[ANNOUNCE] Apache SkyWalking 8.1.0 released

[Sheng Wu <wu...@apache.org>]

Hi all,

Apache SkyWalking Team is glad to announce the first release of Apache
SkyWalking 8.1.0.

SkyWalking: APM (application performance monitor) tool for distributed
systems,
especially designed for microservices, cloud native and container-based
(Docker, Kubernetes, Mesos) architectures.

This release contains a number of new features, bug fixes and improvements
compared to
version 8.0.1. The notable changes since 8.1.0 include:

(Highlight key changes)
1. Support Kafka as an optional trace, JVM metrics, profiling snapshots and
meter system data transport layer.
2. Support Meter system, including the native metrics APIs and the Spring
Sleuth adoption.
3. Support JVM thread metrics.

Please refer to the change log for the complete list of changes:
https://github.com/apache/skywalking/blob/v8.1.0/CHANGES.md

Apache SkyWalking website:
http://skywalking.apache.org/

Downloads:
http://skywalking.apache.org/downloads/

Twitter:
https://twitter.com/ASFSkyWalking

SkyWalking Resources:
- GitHub: https://github.com/apache/skywalking
- Issue: https://github.com/apache/skywalking/issues
- Mailing list: dev@skywalkiing.apache.org


- Apache SkyWalking Team

Sheng Wu 吴晟
Twitter, wusheng1108