Condensing parsers

Signed-off-by: Lynette Miles <[email protected]>

Author: esmerel

concepts/data-pipeline.md

@@ -13,4 +13,16 @@ For more details about the Filters available and their usage, see [Filters](../p
 
 ## Inputs
 
-Fluent Bit provides [input plugins](../pipeline/inputs.md) to gather information from different sources. Some plugins collect data from log files, while others can gather metrics information from the operating system. There are many plugins to suit different needs.
+Fluent Bit provides [input plugins](../pipeline/inputs.md) to gather information from different sources. Some plugins collect data from log
+files, while others can gather metrics information from the operating system. There
+are many plugins to suit different needs.
+
+## Outputs
+
+[Outputs](../pipeline/outputs.md) let you define destinations for your data. Common
+destinations are remote services, local file systems, or other standard interfaces.
+Outputs are implemented as plugins.
+
+## Parsers
+
+Parser convert unstructured data to structured data. Use a parser to set a structure to the incoming data by using input plugins as data is collected.

pipeline/outputs.md

@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+# Outputs
+
+Outputs let you define destinations for your data. Common destinations are remote services, local file systems, or other standard interfaces. Outputs are implemented as plugins.
+
+```mermaid
+graph LR
+    accTitle: Fluent Bit data pipeline
+    accDescr: A diagram of the Fluent Bit data pipeline, which includes input, a parser, a filter, a buffer, routing, and various outputs.
+    A[Input] --> B[Parser]
+    B --> C[Filter]
+    C --> D[Buffer]
+    D --> E((Routing))
+    E --> F[Output 1]
+    E --> G[Output 2]
+    E --> H[Output 3]
+    style F stroke:darkred,stroke-width:2px;
+    style G stroke:darkred,stroke-width:2px;
+    style H stroke:darkred,stroke-width:2px;
+```
+
+When an output plugin is loaded, an internal _instance_ is created. Every instance has its own independent configuration. Configuration keys are often called _properties_.

concepts/data-pipeline/parser.md renamed to pipeline/parsers.md

@@ -1,10 +1,8 @@
----
-description: Convert unstructured messages to structured messages
----
+# Parsers
 
-# Parser
+Dealing with raw strings or unstructured messages is difficult. Having a structure makes data more usable. Set a structure to the incoming data by using input plugins as data is collected.
 
-Dealing with raw strings or unstructured messages is difficult. Having a structure makes data more usable. Set a structure to the incoming data by using input plugins as data is collected:
+Parsers are fully configurable and are independently and optionally handled by each input plugin.
 
 ```mermaid
 graph LR
@@ -26,7 +24,7 @@ The parser converts unstructured data to structured data. As an example, conside
 192.168.2.20 - - [28/Jul/2006:10:27:10 -0300] "GET /cgi-bin/try/ HTTP/1.0" 200 3395
 ```
 
-This log line is a raw string without format. Structuring the log makes it easier to process the data later. If the [regular expression parser](../../pipeline/parsers/regular-expression.md) is used, the log entry could be converted to:
+This log line is a raw string without format. Structuring the log makes it easier to process the data later. If the [regular expression parser](./parsers/regular-expression.md) is used, the log entry could be converted to:
 
 ```javascript
 {
@@ -40,5 +38,3 @@ This log line is a raw string without format. Structuring the log makes it easie
   "agent":   ""
  }
 ```
-
-Parsers are fully configurable and are independently and optionally handled by each input plugin. For more details, see [Parsers](https://docs.fluentbit.io/manual/pipeline/parsers).