Update fluentd Image

[HarishHothi]

Hi @jvassev Fluentd released its 1.4.2 version. Kube-fluentd operator also should be updated with 1.4.2 fluentd version.

[jvassev]

This is scheduled for the next minor release. We'd like users to migrate to 1.10 and adopt the now built-in parser plugin first.

[james-crowley]

@jvassev I see you are preparing for release 1.9.0, is this going to include the update to Fluentd 1.4.2? Or is that intended for 1.10?

I ask cause multiarch support for Fluentd is only support on 1.4 and up. I would like to get this operator to run natively on s390x without any modifications, but in order to do so we need to pull from the multiarch image. Here is the link to the docker hub, https://hub.docker.com/_/fluentd.

[james-crowley]

I also discovered that the fluent-plugin-google-cloud seems to require Fluentd 1.4.2. Here is the link. I am still pretty new to Fluentd and Ruby but it seems like it says its requiring Fluentd runtime of 1.4.2.

[jvassev]

1.9.0 will be the last release with fluent 1.2. 1.10 will handle the upgrade to latest fluentd and any issues it may bring.

[james-crowley]

@jvassev Do you have an ETA when v1.10 will be ready? Also, is there anything I can do to help with testing v1.10.0? Fork and try out Fluentd 1.4.2?

[james-crowley]

@jvassev In the meantime, would you mind commenting on this issue, fluent/fluentd-docker-image#189. Maybe with a comment from you, we could gain some more traction to get Fluentd 1.2.6 a multi-arch release.

[jvassev]

Hi all,
I've upgraded fluentd to 1.5.2. This required also a small change to the helm chart.
Can you try running with jvassev/kube-fluentd-operator:v1.9.0-13-g2516f56 and with the new helm chart?
Only the vertica plugin has been removed as it fails to compile with the new Ruby version.
Here is what will make it to the 1.10.0 release: https://github.com/vmware/kube-fluentd-operator/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md#1100

[jvassev]

I've added a Gemfile to pin the fluentd version and ensure the latest compatible plugin get installed during build.

I am planning to release 1.10.0 with fluentd-1.5.2 support this weekend and target 1.6.x for the next release.