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Add Host metadata
editAdd Host metadata
editprocessors:
- add_host_metadata:
netinfo.enabled: false
cache.ttl: 5m
geo:
name: nyc-dc1-rack1
location: 40.7128, -74.0060
continent_name: North America
country_iso_code: US
region_name: New York
region_iso_code: NY
city_name: New York
It has the following settings:
-
netinfo.enabled - (Optional) Default false. Include IP addresses and MAC addresses as fields host.ip and host.mac
-
cache.ttl - (Optional) The processor uses an internal cache for the host metadata. This sets the cache expiration time. The default is 5m, negative values disable caching altogether.
-
geo.name - (Optional) User definable token to be used for identifying a discrete location. Frequently a datacenter, rack, or similar.
-
geo.location - (Optional) Longitude and latitude in comma separated format.
-
geo.continent_name - (Optional) Name of the continent.
-
geo.country_name - (Optional) Name of the country.
-
geo.region_name - (Optional) Name of the region.
-
geo.city_name - (Optional) Name of the city.
-
geo.country_iso_code - (Optional) ISO country code.
-
geo.region_iso_code - (Optional) ISO region code.
The add_host_metadata processor annotates each event with relevant metadata from the host machine.
The fields added to the event look like the following:
{
"host":{
"architecture":"x86_64",
"name":"example-host",
"id":"",
"os":{
"family":"darwin",
"build":"16G1212",
"platform":"darwin",
"version":"10.12.6",
"kernel":"16.7.0",
"name":"Mac OS X"
},
"ip": ["192.168.0.1", "10.0.0.1"],
"mac": ["00:25:96:12:34:56", "72:00:06:ff:79:f1"],
"geo": {
"continent_name": "North America",
"country_iso_code": "US",
"region_name": "New York",
"region_iso_code": "NY",
"city_name": "New York",
"name": "nyc-dc1-rack1",
"location": "40.7128, -74.0060"
}
}
}