Merge pull request #504 from aws-otel/patch_release_v0.26.2

Release Blog Post for ADOT collector v0.26.2

Author: PaurushGarg

src/content/BlogPosts/blogPosts.yaml

@@ -6,6 +6,14 @@ description:
 path: /blog
 
 blogs:
+  - title: "AWS Distro for OpenTelemetry v0.26.2 is now available"
+    author: "Paurush Garg"
+    date: "04-Mar-2023"
+    body:
+      "AWS Distro for OpenTelemetry v0.26.2 is now available. You can download the latest AWS Distro for OpenTelemetry Collector image
+        from the Amazon Elastic Container Registry (Amazon ECR) Public Gallery."
+    link: "/docs/ReleaseBlogs/aws-distro-for-opentelemetry-collector-v0.26.2"
+
   - title: "AWS Distro for OpenTelemetry v0.27.0 is now available"
     author: "Huy Vo"
     date: "03-Mar-2023"

src/content/Blogs/ReleaseBlogs/aws-distro-for-opentelemetry-collector-v0.26.2.mdx

@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+---
+title: "AWS Distro for OpenTelemetry Collector v0.26.2"
+description: This blog post is the release announcement for ADOT Collector v0.26.2
+---
+
+import SectionSeparator from "components/MdxSectionSeparator/sectionSeparator.jsx";
+
+<SectionSeparator />
+
+[AWS Distro for OpenTelemetry (ADOT)](https://aws-otel.github.io/) Collector v0.26.2 are now available.
+You can download the latest [ADOT Collector image](https://gallery.ecr.aws/aws-observability/aws-otel-collector) from the
+[Amazon Elastic Container Registry (Amazon ECR)](https://aws.amazon.com/ecr/) Public Gallery.
+
+<SectionSeparator />
+
+# Notice
+
+We are aware of a potential vulnerability in GO-2023-1571. The affected packages were used by the AWS Distribution for OpenTelemetry (ADOT) Collector up to and including v0.26.1. We have prepared the new patch release of the ADOT Collector, v0.26.2 updating packages affected by this vulnerability. There are no functional changes from the previous patch version. We recommend that customers update their ADOT Collector to at least v0.26.2 at the earliest opportunity. See https://aws-otel.github.io/docs/getting-started/collector for information on deploying the ADOT Collector.
+
+Reference: https://pkg.go.dev/vuln/GO-2023-1571
+
+**Release Highlights**
+
+- Updated golang.org/x/net to v0.7.0 to mitigate vulnerability found in report: GO-2023-1571
+
+Detailed release notes are on [GitHub](https://github.com/aws-observability/aws-otel-collector/releases).
+
+**Download**
+
+Detailed technical documentation is available on the [ADOT developer site](https://aws-otel.github.io/),
+and you can [download the distribution](https://aws-otel.github.io/download) from
+[GitHub](https://github.com/aws-observability/aws-otel-collector/releases/tag/v0.26.2).
+You can also download the latest [ADOT Collector image](https://gallery.ecr.aws/aws-observability/aws-otel-collector)
+from the [Amazon Elastic Container Registry (Amazon ECR)](https://aws.amazon.com/ecr/) Public Gallery.
+
+To learn more about how to use AWS Distro for OpenTelemetry (ADOT) to collect data for your observability solution,
+check out the hands-on [AWS Observability workshop](https://observability.workshop.aws/en/adot.html).
+Please file an [issue](https://github.com/aws-observability/aws-otel-community/issues) if you have any
+questions about the distribution, features, or its components.
+
+We also welcome you to participate in the [OpenTelemetry project](https://github.com/open-telemetry).
+The project was [approved for incubation](https://www.cncf.io/blog/2021/08/26/opentelemetry-becomes-a-cncf-incubating-project/) status
+in August 2021 by the Cloud Native Computing Foundation Technical Oversight Committee (CNCF TOC). Learn more about
+[AWS Distro for OpenTelemetry](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/opensource/category/management-tools/aws-distro-for-opentelemetry/) on the
+[AWS Open Source Blog](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/opensource/category/management-tools/aws-distro-for-opentelemetry/), where we announced
+the distribution’s [general availability for tracing](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/opensource/aws-distro-for-opentelemetry-is-now-ga-for-tracing/) in September 2021
+and the distribution's [general availability for metrics](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/opensource/aws-distro-for-opentelemetry-is-now-generally-available-for-metrics/) in May 2022.

src/content/Downloads/downloads.yaml

@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+- version: 'AWS Distro for OpenTelemetry Collector Version 0.26.2'
+  releaseDate: 'March-04-2023'
+  license: 'Apache-2.0'
+  releaseNotesLink: 'https://github.com/aws-observability/aws-otel-collector/releases/tag/v0.26.2'
+  documentationLink: 'https://github.com/aws-observability/aws-otel-collector/blob/v0.26.2/README.md'
+  downloadLink: 'https://gallery.ecr.aws/aws-observability/aws-otel-collector'
+
 - version: 'AWS Distro for OpenTelemetry Collector Version 0.27.0'
   releaseDate: 'March-03-2023'
   license: 'Apache-2.0'
@@ -6,14 +13,14 @@
   downloadLink: 'https://gallery.ecr.aws/aws-observability/aws-otel-collector'
 
 - version: 'AWS Distro for OpenTelemetry Collector Version 0.26.1'
-  releaseDate: 'February-16-2022'
+  releaseDate: 'February-16-2023'
   license: 'Apache-2.0'
   releaseNotesLink: 'https://github.com/aws-observability/aws-otel-collector/releases/tag/v0.26.1'
   documentationLink: 'https://github.com/aws-observability/aws-otel-collector/blob/v0.26.1/README.md'
   downloadLink: 'https://gallery.ecr.aws/aws-observability/aws-otel-collector'
 
 - version: 'AWS Distro for OpenTelemetry Collector Version 0.25.1'
-  releaseDate: 'February-16-2022'
+  releaseDate: 'February-16-2023'
   license: 'Apache-2.0'
   releaseNotesLink: 'https://github.com/aws-observability/aws-otel-collector/releases/tag/v0.25.1'
   documentationLink: 'https://github.com/aws-observability/aws-otel-collector/blob/v0.25.1/README.md'