wu-sheng commented on a change in pull request #8379: URL: https://github.com/apache/skywalking/pull/8379#discussion_r777867092
########## File path: docs/en/FAQ/v9-version-upgrade.md ########## @@ -0,0 +1,18 @@ +# V9 upgrade +Starting from v9, SkyWalking introduces the new core concept [**Layer**](). +A layer represents an abstract framework in computer science, such as Operating System(OS_LINUX layer), +Kubernetes(k8s layer). This kind of layer would-be owners of different services/instances detected from different technology. +The query-protocol [metadata-v2](https://github.com/apache/skywalking-query-protocol/blob/master/metadata-v2.graphqls) has been used. +The compatibility with previous releases as below. + +## Compatibility from previous version +1. The query-protocol [metadata-v1](https://github.com/apache/skywalking-query-protocol/blob/master/metadata.graphqls) is provided on the top of the v2 implementation. + All query-protocol could be compatible with previous query. +2. MAL: [metric level function](../../../docs/en/concepts-and-designs/mal.md) add argument `Layer`(require). Previous MAL expressions with this function should add this argument. +3. LAL: [Extractor](../../../docs/en/concepts-and-designs/lal.md) add function `layer`. If don't set it manual, the default layer is `GENERAL` and the logs from `ALS` the + default layer is `mesh`. +4. Storage：Table `ServiceTraffic` add columns `service_id`， `short_name` and `layer`，table `InstanceTraffic` add columns `layer`. Review comment: ```suggestion 4. Storage：add `service_id`， `short_name` and `layer` columns to table `ServiceTraffic`， add `layer` column to table `InstanceTraffic`. ``` Grammar issue. `table can't add`. -- This is an automated message from the Apache Git Service. To respond to the message, please log on to GitHub and use the URL above to go to the specific comment. To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For queries about this service, please contact Infrastructure at: [email protected]
