2 @@
-# The baseline for module testing used by Puppet Labs is that each manifest
-# should have a corresponding test manifest that declares that class or defined
-# type.
-#
-# Tests are then run by using puppet apply --noop (to check for compilation
-# errors and view a log of events) or by fully applying the test in a virtual
-# environment (to compare the resulting system state to the desired state).
-#
-# Learn more about module testing here:
-# http://docs.puppetlabs.com/guides/tests_smoke.html
-#
-include fluentd
+# base installation and config
+include '::fluentd'
diff --git a/examples/match.pp b/examples/match.pp
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+++ b/examples/match.pp
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+# configure match
+::fluentd::match { 'test':
+  priority => 30,
+  pattern  => '*.test',
+  config   => {
+    'flush_interval' => '30s',
+    'type'           => 'secure_forward',
+    'secure'         => 'yes',
+    'shared_key'     => 'my_shared_key',
+    'self_hostname'  => 'instance.test.com',
+    'ca_cert_path'   => '/path/to/ca.cert',
+    'servers'        => {
+      'host' => 'test.server.com'
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/examples/plugin.pp b/examples/plugin.pp
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+++ b/examples/plugin.pp
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+# gem installation
+::fluentd::plugin { 'fluent-plugin-elasticsearch':
+  type => 'gem'
+}
+# file installation
+::fluentd::plugin { 'fluent-plugin-elasticsearch':
+  type   => 'file',
+  source => 'puppet:///path/to/plugin'
+}
diff --git a/examples/source.pp b/examples/source.pp
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index 0000000..4488950
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/source.pp
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+# configure source
+::fluentd::source { 'test':
+  priority => 10,
+  config   => {
+    'type'   => 'tail',
+    'format' => 'json',
+    'path'   => '/var/log/test-application/*.json',
+    'tag'    => 'application.test'
+  }
+}