[Doc][Meta] Logstash doc flight plan

[karenzone]

Strategic

• [Doc][Meta] Security docs: restructure, refactor, expand, update #13573
• Doc: Restructure "Configuring Logstash" section #14262
• Doc: Restructure introductory content for ease of use #14216
• Doc: Restructure "Setting up and Running Logstash" section #14217

Priority fixes and enhancements

• Doc: Review and update Transforming Data topics #14433
• Doc: Create and apply attributes for ECS default messaging #13464
• [Docs] Logstash should have an SSL/TLS explainer docs page  #13962
• Doc: Rethink plan to reorganize settings docs #14133
• Security - consolidate with stack security
  • Security on by default at 8.0
  • Documentation about credentials to communicate to ES is aligned #13449
• Solve versioning between VPR and stack docs docs-tools#46
  - [ ] Test implementation on a single plugin: [input-file] Doc: Set version attribute in plugin source file #308
  - [ ] Implement on relevant plugins (mini-meta issue to come)
• Doc: Group central mgmt and configuring central mgmt topics #14050
• Stack monitoring for Logstash
• Breaking changes 8.0 (add security on by default) Doc: Expand breaking changes #13693

Issues and enhancements

• [Doc][Meta] Research and fix Edit links on doc pages #13619
• Doc: Update landing page for Breaking changes #13415
• Doc: Expand info on how various inputs handle back pressure  #13257
• Doc: Enhance info to explain how data loss can happen between kafka and logstash #13090
• Doc: Expand content for performance tuning #11739
• Doc: Improve documentation on variable substitution in monitoring and management docs #13475
• Doc: Add workaround for field ref parser rejecting valid input data #13487
• Doc: Restructure content for field references #13488
• Doc: Clarify what happens with add_field mutation when field exists #11751
• Doc: Java environment variable (JAVA_HOME or LS_JAVA_HOME) on Windows  #13826

Issues and enhancements (plugins)

• [output-elasticsearch] [Doc][Meta] Improvements to output-elasticsearch docs logstash-plugins/logstash-output-elasticsearch#978
  • [Doc] Update info for validate_after_inactivity option logstash-plugins/logstash-output-elasticsearch#1017
• [input-snmp] Doc: Add an introductory list to show available config options logstash-plugins/logstash-integration-snmp#43
• [integration-jdbc] Add documentation section for JDBC Driver configuration tips and tricks logstash-plugins/logstash-integration-jdbc#93
• [output-http] Doc: Expand info for URL options and other minor fixes logstash-plugins/logstash-output-http#120 (Resume work)

Other improvements

• Doc: Update settings file docs with anchors #13419

Other work

• Issue template for documentation issues #13461
  • Add template for creating documentation issues #13456
  • Add documentation change request template logstash-plugins/.github#2

PRs in progress

• Doc: Expand PQ content for pipeline-pipeline #13319
• Security

Pending review

• Doc: Improve formatting and readability for pipeline ordering #13084

Ongoing

• [Doc][Meta]Generate and merge plugin docs #12551
• [Doc][Meta] Generate and merge plugin docs #13585