---
title: Cloud provider metadata fields
description: Metadata from cloud providers added by the add_cloud_metadata processor. 
url: https://www.elastic.co/docs/reference/beats/heartbeat/exported-fields-cloud
products:
  - Beats
  - Heartbeat
applies_to:
  - Elastic Stack: Generally available
---

# Cloud provider metadata fields
Metadata from cloud providers added by the add_cloud_metadata processor.
<definitions>
  <definition term="cloud.image.id">
    Image ID for the cloud instance.
    example: ami-abcd1234
  </definition>
  <definition term="meta.cloud.provider">
    type: alias
    alias to: cloud.provider
  </definition>
  <definition term="meta.cloud.instance_id">
    type: alias
    alias to: cloud.instance.id
  </definition>
  <definition term="meta.cloud.instance_name">
    type: alias
    alias to: cloud.instance.name
  </definition>
  <definition term="meta.cloud.machine_type">
    type: alias
    alias to: cloud.machine.type
  </definition>
  <definition term="meta.cloud.availability_zone">
    type: alias
    alias to: cloud.availability_zone
  </definition>
  <definition term="meta.cloud.project_id">
    type: alias
    alias to: cloud.project.id
  </definition>
  <definition term="meta.cloud.region">
    type: alias
    alias to: cloud.region
  </definition>
</definitions>