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Beats version 5.0.0-alpha3
editBeats version 5.0.0-alpha3
editBreaking changes
editAffecting all Beats
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All configuration settings under
shipper:are moved to be top level configuration settings. I.e.shipper.name:becomesname:in the configuration file. 1570
Topbeat
- Topbeat is replaced by Metricbeat.
Filebeat
- The state for files which fall under ignore_older is not stored anymore. This has the consequence, that if a file which fell under ignore_older is updated, the whole file will be crawled.
Added
editAffecting all Beats
- Add conditions to generic filtering. 1623
Metricbeat
- First public release, containing the following modules: apache, mysql, nginx, redis, system, and zookeeper.
Filebeat
- The registry format was changed to an array instead of dict. The migration to the new format will happen automatically at the first startup. 1703