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Beats version 6.0.0-rc1

Beats version 6.0.0-rc1

Bugfixes

Affecting all Beats

Fix the /usr/bin/beatname script to accept -d "*" as a parameter. 5040
Combine fields.yml properties when they are defined in different sources. 5075
Keep Docker & Kubernetes pod metadata after container dies while they are needed by processors. 5084
Fix fields.yml lookup when using export template with a custom path.config param. 5089
Remove runner creation from every reload check 5141
Fix add_kubernetes_metadata matcher registry lookup. 5159

Metricbeat

Fix a memory allocation issue where more memory was allocated than needed in the windows-perfmon metricset. 5035
Don’t start metricbeat if external modules config is wrong and reload is disabled 5053
The MongoDB module now connects on each fetch, to avoid stopping the whole Metricbeat instance if MongoDB is not up when starting. 5120
Fix kubernetes events module to be able to index time fields properly. 5093
Fixed cmd_set and cmd_get being mixed in the Memcache module. 5189

Added

Affecting all Beats

Enable flush timeout by default. 5150
Add @metadata.version to events send to Logstash. 5166

Auditbeat

Changed the number of shards in the default configuration to 3. 5095
Add support for receiving audit events using a multicast socket. 4850

Filebeat

Changed the number of shards in the default configuration to 3. 5095
Don’t start filebeat if external modules/prospectors config is wrong and reload is disabled 5053
Add filebeat.registry_flush setting, to delay the registry updates. 5146

Heartbeat

Changed the number of shards in the default configuration to 1. 5095

Packetbeat

Changed the number of shards in the default configuration to 3. 5095

Winlogbeat

Changed the number of shards in the default configuration to 3. 5095

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