Merge pull request #762 from vasireddy99/relcol

Add ADOT Collector v0.42.0 blog post

src/content/BlogPosts/blogPosts.yaml

@@ -6,6 +6,14 @@ description:
 path: /blog
 
 blogs:
+  - title: "AWS Distro for OpenTelemetry Collector v0.42.0 is now available"
+    author: "Pavan Sai Vasireddy"
+    date: "18-December-2024"
+    body:
+      "AWS Distro for OpenTelemetry Collector v0.42.0 is now available. You can download the latest AWS Distro for OpenTelemetry Collector image
+        from the Amazon Elastic Container Registry (Amazon ECR) Public Gallery."
+    link: "/docs/ReleaseBlogs/aws-distro-for-opentelemetry-collector-v0.42.0"
+
   - title: "AWS Distro for OpenTelemetry Java Instrumentation v1.32.6 is now available"
     author: "Michael He"
     date: "31-October-2024"

src/content/Blogs/ReleaseBlogs/aws-distro-for-opentelemetry-collector-v0.42.0.mdx

@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+---
+title: 'AWS Distro for OpenTelemetry v0.42.0'
+description:
+    This blog post is the release announcement for ADOT Collector v0.42.0
+---
+
+import SectionSeparator from "components/MdxSectionSeparator/sectionSeparator.jsx"
+
+<SectionSeparator />
+
+[AWS Distro for OpenTelemetry (ADOT)](https://aws-otel.github.io/) Collector v0.42.0 is now available.
+You can download the latest [ADOT Collector image](https://gallery.ecr.aws/aws-observability/aws-otel-collector) from the
+[Amazon Elastic Container Registry (Amazon ECR)](https://aws.amazon.com/ecr/) Public Gallery.
+
+<SectionSeparator />
+
+**Release Highlights**
+
+* Updated OpenTelemetry Collector dependencies to `v1.21.0`/`v0.115.0`
+* Updated OpenTelemetry Collector contrib dependencies to `v0.115.0`
+
+**Breaking Changes:**
+
+- The `memory_ballast` extension was removed upstream and ADOT Collector in favor of the `GOMEMLIMIT` environment variable, See the [Go documentation](https://pkg.go.dev/runtime#hdr-Environment_Variables) for more information about `GOMEMLIMIT`'s usage.
+
+- The `logging` exporter has been removed upstream in favor of the `debug` exporter. This release removes the logging exporter. See [#11337](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector/issues/11337) to migrate to the debug exporter.
+
+**Download**
+
+Detailed technical documentation is available on the [ADOT developer site](https://aws-otel.github.io/),
+and you can [download the distribution](https://aws-otel.github.io/download) from
+[GitHub](https://github.com/aws-observability/aws-otel-collector/releases/tag/v0.41.0).
+You can also download the latest [ADOT Collector image](https://gallery.ecr.aws/aws-observability/aws-otel-collector)
+from the [Amazon Elastic Container Registry (Amazon ECR)](https://aws.amazon.com/ecr/) Public Gallery.
+
+To learn more about how to use AWS Distro for OpenTelemetry (ADOT) to collect data for your observability solution,
+check out the hands-on [AWS Observability workshop](https://observability.workshop.aws/en/adot.html).
+Please file an [issue](https://github.com/aws-observability/aws-otel-community/issues) if you have any
+questions about the distribution, features, or its components.
+
+We also welcome you to participate in the [OpenTelemetry project](https://github.com/open-telemetry).
+The project was [approved for incubation](https://www.cncf.io/blog/2021/08/26/opentelemetry-becomes-a-cncf-incubating-project/) status
+in August 2021 by the Cloud Native Computing Foundation Technical Oversight Committee (CNCF TOC). Learn more about
+[AWS Distro for OpenTelemetry](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/opensource/category/management-tools/aws-distro-for-opentelemetry/) on the
+[AWS Open Source Blog](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/opensource/category/management-tools/aws-distro-for-opentelemetry/), where we announced
+the distribution’s [general availability for tracing](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/opensource/aws-distro-for-opentelemetry-is-now-ga-for-tracing/) in September 2021
+and the distribution's [general availability for metrics](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/opensource/aws-distro-for-opentelemetry-is-now-generally-available-for-metrics/) in May 2022.

src/content/Downloads/downloads.yaml

@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+- version: 'AWS Distro for OpenTelemetry Collector Version 0.42.0'
+  releaseDate: 'December-18-2024'
+  license: 'Apache-2.0'
+  releaseNotesLink: 'https://github.com/aws-observability/aws-otel-collector/releases/tag/v0.42.0'
+  documentationLink: 'https://github.com/aws-observability/aws-otel-collector/blob/v0.42.0/README.md'
+  downloadLink: 'https://gallery.ecr.aws/aws-observability/aws-otel-collector'
 - version: 'AWS Distro for OpenTelemetry Collector Version 0.41.1'
   releaseDate: 'October-03-2024'
   license: 'Apache-2.0'