Brewing in Beats: DNS reverse lookup processor
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DNS Reverse Lookup Processor
We added a new dns processor to Beats that can perform reverse DNS lookups of IP addresses contained in an event. This can be useful if you’re sending events directly to Elastic Cloud and need to enrich them with data from your network’s internal DNS servers. Read more about it the documentation.
All changes
Repository: elastic/beats
Metricbeat
Changes in master:
- Fixes metricbeat system test flakyness with better expectations #8052
- Log Win Svc Errors Better #8031
- Fix flakey apache module timeout test #8028
Changes in 6.x:
- Fix flakey apache module timeout test #8028
- Add fields to info metricset of Redis module #7695
- Add metrics metricset to MongoDB module #7611
- Add oplog metricset to mongodb module #7604
Filebeat
Changes in master:
- Make fb BOM test less flaky through parameterization #8085
- Fixed Support add_docker_metadata in Windows [#7797] #7844
Winlogbeat
Changes in master:
- Add RW lock to Winlogbeat checkpoint #8007
Changes in 6.x:
- Use unique event log for Winlogbeat system tests #8006
Auditbeat
Changes in master:
- Fix data race and deadlock in file_integrity module #8027
Processors
Changes in master:
- Add a reverse dns processor #7927
Testing
Changes in 6.4:
- Fix flaky generator tests, no git users #7795
- Fix flaky couchbase test #7791
- Metricbeat: Replace ceph image from demo to daemon #8044
Changes in master:
- Fix test_clean_removed_with_clean_
inactive test #8093 - Metricbeat: Replace ceph image from demo to daemon #8044
- Switch to Elastic Stack docker snapshot builds for testing #7981
Changes in 5.6:
- Metricbeat: Replace ceph image from demo to daemon #8044
- Install virtualenv in OSX travis builds #7866
Changes in 6.x:
- Fix flaky generator tests, no git users #7795
- Fix flaky couchbase test #7791
- Metricbeat: Replace ceph image from demo to daemon #8044
Infrastructure
Changes in master:
- Always get a fresh copy of the go-licenser dep #8079
Documentation
Changes in 6.4:
- Fix description of host setting in kubernetes configurations #8036
- Set docs to released in branch 6.4 #8055
- Add an example of autodiscover to deployment manifests #8029
- Update Auditbeat Running on Kubernetes docs #8030
- Recommend that users avoid harvesting symlinks when files are rotated #7950)
Changes in master:
- Fix description of host setting in kubernetes configurations #8036
- Update Auditbeat Running on Kubernetes docs #8030
- Add an example of autodiscover to deployment manifests #8029
Changes in 5.6:
- Bump docs version for 5.6.11 #8026
Changes in 6.x:
- Fix description of host setting in kubernetes configurations #8036