processor-add_observer_metadata.asciidoc

Add Observer metadata

add_observer_metadata

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The add_observer_metadata processor annotates each event with relevant metadata from the observer machine.

Example

  - add_observer_metadata:
      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

The fields added to the event look like this:

{
  "observer" : {
    "hostname" : "avce",
    "type" : "heartbeat",
    "vendor" : "elastic",
    "ip" : [
      "192.168.1.251",
      "fe80::64b2:c3ff:fe5b:b974",
    ],
    "mac" : [
      "dc:c1:02:6f:1b:ed",
    ],
    "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"
    }
  }
}

Configuration settings

processors.asciidoc

Name	Required	Default	Description
netinfo.enabled	No	true	Whether to include IP addresses and MAC addresses as fields observer.ip and observer.mac.
cache.ttl	No	5m	Sets the cache expiration time for the internal cache used by the processor. Negative values disable caching altogether.
geo.name	No		User-definable token to be used for identifying a discrete location. Frequently a data center, rack, or similar.
geo.location	No		Longitude and latitude in comma-separated format.
geo.continent_name	No		Name of the continent.
geo.country_name	No		Name of the country.
geo.region_name	No		Name of the region.
geo.city_name	No		Name of the city.
geo.country_iso_code	No		ISO country code.
geo.region_iso_code	No		ISO region code.