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[FireLens] [request]: FireLens/Fluent Bit as a unified observability solution

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**Tell us about your request**
At the moment, users often run 2 - 3 side cars or daemons for observability. Fluent Bit/FireLens takes care of logs, but then you need a metrics agent and a tracing agent. This proliferation of agents adds management overhead.

We are evaluating turning Fluent Bit into a more general observability solution. The community is already working on a [Statsd input support](https://github.com/fluent/fluent-bit/pull/1756).

This idea is very early-stage; please give us your thoughts and let us know if you think it would be valuable.

**Which service(s) is this request for?**
Fargate, EKS, ECS

**Update: Please see the comments, plans have changed. AWS Distro for OT will be our unified router.**

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Start by reading the six issue comments and the update stating that plans changed. The request is an early-stage proposal with no files, tests, or implementation entry point named; determine whether it is still applicable or has been superseded by AWS Distro for OT.

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Assessment

Tech stack
aws
Domain
cloud, observability
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
15/100

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