Merge pull request #34820 from rolfedh/RHDEVDOCS-3182

RHDEVDOCS-3182: Update the "Supported log data output types" for 5.1

Author: JStickler

logging/cluster-logging-external.adoc

@@ -29,7 +29,8 @@ You cannot use the config map methods and the Cluster Log Forwarder in the same
 // assemblies.
 
 include::modules/cluster-logging-collector-log-forwarding-about.adoc[leveloffset=+1]
-include::modules/cluster-logging-collector-log-forwarding-supported-plugins.adoc[leveloffset=+1]
+include::modules/cluster-logging-collector-log-forwarding-supported-plugins-5-0.adoc[leveloffset=+1]
+include::modules/cluster-logging-collector-log-forwarding-supported-plugins-5-1.adoc[leveloffset=+1]
 include::modules/cluster-logging-collector-log-forward-es.adoc[leveloffset=+1]
 include::modules/cluster-logging-collector-log-forward-fluentd.adoc[leveloffset=+1]
 include::modules/cluster-logging-collector-log-forward-syslog.adoc[leveloffset=+1]

…or-log-forwarding-supported-plugins.adoc …og-forwarding-supported-plugins-5-0.adocmodules/cluster-logging-collector-log-forwarding-supported-plugins.adoc renamed to modules/cluster-logging-collector-log-forwarding-supported-plugins-5-0.adoc modules/cluster-logging-collector-log-forwarding-supported-plugins.adoc renamed to modules/cluster-logging-collector-log-forwarding-supported-plugins-5-0.adoc

@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@
 //
 // logging/cluster-logging-external.adoc
 
-[id="cluster-logging-collector-log-forwarding-supported-plugins_{context}"]
+[id="cluster-logging-collector-log-forwarding-supported-plugins-5-0_{context}"]
 
-= Supported log data output types
+= Supported log data output types in OpenShift Logging 5.0
 
 Red Hat OpenShift Logging version 5.0 provides the following output types and protocols for sending log data to target log collectors.
 

modules/cluster-logging-collector-log-forwarding-supported-plugins-5-1.adoc

@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+// Module included in the following assemblies:
+//
+// logging/cluster-logging-external.adoc
+
+[id="cluster-logging-collector-log-forwarding-supported-plugins-5-1_{context}"]
+
+= Supported log data output types in OpenShift Logging 5.1
+
+Red Hat OpenShift Logging versions 5.1 provides the following output types and protocols for sending log data to target log collectors.
+
+Red Hat tests each of the combinations shown in the following table. However, you should be able to send log data to a wider range target log collectors that ingest these protocols.
+
+[options="header"]
+|====
+| Output types   | Protocols          | Tested with
+
+| fluentdForward
+| fluentd forward v1
+a| fluentd 1.7.4
+
+logstash 7.10.1
+
+| elasticsearch
+| elasticsearch
+a| Elasticsearch 6.8.1
+
+Elasticsearch 6.8.4
+
+Elasticsearch 7.12.2
+
+| syslog
+| RFC-3164, RFC-5424
+| rsyslog-8.39.0
+
+| kafka
+| kafka 0.11
+a| kafka 2.4.1
+
+kafka 2.7.0
+
+|====
+
+// Note to tech writer, validate these items against the corresponding line of the test configuration file that Red Hat OpenShift Logging version 5.0 uses: https://github.com/openshift/origin-aggregated-logging/blob/release-5.0/fluentd/Gemfile.lock
+// This file is the authoritative source of information about which items and versions Red Hat tests and supports.
+// According to this link:https://github.com/zendesk/ruby-kafka#compatibility[Zendesk compatibility list for ruby-kafka], the fluent-plugin-kafka plug-in supports Kafka version 0.11.
+// Logstash support is according to https://github.com/openshift/cluster-logging-operator/blob/master/test/functional/outputs/forward_to_logstash_test.go#L37
+
+[NOTE]
+====
+Previously, the syslog output supported only RFC-3164. The current syslog output adds support for RFC-5424.
+====