Goals

This will be the initial GA release of an alternate collector to fluentd. The first phase will provide a supported
alternative for some of the features that are available to customers using fluentd. We do not expect to have full
feature parity with the this release:

• Logging with a GA Release of Vector as an optional alternate collector
• Smooth upgradable path from fluentd-based logging to Vector
• Clear documentation for migrating from existing fluentd-specific API features.
• Compatible API extended to handle the vector collector
• Support arch: x86, arm, s390x, ppc64le

Non-Goals

• Swapping out fluentd for vector on upgrade; this is an opt-in choice due to feature differences

TODO

Motivation

TODO

Alternatives

TODO

Acceptance Criteria

• Complies with viaq data model (vector vs. fluentd)
• Supports outputs: elasticsearch, kafka, loki, cloudwatch
• Comparable auth capabilities to fluentd for supported outputs
• Verify switching between collector types without regression (except known or intended differences)
• Verify compatible with a FIPS enabled cluster
• Verify compatible with global proxy enabled cluster

Risk and Assumptions

TODO

Documentation Considerations

• Feature gaps
• missing syslog support
• missing fluentforward support
• Metrics dashboard