From ec85a4bce4b8251b7b19fc9fa0b7349df889b691 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Alexa Kreizinger Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2025 15:59:24 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] consolidate history info into "what is fluent bit" page Signed-off-by: Alexa Kreizinger --- .gitbook.yaml | 1 + SUMMARY.md | 1 - about/history.md | 10 ---------- about/what-is-fluent-bit.md | 7 ++++++- 4 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-) delete mode 100644 about/history.md diff --git a/.gitbook.yaml b/.gitbook.yaml index fb415d636..74576afe0 100644 --- a/.gitbook.yaml +++ b/.gitbook.yaml @@ -94,3 +94,4 @@ redirects: stream-processing/getting-started/hands-on: ./stream-processing/tutorial.md pipeline/pipeline-monitoring: ./administration/monitoring.md about/license: ./README.md + about/history: ./about/what-is-fluent-bit.md diff --git a/SUMMARY.md b/SUMMARY.md index dc8b54733..fbcc916bc 100644 --- a/SUMMARY.md +++ b/SUMMARY.md @@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ ## About * [What is Fluent Bit?](about/what-is-fluent-bit.md) -* [A brief history of Fluent Bit](about/history.md) * [Fluentd and Fluent Bit](about/fluentd-and-fluent-bit.md) * [Sandbox and lab resources](about/sandbox-and-lab-resources.md) diff --git a/about/history.md b/about/history.md deleted file mode 100644 index 5b8cd6b99..000000000 --- a/about/history.md +++ /dev/null @@ -1,10 +0,0 @@ ---- -title: A brief history of Fluent Bit -description: Every project has a story ---- - -# A brief history of Fluent Bit - -In 2014, the [Fluentd](https://www.fluentd.org/) team at [Treasure Data](https://www.treasuredata.com/) was forecasting the need for a lightweight log processor for constraint environments like embedded Linux and gateways. The project aimed to be part of the Fluentd ecosystem. At that moment, Eduardo Silva created [Fluent Bit](https://fluentbit.io/), a new open source solution, written from scratch and available under the terms of the [Apache License v2.0](http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0). - -After the project matured, it gained traction for normal Linux systems. With the new containerized world, the Cloud Native community asked to extend the project scope to support more sources, filters, and destinations. Not long after, Fluent Bit became one of the preferred solutions to solve the logging challenges in Cloud environments. diff --git a/about/what-is-fluent-bit.md b/about/what-is-fluent-bit.md index 9db593a79..2a65b73ca 100644 --- a/about/what-is-fluent-bit.md +++ b/about/what-is-fluent-bit.md @@ -10,5 +10,10 @@ Rather than serving as a drop-in replacement, Fluent Bit enhances the observabil Fluent Bit can be deployed as an edge agent for localized telemetry data handling or utilized as a central aggregator/collector for managing telemetry data across multiple sources and environments. - {% embed url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ELc1helke4" %} + +## The history of Fluent Bit + +In 2014, the [Fluentd](https://www.fluentd.org/) team at [Treasure Data](https://www.treasuredata.com/) was forecasting the need for a lightweight log processor for constraint environments like embedded Linux and gateways. To meet this need, Eduardo Silva created Fluent Bit, a new open-source solution and part of the Fluentd ecosystem. + +After the project matured, it gained traction for normal Linux systems. With the new containerized world, the cloud native community asked to extend the project scope to support more sources, filters, and destinations. Not long after, Fluent Bit became one of the preferred solutions to solve the logging challenges in cloud environments.