Update GitHub templates and markdown files.

- Issue templates are replaced with forms.  Forms allow to explicitly ask
  for certain info before an issue is opened, they can be programmatically
  queried via GH actions to get the data in fields.

- Added language around GH discussions vs the forum in the issue forms.

- Added GH discussions templates.  These templates delineate which types
  of discussions belong on GitHub vs the community forum.

- Created SUPPORT.md to delineate which types of topics belong on GitHub
  vs different support channels (community forum/docs/commercial support).

- Updated CONTRIBUTING.md:
  - Removed text that belongs in SUPPORT.md.
  - Added F5 CLA clarifying text.

- Added badges to README.md.  Most of these are there to make information
  even clearer, moreso for users reading README.md from sources outside
  GitHub.

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b97181e30..d6761842c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -4,6 +4,11 @@
   <img alt="NGINX Banner">
 </picture>
 
+[![Project Status: Active – The project has reached a stable, usable state and is being actively developed.](https://www.repostatus.org/badges/latest/active.svg)](https://www.repostatus.org/#active)
+[![Community Forum](https://img.shields.io/badge/community-forum-009639?logo=discourse&link=https%3A%2F%2Fcommunity.nginx.org)](https://community.nginx.org)
+[![License](https://img.shields.io/badge/License-BSD%202--Clause-blue.svg)](/LICENSE)
+[![Code of Conduct](https://img.shields.io/badge/Contributor%20Covenant-2.1-4baaaa.svg)](/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md)
+
 NGINX (pronounced "engine x" or "en-jin-eks") is the world's most popular Web Server, high performance Load Balancer, Reverse Proxy, API Gateway and Content Cache.
 
 NGINX is free and open source software, distributed under the terms of a simplified [2-clause BSD-like license](LICENSE).
@@ -60,7 +65,6 @@ nginx -V
 ```
 > See [Configuring the build](#configuring-the-build) for information on how to include specific Static modules into your nginx build.
 
-
 ## Configurations
 NGINX is highly flexible and configurable. Provisioning the software is achieved via text-based config file(s) accepting parameters called "[Directives](https://nginx.org/en/docs/dirindex.html)". See [Configuration File's Structure](https://nginx.org/en/docs/beginners_guide.html#conf_structure) for a comprehensive description of how NGINX configuration files work.
 
@@ -209,9 +213,7 @@ The output of which should start with:
 ```
 
 # Asking questions and reporting issues
-We encourage you to engage with us.
-- [NGINX GitHub Discussions](https://github.com/nginx/nginx/discussions), is the go-to place to start asking questions and sharing your thoughts.
-- Our [GitHub Issues](https://github.com/nginx/nginx/issues) page offers space to submit and discuss specific issues, report bugs, and suggest enhancements.
+See our [Support](SUPPORT.md) guidelines for information on how discuss the codebase, ask troubleshooting questions, and report issues.
 
 # Contributing code
 Please see the [Contributing](CONTRIBUTING.md) guide for information on how to contribute code.