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Beats version 6.0.0-beta1
editBeats version 6.0.0-beta1
editBreaking changes
editAffecting all Beats
-
Rename
kubernetes
processor toadd_kubernetes_metadata
. 4473 -
Rename
*.full.yml
config files to*.reference.yml
. 4563 -
The
scripts/import_dashboards
is removed from packages. Use thesetup
command instead. 4586 - Change format of the saved kibana dashboards to have a single JSON file for each dashboard 4413
-
Rename
configtest
command totest config
. 4590 -
Remove setting
queue_size
andbulk_queue_size
. 4650 -
Remove setting
dashboard.snapshot
anddashboard.snapshot_url
. They are no longer needed because the dashboards are included in the packages by default. 4675 - Beats can no longer be launched from Windows Explorer (GUI), command line is required. 4420
Auditbeat
-
Changed file metricset config to make
file.paths
a list instead of a dictionary. 4796
Heartbeat
-
Renamed the heartbeat RPM/DEB name to
heartbeat-elastic
. 4601
Metricbeat
-
Change all
system.cpu.*.pct
metrics to be scaled by the number of CPU cores. This will make the CPU usage percentages from the system cpu metricset consistent with the system process metricset. The documentation for these metrics already stated that on multi-core systems the percentages could be greater than 100%. 4544 - Remove filters setting from metricbeat modules. 4699
-
Added
type
field to filesystem metrics. 4717
Packetbeat
-
Remove the already unsupported
pf_ring
sniffer option. 4608
Bugfixes
editAffecting all Beats
Auditbeat
-
Fix
file.max_file_size
config option for the audit file metricset. 4796
Filebeat
-
Fix issue where the
fileset.module
could have the wrong value. 4761
Metricbeat
Packetbeat
- Enabled /proc/net/tcp6 scanning and fixed ip v6 parsing. 4442
Winlogbeat
- Removed validation of top-level config keys. This behavior was inconsistent with other Beats and caused maintainability issues. 4657
Added
editAffecting all Beats
- New cli subcommands interface. 4420
-
Allow source path matching in
add_docker_metadata
processor. 4495 - Add support for analyzers and multifields in fields.yml. 4574
- Add support for JSON logging. 4523
-
Add
test output
command, to test Elasticsearch and Logstash output settings. 4590 - Introduce configurable event queue settings: queue.mem.events, queue.mem.flush.min_events and queue.mem.flush.timeout. 4650
- Enable pipelining in Logstash output by default. 4650
- Added result field to Elasticsearch QueryResult struct for compatibility with 6.x Index and Delete API responses. {issue]4661[4661]
- The sample dashboards are now included in the Beats packages. 4675
-
Add
pattern
option to be used in the fields.yml to specify the pattern for a number field. 4731
Auditbeat
Filebeat
- Add experimental Redis module. 4441
- Nginx module: use the first not-private IP address as the remote_ip. 4417
- Load Ingest Node pipelines when the Elasticsearch connection is established, instead of only once at startup. 4479
- Add support for loading Xpack Machine Learning configurations from the modules, and added sample configurations for the Nginx module. 4506 4609
- Add udp prospector type. 4452
- Enabled Cgo which means libc is dynamically compiled. 4546
- Add Beta module config reloading mechanism 4566
- Remove spooler and publisher components and settings. 4644
Heartbeat
- Enabled Cgo which means libc is dynamically compiled. 4546
Metricbeat
- Add random startup delay to each metricset to avoid the thundering herd problem. 4010
- Add the ability to configure audit rules to the kernel module. 4482
- Add the ability to configure kernel’s audit failure mode. 4516
- Add experimental Aerospike module. 4560
- Vsphere module: collect custom fields from virtual machines. 4464
-
Add
test modules
command, to test modules expected output. 4656 -
Add
processors
setting to metricbeat modules. 4699 -
Support
npipe
protocol (Windows) in Docker module. 4751
Winlogbeat
- Add the ability to use LevelRaw if Level isn’t populated in the event XML. 4257
Auditbeat
- Add file integrity metricset to the audit module. 4486