v2.0.5

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 v2.0.5

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 v2.0.5.

Introduction

Fluent Bit v2.0 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.

News

Fluent Bit v2.0 is the stable release!, new changes on this version:

• Core
  • engine: failed/expired retries is an error level event
  • chunk-trace: add a warning to enable tracing when it is not enabled.
  • multiline: do not permanently set ml group time to the first log time.
  • upstream: fix the stuck issue happened in Windows Server 2016 and 2019. (#6288)
  • input: fixed the argument verification code so it properly handles input plugins that establish outgoing connections.
  • build: windows: enable ECS filter (#6268)
  • build: Enable LTO for release builds (#6078)

• Libs
  • monkey: upgrade to 4b081b3
  • cmetrics: update to v0.5.7

• Plugins
  • Nginx_Exporter_Metrics (Input)
    • Enable scraping of tls endpoints.
    • Fix vmstat metrics as counter metrics (#6302)
  • Tail (Input)
    • Fix st_mtime timestamp format in Windows (#6291)
  • Health (Input)
    • Enabled optional TLS.
  • Cpu (Input)
    • Fix pointer to v_cpuid (#6238)
  • Prometheus_Scrape (Input)
    • Enable scraping of TLS endpoints.
  • ECS (Filter)
    • Reduce error/warn messages when the filter processes logs not from a task
    • Make metadata api host and port configurable

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