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