diff -u content/docs/1.7/architecture.md content/docs/1.8/architecture.md
--- content/docs/1.7/architecture.md    2018-11-12 17:13:26.231591472 +0100
+++ content/docs/1.8/architecture.md    2018-11-12 18:38:52.581511715 +0100
@@ -48,3 +48,7 @@
 ### Query

 {{< definition "query" >}}
+
+### Ingester
+
+{{< definition "ingester" >}}
diff -u content/docs/1.7/deployment.md content/docs/1.8/deployment.md
--- content/docs/1.7/deployment.md  2018-11-12 20:47:26.523081469 +0100
+++ content/docs/1.8/deployment.md  2018-11-12 18:52:50.772282059 +0100
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 **jaeger-agent**      | [hub.docker.com/r/jaegertracing/jaeger-agent/](https://hub.docker.com/r/jaegertracing/jaeger-agent/)
 **jaeger-collector**  | [hub.docker.com/r/jaegertracing/jaeger-collector/](https://hub.docker.com/r/jaegertracing/jaeger-collector/)
 **jaeger-query**      | [hub.docker.com/r/jaegertracing/jaeger-query/](https://hub.docker.com/r/jaegertracing/jaeger-query/)
+**jaeger-ingester**   | [hub.docker.com/r/jaegertracing/jaeger-ingester/](https://hub.docker.com/r/jaegertracing/jaeger-ingester/)

 There are orchestration templates for running Jaeger with:

@@ -26,7 +27,7 @@

 To see the complete list of options, run the binary with `help` command. Options that are specific to a certain storage backend are only listed if the storage type is selected. For example, to see all available options in the Collector with Cassandra storage:

-```
+```sh
 $ docker run --rm \
     -e SPAN_STORAGE_TYPE=cassandra \
     jaegertracing/jaeger-collector:{{< currentVersion >}} \
@@ -54,7 +55,7 @@

 It can be executed directly on the host or via Docker, as follows:

-```bash
+```sh
 ## make sure to expose only the ports you use in your deployment scenario!
 docker run \
   --rm \
@@ -73,7 +74,7 @@

 On Docker, a command like the following can be used:

-```bash
+```sh
 docker run \
   --rm \
   -p5775:5775/udp \
@@ -81,7 +82,7 @@
   -p6832:6832/udp \
   -p5778:5778/tcp \
   jaegertracing/jaeger-agent:{{< currentVersion >}} \
-  --collector.host-port=jaeger-collector.jaeger-infra.svc:14267
+  --reporter.tchannel.collector.host-port=jaeger-collector.jaeger-infra.svc:14267
 ```

 In the future we will support different service discovery systems to dynamically load balance
@@ -94,13 +95,13 @@
 via `--cassandra.keyspace` and `--cassandra.servers` options, or the location of Elasticsearch cluster, via
 `--es.server-urls`, depending on which storage is specified. To see all command line options run

-```
+```sh
 go run ./cmd/collector/main.go -h
 ```

 or, if you don't have the source code

-```
+```sh
 docker run -it --rm jaegertracing/jaeger-collector:{{< currentVersion >}} -h
 ```

@@ -175,7 +176,7 @@
 your Cassandra cluster correctly. After verifying with e.g. `cqlsh`, you can
 configure the collector and query like so:

-```
+```sh
 docker run \
   -e CASSANDRA_SERVERS=<...> \
   -e CASSANDRA_TLS=true \
@@ -248,9 +249,7 @@
 Supported in Jaeger since 1.6.0
 Supported Kafka versions: 0.8+

-In version 1.6.0, the Kafka storage backend implementation only supports writing data, this means you will need to use another one (with the multiple storage types feature) to be able to view the traces in the Query component.
-
-Starting from version 1.7.0, a new component (Ingester) has been added to support reading from Kafka and storing it in another storage backend (Elasticsearch or Cassandra).
+Starting from version 1.7.0, a new component [Ingester](#ingester) was added to support reading from Kafka and storing it in another storage backend (Elasticsearch or Cassandra).

 Writing to Kafka is particularly useful for building post-processing data pipelines.

@@ -278,6 +277,22 @@

 You can find more information about topics and partitions in general in the [official documentation](https://kafka.apache.org/documentation/#intro_topics). [This article](https://www.confluent.io/blog/how-to-choose-the-number-of-topicspartitions-in-a-kafka-cluster/) provide more details about how to choose the number of partitions.

+## Ingester
+**jaeger-ingester** is a service which reads span data from Kafka topic and writes it to another storage backend (Elasticsearch or Cassandra).
+
+Port  | Protocol | Function
+----- | -------  | ---
+14270 | HTTP     | Health check at **/**
+14271 | HTTP     | Metrics endpoint
+
+To view all exposed configuration options run the following command:
+```sh
+docker run \
+  -e SPAN_STORAGE_TYPE=cassandra \
+  jaegertracing/jaeger-ingester:{{< currentVersion >}}
+  --help \
+```
+
 ## Query Service & UI

 **jaeger-query** serves the API endpoints and a React/Javascript UI.
diff -u content/docs/1.7/_index.md content/docs/1.8/_index.md
--- content/docs/1.7/_index.md  2018-11-12 18:37:02.925732600 +0100
+++ content/docs/1.8/_index.md  2018-11-12 18:37:02.943732564 +0100
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
   * Supported storage backends:
     * [Cassandra 3.4+](./deployment/#cassandra)
     * [Elasticsearch 5.x, 6.x](./deployment/#elasticsearch)
+    * [Kafka](./deployment/#kafka)
     * memory storage

 ## Quick Start
diff -u content/docs/1.7/monitoring.md content/docs/1.8/monitoring.md
--- content/docs/1.7/monitoring.md  2018-11-12 17:13:26.232591472 +0100
+++ content/docs/1.8/monitoring.md  2018-11-12 18:20:25.973220804 +0100
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 **jaeger-agent**      | 5778
 **jaeger-collector**  | 14268
 **jaeger-query**      | 16686
+**jaeger-ingester**   | 14271

 ## Logging