v2.2.2

KNOWLEDGE BASE

NOTE: This is a minor hotfix release that covers for corner cases for metrics handling. We keep same release notes as part of v2

Release Notes v2.2.2

Fluent Bit is a Fast and Lightweight Data Processor and Forwarder for Linux, BSD and OSX. We are proud to announce the availability of Fluent Bit v2.2.2.

Introduction

Fluent Bit v2.2 is the start of the new stable series of the project. During the last months our primary focus has been around extending support for Metrics, Traces and improving performance, among many others.

• Core

  • motd: new interface for banners (#8374)
  • storage: recreate cio_stream if storage type is different(#8259) (#8290)
  • build: Remove duplicated line FLB_IN_EVENT_TEST (#8268)
  • config: add new `net.dns.prefer_ipv6`` bool option to prioritize IPv6 over IPv4
  • config: add default logfmt parser (#8325)
  • tests: runtime: filter_nest: add test case for add_prefix (#8372)

• Libs

  • lib: monkey: upgrade to v1.7.3 (#8363)

• Plugins

  • Dummy (Input)
    • Add flush_on_startup config. (#8222)
  • Http (Input)
    • Fix payload parsing and error response
  • Storage_Backlog (Input)
    • If a chunk tag cannot be read, delete it
  • Calyptia_Fleet (Input)
    • Release upstream conn in collect. (#8366)
  • Node Exporter Metrics (Input)
    • Collect metrics at startup (#8368) (#8370)
  • Kubernetes Events (Input)
    • Consolidate record timestamp logic (#8323)
  • Stackdriver (Output)
    • Add project_id_key override (#8209)
  • Azure Blob (Output)
    • Add support for Azure blob SAS authentication (#8243)

Join us

We want to hear about you, our community is growing, and you can be part of it!, you can contact us at:

• Github: http://github.com/fluent/fluent-bit
• Slack: http://slack.fluentd.org
• Twitter: @fluentbit