docs: Prepare Changelog for 8.0.0 (elastic#30215)

* docs: Close changelog for 8.0.0 * Initial cleanup * We no longer ship journalbeat * Fix duplicate entry * Add missing breaking changes * Review comments * Remove empty sections Co-authored-by: Andres Rodriguez <[email protected]> (cherry picked from commit 545f381)
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 :issue: https://github.com/elastic/beats/issues/
 :pull: https://github.com/elastic/beats/pull/
 
-[[release-notes-8.0.0-rc2]]
-=== Beats version 8.0.0-rc2
+[[release-notes-8.0.0]]
+=== Beats version 8.0.0
+https://github.com/elastic/beats/compare/v7.17.0...v8.0.0[View commits]
 
-Changes will be described in the GA release.
+==== Breaking changes
+
+*Affecting all Beats*
+
+- Remove the deprecated `xpack.monitoring.*` settings. Going forward only `monitoring.*` settings may be used. {issue}9424[9424] {pull}18608[18608]
+- Remove deprecated/undocumented IncludeCreatorMetadata setting from kubernetes metadata config options {pull}28006[28006]
+- Remove deprecated fields from kubernetes module {pull}28046[28046]
+- Remove deprecated config option aws_partition. {pull}28120[28120]
+- Improve stats API by adding host metadata. {pull}27963[27963]
+- Libbeat: logp package forces ECS compliant logs. Logs are JSON formatted. Options to enable ECS/JSON have been removed. {issue}15544[15544] {pull}28573[28573]
+- Remove `auto` from the available options of `setup.ilm.enabled` and set the default value to `true`. {pull}28671[28671]
+- add_process_metadata processor: Replace usage of deprecated `process.ppid` field with `process.parent.pid`. {pull}28620[28620]
+- add_docker_metadata processor: Replace usage of deprecated `process.ppid` field with `process.parent.pid`. {pull}28620[28620]
+- Use data streams instead of indices for storing events from Beats. {pull}28450[28450]
+- Remove option `setup.template.type` and always load composable template with data streams. {pull}28450[28450]
+- Remove several ILM options (`rollover_alias` and `pattern`) as data streams does not require index aliases. {pull}28450[28450]
+- Index template's default_fields setting is only populated with ECS fields. {pull}28596[28596] {issue}28215[28215]
+- Remove `auto` from the available options of `setup.ilm.enabled` and set the default value to `true`. {pull}28671[28671]
+- Remove deprecated `--template` and `--ilm-policy` flags. Use `--index-management` instead. {pull}28870[28870]
+- Remove options `logging.files.suffix` and default to datetime endings in log file names. The format of the new name is `{beatname}-{date}(-n)?.ndjson`. Exmaple log files names from oldest to newest: `filebeat-20200101.ndjson`, `filebeat-20200101-1.ndjson`, `filebeat-20200101-2.ndjson`. {pull}28927[28927]
+- Allign kubernetes configuration settings. {pull}29908[29908]
+- The extension of the log files of Beats and Elastic Agent is changed to `.ndjson`. If you are collecting the logs, you must change the path configuration to `/path/to/logs/{beatname}*.ndjson` to avoid any issues. {pull}28927[28927]
+- Remove legacy support for SSLv3. {pull}30071[30071]
+
+*Filebeat*
+
+- Add `while_pattern` type to multiline reader. {pull}19662[19662]
+- auditd dataset: Use process.args to store program arguments instead of auditd.log.aNNN fields. {pull}29601[29601]
+- Remove deprecated old awscloudwatch input name. {pull}29844[29844]
+
+*Metricbeat*
+
+- Remove network and diskio metrics from ec2 metricset. {pull}28316[28316]
+- Rename read/write_io.ops_per_sec to read/write.iops in rds metricset. {pull}28350[28350]
+- system/process metricset: Replace usage of deprecated `process.ppid` field with `process.parent.pid`. {pull}28620[28620]
+
+*Packetbeat*
+
+- `event.category` no longer contains the value `network_traffic` because this is not a valid ECS event category value. {pull}20556[20556]
+- Remove deprecated TLS fields in favor of tls.server.x509 and tls.client.x509 ECS fields. {pull}28487[28487]
+- HTTP: The field `http.request.method` will maintain its original case. {pull}28620[28620]
+
+*Winlogbeat*
+
+- Remove top level `hash` property from sysmon events {pull}20653[20653]
+- Move module processing from local Javascript processor to ingest node {issue}29184[29184] {pull}29435[29435]
+
+==== Bugfixes
+
+*Auditbeat*
+
+- libbeat/processors/add_process_metadata: Fix memory leak in process cache. {issue}24890[24890] {pull}29717[29717]
 
-[[release-notes-8.0.0-rc1]]
-=== Beats version 8.0.0-rc1
+*Filebeat*
+
+- Fix using log_group_name_prefix in aws-cloudwatch input. {pull}29695[29695]
+
+*Heartbeat*
 
-Changes will be described in the GA release.
+- Add fonts to support more different types of characters for multiple languages. {pull}29861[29861]
 
-[[release-notes-8.0.0-beta1]]
-=== Beats version 8.0.0-beta1
+*Metricbeat*
 
-Changes will be described in the GA release.
+- Extract correct index property in kibana.stats metricset {pull}29622[29622]
+- Fixed bug with `elasticsearch/cluster_stats` metricset not recording license expiration date correctly. {pull}29711[29711]
 
-[[release-notes-8.0.0-alpha2]]
-=== Beats version 8.0.0-alpha2
+*Packetbeat*
+
+- Prevent incorrect use of AMQP protocol parsing from causing silent failure. {pull}29017[29017]
+- Fix error handling in MongoDB protocol parsing. {pull}29017[29017]
+- Redis: fix incorrectly handle with two-words redis command. {issue}14872[14872] {pull}14873[14873]
+- Unify gopacket dependencies. {pull}29167[29167]
+
+==== Added
+
+*Affecting all Beats*
 
-Changes will be described in the GA release.
+- Add config option `rotate_on_startup` to file output {issue}19150[19150] {pull}19347[19347]
+- Update to ECS 8.0 fields. {pull}28620[28620]
+- Support custom analyzers in fields.yml. {issue}28540[28540] {pull}28926[28926]
+- Support self signed certificates on outputs {pull}29229[29229]
+- Add FIPS configuration option for all AWS API calls. {pull}[28899]
+- Warn users when connecting to older versions of Elasticsearch instances. {pull}29723[29723]
+- `add_fields` processor is now able to set metadata in events {pull}30092[30092]
 
-[[release-notes-8.0.0-alpha1]]
-=== Beats version 8.0.0-alpha1
+*Auditbeat*
+
+- system/process: Prevent hashing files in other mnt namespaces. {issue}25777[25777] {issue}29678[29678] {pull}29786[29786]
+
+*Metricbeat*
+
+- Preliminary AIX support {pull}27954[27954]
+- Add option to skip older k8s events {pull}29396[29396]
+- Add `elasticsearch.cluster.id` field to Beat and Kibana modules. {pull}29577[29577]
+- Add `elasticsearch.cluster.id` field to Logstash module. {pull}29625[29625]
+
+*Winlogbeat*
+
+- Add support for sysmon event ID 26; FileDeleteDetected. {issue}26280[26280] {pull}29957[29957]
+
+*Elastic Log Driver*
 
-Changes will be described in the GA release.
+- Fixed docs for hosts {pull}23644[23644]
 
 [[release-notes-7.17.0]]
 === Beats version 7.17.0

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.next.asciidoc b/CHANGELOG.next.asciidoc
@@ -36,52 +36,21 @@ https://github.com/elastic/beats/compare/v7.0.0-alpha2...master[Check the HEAD d
 
 *Auditbeat*
 
-- File integrity dataset (macOS): Replace unnecessary `file.origin.raw` (type keyword) with `file.origin.text` (type `text`). {issue}12423[12423] {pull}15630[15630]
-- Change event.kind=error to event.kind=event to comply with ECS. {issue}18870[18870] {pull}20685[20685]
 
 *Filebeat*
 
-- Fix parsing of Elasticsearch node name by `elasticsearch/slowlog` fileset. {pull}14547[14547]
-- With the default configuration the cloud modules (aws, azure, googlecloud, o365, okta)
-- With the default configuration the cef and panw modules will no longer send the `host`
-- Add `while_pattern` type to multiline reader. {pull}19662[19662]
-- auditd dataset: Use process.args to store program arguments instead of auditd.log.aNNN fields. {pull}29601[29601]
-- Remove deprecated old awscloudwatch input name. {pull}29844[29844]
 
 *Heartbeat*
 
-- Add fonts to support more different types of characters for multiple languages. {pull}29606[29861]
 
 *Metricbeat*
 
-- Remove deprecated fields in Docker module. {issue}11835[11835] {pull}27933[27933]
-- Remove deprecated fields in Kafka module. {pull}27938[27938]
-- Remove deprecated config option default_region from aws module. {pull}28120[28120]
-- Remove network and diskio metrics from ec2 metricset. {pull}28316[28316]
-- Rename read/write_io.ops_per_sec to read/write.iops in rds metricset. {pull}28350[28350]
-- Remove linux-only metrics from diskio, memory {pull}28292[28292]
-- Remove deprecated config option perfmon.counters from windows/perfmon metricset. {pull}28282[28282]
-- Remove deprecated fields in Redis module. {issue}11835[11835] {pull}28246[28246]
-- system/process metricset: Replace usage of deprecated `process.ppid` field with `process.parent.pid`. {pull}28620[28620]
 
- *Packetbeat*
+*Packetbeat*
 
-- Redis: fix incorrectly handle with two-words redis command. {issue}14872[14872] {pull}14873[14873]
-- `event.category` no longer contains the value `network_traffic` because this is not a valid ECS event category value. {pull}20556[20556]
-- Remove deprecated TLS fields in favor of tls.server.x509 and tls.client.x509 ECS fields. {pull}28487[28487]
-- HTTP: The field `http.request.method` will maintain its original case. {pull}28620[28620]
-- Unify gopacket dependencies. {pull}29167[29167]
 
 *Winlogbeat*
 
-- Add support to Sysmon file delete events (event ID 23). {issue}18094[18094]
-- Improve ECS field mappings in Sysmon module. `related.hash`, `related.ip`, and `related.user` are now populated. {issue}18364[18364]
-- Improve ECS field mappings in Sysmon module. Hashes are now also populated to the corresponding `process.hash`, `process.pe.imphash`, `file.hash`, or `file.pe.imphash`. {issue}18364[18364]
-- Improve ECS field mappings in Sysmon module. `file.name`, `file.directory`, and `file.extension` are now populated. {issue}18364[18364]
-- Improve ECS field mappings in Sysmon module. `rule.name` is populated for all events when present. {issue}18364[18364]
-- Remove top level `hash` property from sysmon events {pull}20653[20653]
-- Move module processing from local Javascript processor to ingest node {issue}29184[29184] {pull}29435[29435]
-- Fix run loop when reading from evtx file {pull}30006[30006]
 
 *Functionbeat*
 
@@ -106,19 +75,22 @@ https://github.com/elastic/beats/compare/v7.0.0-alpha2...master[Check the HEAD d
 
 - Add fonts to support more different types of characters for multiple languages. {pull}29861[29861]
 
+*Filebeat*
+
+
+*Heartbeat*
+
+
 *Metricbeat*
 
-- Extract correct index property in kibana.stats metricset {pull}29622[29622]
-- Fixed bug with `elasticsearch/cluster_stats` metricset not recording license expiration date correctly. {pull}29711[29711]
 
 *Packetbeat*
 
-- Prevent incorrect use of AMQP protocol parsing from causing silent failure. {pull}29017[29017]
-- Fix error handling in MongoDB protocol parsing. {pull}29017[29017]
 
 *Winlogbeat*
 
 - Add provider names to Security pipeline conditional check in routing pipeline. {issue}27288[27288] {pull}29781[29781]
+- Fix run loop when reading from evtx file {pull}30006[30006]
 
 *Functionbeat*
 
@@ -163,6 +135,12 @@ https://github.com/elastic/beats/compare/v7.0.0-alpha2...master[Check the HEAD d
 - threatintel module: Add new Recorded Future integration. {pull}30030[30030]
 - Add pipeline in FB's supported hints. {pull}30212[30212]
 
+*Auditbeat*
+
+
+*Filebeat*
+
+
 *Heartbeat*
 
 
@@ -192,11 +170,9 @@ https://github.com/elastic/beats/compare/v7.0.0-alpha2...master[Check the HEAD d
 
 *Winlogbeat*
 
-- Add support for sysmon event ID 26; FileDeleteDetected. {issue}26280[26280] {pull}29957[29957]
 
 *Elastic Log Driver*
 
-- Fixed docs for hosts {pull}23644[23644]
 
 ==== Deprecated
 

diff --git a/libbeat/docs/release.asciidoc b/libbeat/docs/release.asciidoc
@@ -8,11 +8,7 @@ This section summarizes the changes in each release. Also read
 <<breaking-changes>> for more detail about changes that affect
 upgrade.
 
-* <<release-notes-8.0.0-rc2>>
-* <<release-notes-8.0.0-rc1>>
-* <<release-notes-8.0.0-beta1>>
-* <<release-notes-8.0.0-alpha2>>
-* <<release-notes-8.0.0-alpha1>>
+* <<release-notes-8.0.0>>
 * <<release-notes-7.17.0>>
 * <<release-notes-7.16.3>>
 * <<release-notes-7.16.2>>