Merge branch 'master' into alexakreizinger/sc-153837/consolidate-brief-history-info-into-what

Signed-off-by: Alexa Kreizinger <alexakreizinger@gmail.com>

Author: alexakreizinger

.gitbook.yaml

@@ -95,3 +95,7 @@ redirects:
     pipeline/pipeline-monitoring: ./administration/monitoring.md
     about/license: ./README.md
     about/history: ./about/what-is-fluent-bit.md
+    installation/getting-started-with-fluent-bit: ./installation/downloads.md
+    installation/requirements: ./installation/downloads.md
+    installation/supported-platforms: ./installation/downloads.md
+    about/sandbox-and-lab-resources: /about/resources.md

SUMMARY.md

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 * [What is Fluent Bit?](about/what-is-fluent-bit.md)
 * [Fluentd and Fluent Bit](about/fluentd-and-fluent-bit.md)
-* [Sandbox and lab resources](about/sandbox-and-lab-resources.md)
+* [Lab resources](about/resources.md)
 
 ## Concepts
 
@@ -15,8 +15,6 @@
 
 ## Installation
 
-* [Get started with Fluent Bit](installation/getting-started-with-fluent-bit.md)
-* [Requirements](installation/requirements.md)
 * [Download and install Fluent Bit](installation/downloads.md)
   * [Build from source code](installation/downloads/source.md)
     * [Build and install](installation/downloads/source/build-and-install.md)

about/sandbox-and-lab-resources.md about/resources.mdabout/sandbox-and-lab-resources.md renamed to about/resources.md

@@ -1,25 +1,19 @@
 ---
-description: >-
-  An overview of free public resources for sandbox and labs for learning how to
-  best operate, use, and have success with Fluent Bit.
+description: An overview of free public labs for learning how to successfully use Fluent Bit.
 ---
 
-# Sandbox and lab resources
+# Lab resources
 
 <img referrerpolicy="no-referrer-when-downgrade" src="https://static.scarf.sh/a.png?x-pxid=83d7b072-bdfc-4f7d-810d-3ab42267ff54" />
 
-## Open Source labs - environment required
+To use these lab resources to their full extent, you'll need to [install](../installation/downloads) resources in your local environment to test and run Fluent Bit.
 
-The following are open source labs where you will need to spin up resources to run through the lab in details
+## O11y workshops by Chronosphere
 
-### O11y workshops by Chronosphere
-
-Chronosphere provides several [open source observability workshops](https://o11y-workshops.gitlab.io/). The OSS repository can be found here: [https://gitlab.com/o11y-workshops/workshop-fluentbit](https://gitlab.com/o11y-workshops/workshop-fluentbit)
-
-The following cards include links to each of the labs in the workshop:
+Chronosphere provides several [open source observability workshops](https://o11y-workshops.gitlab.io/), including a Fluent Bit workshop:
 
 {% embed url="https://o11y-workshops.gitlab.io/workshop-fluentbit/" %}
-Fluent Bit Workshop for Getting Started with Cloud Native Telemetry Pipelines
+Fluent Bit workshop for getting started with cloud native telemetry pipelines
 {% endembed %}
 
 1. [Lab 1 - Introduction to Fluent Bit](https://o11y-workshops.gitlab.io/workshop-fluentbit/lab01.html)
@@ -30,8 +24,10 @@ Fluent Bit Workshop for Getting Started with Cloud Native Telemetry Pipelines
 6. [Lab 6 - Avoid Telemetry Data Loss](https://o11y-workshops.gitlab.io/workshop-fluentbit/#/8)
 7. [Lab 7 - Pipeline Integration with OpenTelemetry](https://o11y-workshops.gitlab.io/workshop-fluentbit/#/9)
 
-### Logging with Fluent Bit and Amazon OpenSearch workshop by Amazon
+You can also view the source files for these workshops on [GitLab](https://gitlab.com/o11y-workshops/workshop-fluentbit).
+
+## Logging with Fluent Bit and Amazon OpenSearch workshop by Amazon
 
-This workshop by Amazon goes through common Kubernetes logging patterns and routing data to OpenSearch and visualizing with OpenSearch dashboards
+This workshop by Amazon goes through common Kubernetes logging patterns and routing data to OpenSearch and visualizing with OpenSearch dashboards.
 
-{% embed url="https://eksworkshop.com/" %}
+{% embed url="https://eksworkshop.com/" %}

installation/downloads.md

@@ -1,32 +1,64 @@
-# Download Fluent Bit for supported platforms
-
-Fluent Bit supports the following operating systems and architectures:
-
-| Operating System | Distribution | Architectures |
-| :--- | :--- | :--- |
-| Linux | [Amazon Linux 2023](downloads/linux/amazon-linux.md) | x86_64, Arm64v8 |
-|  | [Amazon Linux 2](downloads/linux/amazon-linux.md) | x86_64, Arm64v8 |
-|  | [CentOS 9 Stream](downloads/linux/redhat-centos.md) | x86_64, Arm64v8 |
-|  | [CentOS 8](downloads/linux/redhat-centos.md) | x86_64, Arm64v8 |
-|  | [CentOS 7](downloads/linux/redhat-centos.md) | x86_64, Arm64v8 |
-|  | [Rocky Linux 8](downloads/linux/alma-rocky.md) | x86_64, Arm64v8 |
-|  | [Rocky Linux 9](downloads/linux/alma-rocky.md) | x86_64, Arm64v8 |
-|  | [Alma Linux 8](downloads/linux/alma-rocky.md) | x86_64, Arm64v8 |
-|  | [Alma Linux 9](downloads/linux/alma-rocky.md) | x86_64, Arm64v8 |
-|  | [Debian 12 (Bookworm)](downloads/linux/debian.md) | x86_64, Arm64v8 |
-|  | [Debian 11 (Bullseye)](downloads/linux/debian.md) | x86_64, Arm64v8 |
-|  | [Debian 10 (Buster)](downloads/linux/debian.md) | x86_64, Arm64v8 |
-|  | [Ubuntu 24.04 (Noble Numbat)](downloads/linux/ubuntu.md) | x86_64, Arm64v8 |
-|  | [Ubuntu 22.04 (Jammy Jellyfish)](downloads/linux/ubuntu.md) | x86_64, Arm64v8 |
-|  | [Raspbian 12 (Bookworm)](downloads/linux/raspbian-raspberry-pi.md) | Arm32v7 |
-| macOS | * | x86_64, Apple M1 |
-| Windows | [Windows Server 2019](downloads/windows.md) | x86_64, x86 |
-|  | [Windows 10 1903](downloads/windows.md) | x86_64, x86 |
-
-From an architecture support perspective, Fluent Bit is fully functional on x86_64, Arm64v8, and Arm32v7 based processors.
-
-Fluent Bit can work also on macOS and Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD) systems, but not all plugins will be available on all platforms.
-
-Official support is based on community demand. Fluent Bit might run on older operating systems, but must be built from source, or using custom packages from [enterprise providers](https://fluentbit.io/enterprise).
-
-Fluent Bit is supported for Linux on IBM Z (s390x) environments with some restrictions, but only container images are provided for these targets officially.
+
+# Download and install Fluent Bit
+
+<img referrerpolicy="no-referrer-when-downgrade" src="https://static.scarf.sh/a.png?x-pxid=e9732f9c-44a4-46d3-ab87-86138455c698" />
+
+Fluent Bit is compatible with most x86-based, x86_64-based, arm32v7-based, and arm64v8-based systems.
+
+## Requirements
+
+The Fluent Bit build process requires the following components:
+
+- Compiler: GCC or clang
+- CMake
+- Flex and Bison: Required for [Stream Processor](../stream-processing/overview) or [Record Accessor](../administration/configuring-fluent-bit/classic-mode/record-accessor)
+- Libyaml development headers and libraries
+
+Certain features of Fluent Bit depend on additional third-party components. For example, output plugins with special backend libraries like Kafka include those libraries in the main source code repository.
+
+## Build from source code
+
+You can [build and install Fluent Bit from its source code](../installation/downloads/source). There are also platform-specific guides for building Fluent Bit from source on [macOS](../installation/downloads/macos#compile-from-source) and [Windows](../installation/downloads/windows#compile-from-source).
+
+## Supported platforms and packages
+
+To install Fluent Bit from one of the available packages, use the installation method for your chosen platform.
+
+### Container deployment
+
+Fluent Bit is available for the following container deployments:
+
+- [Containers on AWS](../installation/downloads/aws-container)
+- [Docker](../installation/downloads/docker)
+- [Kubernetes](../installation/downloads/kubernetes)
+
+### Linux
+
+Fluent Bit is available on [Linux](../installation/downloads/linux), including the following distributions:
+
+- [Amazon Linux](../installation/downloads/linux/amazon-linux)
+- [Buildroot embedded Linux](../installation/downloads/linux/buildroot-embedded-linux)
+- [Debian](../installation/downloads/linux/debian)
+- [Raspbian and Raspberry Pi](../installation/downloads/linux/raspbian-raspberry-pi)
+- [Red Hat and CentOS](../installation/downloads/linux/redhat-centos)
+- [Rocky Linux and Alma Linux](../installation/downloads/linux/alma-rocky)
+- [Ubuntu](../installation/downloads/linux/ubuntu)
+- [Yocto embedded Linux](../installation/downloads/linux/yocto-embedded-linux)
+
+### macOS
+
+Fluent Bit is available on [macOS](../installation/downloads/macos).
+
+### Windows
+
+Fluent Bit is available on [Windows](../installation/downloads/windows).
+
+### Other platforms
+
+Official support is based on community demand. Fluent Bit might run on older operating systems, but must be built from source or using custom packages.
+
+Fluent Bit can run on Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD) systems and IBM Z Linux (s390x) systems with restrictions. Not all plugins and filters are supported.
+
+## Enterprise providers
+
+Fluent Bit packages are also provided by [enterprise providers](https://fluentbit.io/enterprise) for older end-of-life versions, Unix systems, or for additional support and features including aspects (such as CVE backporting).