GA

• [DeDe] Document index setting change in the breaking changes. See Document change to LS index setting in Breaking Changes #5614
• [DeDe] Add link that points from release notes to breaking changes doc.
• [DeDe] Change getting started guides to show how to pass credentials by updating the config file - we do not want to recommend passing credentials at the command line.
• [DeDe] Add docs about manually loading the template (LS users need to do this). See Docs to manually loading template in 6.0 #5615 and Improve Beats + Logstash getting started steps #5080
• [DeDe] Update docs to reflect Set default credentials for Kibana #4867 (by default, the user doesn't need to configure the credentials for Kibana as they are taken from the Elasticsearch).
• [DeDe] Deprecate document_type in LS examples.
• [DeDe] Verify that the latest version of the breaking changes documentation reflects Pius's comments below.
• For auditbeat kernel metricset:
  • Document how to check if auditd is running, how to stop it, and how to disable it from starting at boot. service auditd status, service auditd stop, chkconfig auditd off
  • Document how to stop journald from listening to audit messages to save CPU and disk. systemctl mask systemd-journald-audit.socket
• Add info about setting a custom index name to the GS doc. See [Filebeat][Doc] Elasticsearch output - loading index template missing index name option #4254
• Set up redirects for topics that have moved in 6.0.
• For metricbeat:
  • We removed cpu_ticks and replaced it with cpu.metrics and core.metrics. diff Update and reorganize system module config docs #4909
• Docs around how to import/export dashboards are changing significantly to use Kibana API for importing dashboards.
• Change doc structure to accommodate prospector types. See Create Redis Prospector Configuration #4398
• Add/update compatibility statements for all modules in all Filebeat and Metricbeat (and others?); make compatibility sections consistent, including for 3rd party Outputs (Kafka/Redit).
• Add Beats usage with Cloud
• Add a link to the ES doc regarding removal of _types

RC1 and RC2

• [DeDe] Document modules.d layout for Metricbeat. See Document modules.d layout for Metricbeat #5207
• Solution pages - link off to docs - Beats doc landing pages need to be enhanced to make the user experience better.
• Remove import_dashboards from packaging. See Remove import_dashboards from packaging #4586
• [Monica] Update docs about how to create new dashboards in the dev guide: Updating docs about how to create new dashboards #5229 https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/devguide/current/new-dashboards.html
  https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/devguide/6.x/export-dashboards.html
• [DeDe] Add screen shot of Icinga dashboard.
• Verify that compatibility statements in the Filebeat module documentation are correct.

Beta 1 and 2

• [DeDe] Document new command line with sub-commands. See Document new command line interface #4490.
• [DeDe] Add docs for auditbeat. Implement a structure for config options that's similar to the one described here: Simplify the section about Configuring Filebeat #4422
• [DeDe] Update shared gs topics about template loading and importing dashboards
• [Tudor] Add docs around importing ML jobs
• [Tudor] Update breaking changes section of doc (see note from Pius below). See Document breaking changes in 6.0 #4737
• [Tudor] Write the upgrade guide for 5.x to 6.x Add upgrading guide docs #5068
• [Tudor] Heartbeat packages were renamed to heartbeat-elastic. This affects the command to start the service too.
• [DeDe] Update getting started docs about dashboard loading. See Include Kibana dashboards in the individual Beats packages #4675
• [kvch] Update Filbeat module development guide
• Add docs for PRs labeled as needs_docs:
  • [DeDe] Metricbeat test modules. Metricbeat test modules #4656
  • Update broker/pipeline setup. Update broker/pipeline setup #4650 Urso added in Add queue settings to docs #4884
  • [DeDe] Add filebeat modules config reloading. See Add filebeat modules config reloading #4566
  • [DeDe] Move to a modules.d layout. See Move to a modules.d layout #4537
  • [DeDe] Add support for json logging to file. See Add support for json logging to file #4523
  • [DeDe] UDP prospector type with plain harvester. See UDP prospector type with plain harvester #4452
  • Add Fields and Tag to monitor config. Add Fields and Tag to monitor config #4141

Moved backlog to #5632