diff --git a/pkg/sdk/logging/model/output/forward_test.go b/pkg/sdk/logging/model/output/forward_test.go
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+// Copyright © 2019 Banzai Cloud
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+package output_test
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/ghodss/yaml"
+	"github.com/kube-logging/logging-operator/pkg/sdk/logging/model/output"
+	"github.com/kube-logging/logging-operator/pkg/sdk/logging/model/render"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+)
+
+func TestForward(t *testing.T) {
+	CONFIG := []byte(`
+  servers: 
+    - host: 192.168.1.3
+      name: myserver1
+      port: 24224
+      weight: 60
+    - host: 192.168.1.4
+      name: myserver2
+      port: 24223
+      weight: 40
+  buffer:
+    timekey: 1m
+    timekey_wait: 30s
+    timekey_use_utc: true
+  keepalive: true
+  keepalive_timeout: 20
+  time_as_integer: true
+  send_timeout: 60
+`)
+	expected := `
+  <match **>
+    @type forward
+    @id test
+    keepalive true
+    keepalive_timeout 20
+    send_timeout 60
+    time_as_integer true
+    <buffer tag,time>
+      @type file
+      path /buffers/test.*.buffer
+      retry_forever true
+      timekey 1m
+      timekey_use_utc true
+      timekey_wait 30s
+    </buffer>
+    <server>
+      host 192.168.1.3
+      name myserver1
+      port 24224
+      weight 60
+    </server>
+    <server>
+      host 192.168.1.4
+      name myserver2
+      port 24223
+      weight 40
+    </server>
+  </match>
+`
+	g := &output.ForwardOutput{}
+	require.NoError(t, yaml.Unmarshal(CONFIG, g))
+	test := render.NewOutputPluginTest(t, g)
+	test.DiffResult(expected)
+}