---
title: Registered Domain
description: The registered_domain processor reads a field containing a hostname and then writes the "registered domain" contained in the hostname to the target field...
url: https://www.elastic.co/docs/reference/beats/auditbeat/processor-registered-domain
products:
  - Auditbeat
  - Beats
applies_to:
  - Elastic Stack: Generally available
---

# Registered Domain
The `registered_domain` processor reads a field containing a hostname and then writes the "registered domain" contained in the hostname to the target field. For example, given `www.google.co.uk` the processor would output `google.co.uk`. In other words the "registered domain" is the effective top-level domain (`co.uk`) plus one level (`google`). Optionally, it can store the rest of the domain, the `subdomain` into another target field.
This processor uses the Mozilla Public Suffix list to determine the value.
```yaml
processors:
  - registered_domain:
      field: dns.question.name
      target_field: dns.question.registered_domain
      target_etld_field: dns.question.top_level_domain
      target_subdomain_field: dns.question.sudomain
      ignore_missing: true
      ignore_failure: true
```

The `registered_domain` processor has the following configuration settings:

| Name                     | Required | Default | Description                                                      |
|--------------------------|----------|---------|------------------------------------------------------------------|
| `field`                  | yes      |         | Source field containing a fully qualified domain name (FQDN).    |
| `target_field`           | yes      |         | Target field for the registered domain value.                    |
| `target_etld_field`      | no       |         | Target field for the effective top-level domain value.           |
| `target_subdomain_field` | no       |         | Target subdomain field for the subdomain value.                  |
| `ignore_missing`         | no       | false   | Ignore errors when the source field is missing.                  |
| `ignore_failure`         | no       | false   | Ignore all errors produced by the processor.                     |
| `id`                     | no       |         | An identifier for this processor instance. Useful for debugging. |