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Vector (log / metrics pipeline)

Vector is a CNCF open-source log/metric/event forwarder. Deploys as a daemon, sidecar, or central collector; processes and forwards to downstream sinks (Datadog, Elasticsearch, S3, Kafka, Snowflake, etc.) via a configuration-driven pipeline (sources, transforms, sinks).

Stub page — expand on future Vector-internals sources.

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• sources/2024-08-08-figma-migrated-onto-k8s-in-less-than-12-months — Figma's pre-migration log pipeline was: Cloudwatch → Lambda (redaction/tagging) → Datadog + Snowflake. Cloudwatch intermediate storage was expensive. Vector as an EKS sidecar was the target replacement — but deferred from the initial migration to a fast-follow to avoid porting the Lambda's logic into Vector configuration concurrently with the ECS→EKS cutover. Shipped after the primary migration stabilized.