Comparison to Fluent Bit
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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 |
|---|---|---|
Chronosphere maintains each version of Calyptia Core Agent for a year following its release.
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 |
|---|---|
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
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