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Beats version 5.0.0-alpha5
editBeats version 5.0.0-alpha5
editBreaking changes
editAffecting all Beats
-
Rename the
filters
section toprocessors
. 1944 -
Introduce the condition with
when
in the processor configuration. 1949 - The Elasticsearch template is now loaded by default. 1993
-
The Redis output
index
setting is renamed tokey
.index
still works but it’s deprecated. 2077 -
The undocumented file output
index
setting was removed. Usefilename
instead. 2077
Metricbeat
Packetbeat
-
Set
enabled
` inpacketbeat.protocols.icmp
configuration totrue
by default. 1988
Bugfixes
editAffecting all Beats
-
Fix sync publisher
PublishEvents
return value if client is closed concurrently. 2046
Metricbeat
- Do not send zero values when no value was present in the source. 1972
Filebeat
Winlogbeat
- Fix potential data loss between Winlogbeat restarts, reporting unpublished lines as published. 2041
Added
editAffecting all Beats
- Periodically log internal metrics. 1955
- Add enabled setting to all output modules. 1987
-
Command line flag
-c
can be used multiple times. 1985 - Add OR/AND/NOT to the condition associated with the processors. 1983
-
Add
-E
CLI flag for overwriting single config options via command line. 1986 - Choose the mapping template file based on the Elasticsearch version. 1993
- Check stdout being available when console output is configured. 2035
Metricbeat
- Add pgid field to process information. https://github.com/elastic/beats/pull/ 2021[2021]
Packetbeat
Filebeat