Comparison to Fluent Bit

Calyptia Core Agent is based on an open-source tool called Fluent Bit. Although both Calyptia Core Agent and Fluent Bit offer the same basic logging capabilities, Calyptia Core Agent is built and maintained by Chronosphere and offers a variety of extra features:

Feature
Fluent Bit
Calyptia Core Agent

Maintenance

Three to four weeks (latest version only)

One year (up to 18 months available)

Security fixes

None guaranteed

Hotfixes and SLA available

Backporting fixes

None

One year (up to 18 months available)

Bug fixes

None guaranteed

Hotfixes and SLA available

Support

None

Service desk and SLA available

Packages

Standard

Extended for SLES 12/15, CentOS 6, RHEL 6, Amazon Linux 1, and Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

Advanced Features (for example, plugins)

None

In development

Support

Chronosphere maintains each version of Calyptia Core Agent for a year following its release.

Version equivalents

Because Calyptia Core Agent is based on Fluent Bit, which updates on its own cadence, each version of Calyptia Core Agent corresponds to a specific version of Fluent Bit:

Calyptia Core Agent version
Fluent Bit version

24.01.1

2.2.1

23.10.2

2.2.1

23.10.1

2.2.0

23.4.11

2.1.10

23.4.10

2.1.8

23.4.9

2.1.8

23.4.8

2.1.8

23.4.7

2.1.8

23.4.6

2.1.8

23.4.5

2.1.8

23.4.4

2.1.7

23.4.3

2.1.6

23.4.2

2.1.6

23.4.1

2.1.2

22.10.5

2.0.10

22.10.4

2.0.9

22.10.3

2.0.9

22.10.2

2.0.5

22.10.1

2.0.5

22.4.6

1.9.7

22.4.5

1.9.7

22.4.4

1.9.7

22.4.3

1.9.7

22.4.2

1.9.7

22.4.1

1.9.3

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