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administration: networking: document net.dns.resolver LEGACY and ASYNC behavior - #2723

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  • Add a DNS resolver section to administration/networking.md explaining
    ASYNC (non-blocking, event loop) vs LEGACY (blocking system resolver)
  • Document that an unset net.dns.resolver follows the plugin's own async
    or sync mode, and that net.dns.mode applies only to the async resolver
  • Expand the dns.resolver description in the YAML service section table
  • Fix net.dns.prefer_ipv4 descriptions in azure_kusto, s3, and
    opentelemetry output docs that incorrectly repeated the resolver text
  • Correct net.dns.prefer_ipv4/ipv6 defaults to false in s3 and
    opentelemetry output docs

Fixes #2714

Signed-off-by: Eric D. Schabell eric@schabell.org

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  • Documentation
    • Clarified DNS resolver modes, including the non-blocking asynchronous resolver and legacy blocking system resolver.
    • Documented default resolver selection, global and per-plugin setting precedence, and operating-mode behavior.
    • Clarified that asynchronous resolver selection does not make synchronous plugins asynchronous.
    • Explained that DNS mode settings apply only to asynchronous resolution.
    • Updated IPv4 and IPv6 DNS preference options, including their behavior and default values across supported integrations.

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The documentation explains DNS resolver behavior, default selection, and configuration overrides. Output plugin references distinguish address-family preferences from resolver implementation selection and document false defaults.

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DNS documentation

Layer / File(s) Summary
Resolver behavior and configuration
administration/configuring-fluent-bit/yaml/service-section.md, administration/networking.md
Documents ASYNC and LEGACY behavior, operating-mode defaults, and global and per-plugin overrides.
Address-family preference parameters
pipeline/outputs/azure_kusto.md, pipeline/outputs/opentelemetry.md, pipeline/outputs/s3.md
Describes IPv4 and IPv6 result preferences separately from resolver selection and documents false defaults.

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Change: Other · Severity of issue fixed: Low

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Title check ✅ Passed The title clearly and concisely describes the primary change: documenting net.dns.resolver behavior for LEGACY and ASYNC modes.
Linked Issues check ✅ Passed Issue #2714 requires documentation for net.dns.resolver. The PR documents ASYNC as the non-blocking event-loop resolver and LEGACY as the blocking OS getaddrinfo() resolver. It documents the d…
Out of Scope Changes check ✅ Passed The changes remain within DNS configuration documentation. The YAML service-table update repeats the resolver behavior. The net.dns.prefer_ipv4 and net.dns.prefer_ipv6 corrections clarify related …
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In `@administration/configuring-fluent-bit/yaml/service-section.md`:
- Line 12: Update the dns.resolver description to replace “the plugin making it”
with “the plugin making the connection,” leaving the rest of the resolver
behavior and wording unchanged.

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- Line 43: Update the default resolver-selection sentence to use consistent
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- Line 43: Update the resolver-selection documentation to state that mode-based
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  - Add a DNS resolver section to administration/networking.md explaining
    ASYNC (non-blocking, event loop) vs LEGACY (blocking system resolver)
  - Document that an unset net.dns.resolver follows the plugin's own async
    or sync mode, and that net.dns.mode applies only to the async resolver
  - Expand the dns.resolver description in the YAML service section table
  - Fix net.dns.prefer_ipv4 descriptions in azure_kusto, s3, and
    opentelemetry output docs that incorrectly repeated the resolver text
  - Correct net.dns.prefer_ipv4/ipv6 defaults to false in s3 and
    opentelemetry output docs
  - Replace "the plugin making it" with "the plugin making the connection"
    in the dns.resolver service key description
  - Reword the default resolver-selection sentence in networking.md to use
    consistent plugin terminology and drop the repeated adverb
  - Clarify that mode-based resolver selection applies only when neither
    dns.resolver nor net.dns.resolver is set, and that a plugin inherits
    the global dns.resolver when only net.dns.resolver is unset

  Fixes fluent#2714

Signed-off-by: Eric D. Schabell <eric@schabell.org>
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