Winlogbeat fields

Fields from the Windows Event Log.

event.original

The raw XML representation of the event obtained from Windows. This field is only available on operating systems supporting the Windows Event Log API (Microsoft Windows Vista and newer). This field is not included by default and must be enabled by setting include_xml: true as a configuration option for an individual event log. The XML representation of the event is useful for troubleshooting purposes. The data in the fields reported by Winlogbeat can be compared to the data in the XML to diagnose problems.

All fields specific to the Windows Event Log are defined here.

winlog.activity_id

A globally unique identifier that identifies the current activity. The events that are published with this identifier are part of the same activity.

type: keyword

required: False

winlog.computer_name

The name of the computer that generated the record. When using Windows event forwarding, this name can differ from agent.hostname.

type: keyword

required: True

winlog.computerObject.domain

The domain of the account that was added, modified or deleted in the event.

type: keyword

required: False

winlog.computerObject.id

A globally unique identifier that identifies the target device.

type: keyword

required: False

winlog.computerObject.name

The account name that was added, modified or deleted in the event.

type: keyword

required: False

winlog.event_data

The event-specific data. This field is mutually exclusive with user_data. If you are capturing event data on versions prior to Windows Vista, the parameters in event_data are named param1, param2, and so on, because event log parameters are unnamed in earlier versions of Windows.

type: object

required: False

This is a non-exhaustive list of parameters that are used in Windows events. By having these fields defined in the template they can be used in dashboards and machine-learning jobs.

winlog.event_data.AuthenticationPackageName

type: keyword

winlog.event_data.Binary

type: keyword

winlog.event_data.BitlockerUserInputTime

type: keyword

winlog.event_data.BootMode

type: keyword

winlog.event_data.BootType

type: keyword

winlog.event_data.BuildVersion

type: keyword

winlog.event_data.CallTrace

type: keyword

winlog.event_data.ClientInfo

type: keyword

winlog.event_data.Company

type: keyword

winlog.event_data.Configuration

type: keyword

winlog.event_data.CorruptionActionState

type: keyword

winlog.event_data.CreationUtcTime

type: keyword

winlog.event_data.Description

type: keyword

winlog.event_data.Detail

type: keyword

winlog.event_data.DeviceName

type: keyword

winlog.event_data.DeviceNameLength

type: keyword

winlog.event_data.DeviceTime

type: keyword

winlog.event_data.DeviceVersionMajor

type: keyword

winlog.event_data.DeviceVersionMinor

type: keyword

winlog.event_data.DriveName

type: keyword

winlog.event_data.DriverName

type: keyword

winlog.event_data.DriverNameLength

type: keyword

winlog.event_data.DwordVal

type: keyword

winlog.event_data.EntryCount

type: keyword

winlog.event_data.EventType

type: keyword

winlog.event_data.EventNamespace

type: keyword

winlog.event_data.ExtraInfo

type: keyword

winlog.event_data.FailureName

type: keyword

winlog.event_data.FailureNameLength

type: keyword

winlog.event_data.FileVersion

type: keyword

winlog.event_data.FinalStatus

type: keyword

winlog.event_data.GrantedAccess

type: keyword

winlog.event_data.Group

type: keyword

winlog.event_data.IdleImplementation

type: keyword

winlog.event_data.IdleStateCount

type: keyword

winlog.event_data.ImpersonationLevel

type: keyword

winlog.event_data.IntegrityLevel

type: keyword

winlog.event_data.IpAddress

type: keyword

winlog.event_data.IpPort

type: keyword

winlog.event_data.KeyLength

type: keyword

winlog.event_data.LastBootGood

type: keyword

winlog.event_data.LastShutdownGood

type: keyword

winlog.event_data.LmPackageName

type: keyword

winlog.event_data.LogonGuid

type: keyword

winlog.event_data.LogonId

type: keyword

winlog.event_data.LogonProcessName

type: keyword

winlog.event_data.LogonType

type: keyword

winlog.event_data.MajorVersion

type: keyword

winlog.event_data.MaximumPerformancePercent

type: keyword

winlog.event_data.MemberName

type: keyword

winlog.event_data.MemberSid

type: keyword

winlog.event_data.MinimumPerformancePercent

type: keyword

winlog.event_data.MinimumThrottlePercent

type: keyword

winlog.event_data.MinorVersion

type: keyword

winlog.event_data.Name

type: keyword

winlog.event_data.NewProcessId

type: keyword

winlog.event_data.NewProcessName

type: keyword

winlog.event_data.NewSchemeGuid

type: keyword

winlog.event_data.NewThreadId

type: keyword

winlog.event_data.NewTime

type: keyword

winlog.event_data.NominalFrequency

type: keyword

winlog.event_data.Number

type: keyword

winlog.event_data.OldSchemeGuid

type: keyword

winlog.event_data.OldTime

type: keyword

winlog.event_data.Operation

type: keyword

winlog.event_data.OriginalFileName

type: keyword

winlog.event_data.Path

type: keyword

winlog.event_data.PerformanceImplementation

type: keyword

winlog.event_data.PreviousCreationUtcTime

type: keyword

winlog.event_data.PreviousTime

type: keyword

winlog.event_data.PrivilegeList

type: keyword

winlog.event_data.ProcessId

type: keyword

winlog.event_data.ProcessName

type: keyword

winlog.event_data.ProcessPath

type: keyword

winlog.event_data.ProcessPid

type: keyword

winlog.event_data.Product

type: keyword

winlog.event_data.PuaCount

type: keyword

winlog.event_data.PuaPolicyId

type: keyword

winlog.event_data.QfeVersion

type: keyword

winlog.event_data.Query

type: keyword

winlog.event_data.Reason

type: keyword

winlog.event_data.SchemaVersion

type: keyword

winlog.event_data.ScriptBlockText

type: keyword

winlog.event_data.ServiceName

type: keyword

winlog.event_data.ServiceVersion

type: keyword

winlog.event_data.Session

type: keyword

winlog.event_data.ShutdownActionType

type: keyword

winlog.event_data.ShutdownEventCode

type: keyword

winlog.event_data.ShutdownReason

type: keyword

winlog.event_data.Signature

type: keyword

winlog.event_data.SignatureStatus

type: keyword

winlog.event_data.Signed

type: keyword

winlog.event_data.StartAddress

type: keyword

winlog.event_data.StartFunction

type: keyword

winlog.event_data.StartModule

type: keyword

winlog.event_data.StartTime

type: keyword

winlog.event_data.State

type: keyword

winlog.event_data.Status

type: keyword

winlog.event_data.StopTime

type: keyword

winlog.event_data.SubjectDomainName

type: keyword

winlog.event_data.SubjectLogonId

type: keyword

winlog.event_data.SubjectUserName

type: keyword

winlog.event_data.SubjectUserSid

type: keyword

winlog.event_data.TSId

type: keyword

winlog.event_data.TargetDomainName

type: keyword

winlog.event_data.TargetImage

type: keyword

winlog.event_data.TargetInfo

type: keyword

winlog.event_data.TargetLogonGuid

type: keyword

winlog.event_data.TargetLogonId

type: keyword

winlog.event_data.TargetProcessGUID

type: keyword

winlog.event_data.TargetProcessId

type: keyword

winlog.event_data.TargetServerName

type: keyword

winlog.event_data.TargetUserName

type: keyword

winlog.event_data.TargetUserSid

type: keyword

winlog.event_data.TerminalSessionId

type: keyword

winlog.event_data.TokenElevationType

type: keyword

winlog.event_data.TransmittedServices

type: keyword

winlog.event_data.Type

type: keyword

winlog.event_data.UserSid

type: keyword

winlog.event_data.Version

type: keyword

winlog.event_data.Workstation

type: keyword

winlog.event_data.param1

type: keyword

winlog.event_data.param2

type: keyword

winlog.event_data.param3

type: keyword

winlog.event_data.param4

type: keyword

winlog.event_data.param5

type: keyword

winlog.event_data.param6

type: keyword

winlog.event_data.param7

type: keyword

winlog.event_data.param8

type: keyword

winlog.event_id

The event identifier. The value is specific to the source of the event.

type: keyword

required: True

winlog.keywords

The keywords are used to classify an event.

type: keyword

required: False

winlog.channel

The name of the channel from which this record was read. This value is one of the names from the event_logs collection in the configuration.

type: keyword

required: True

winlog.record_id

The record ID of the event log record. The first record written to an event log is record number 1, and other records are numbered sequentially. If the record number reaches the maximum value (232 for the Event Logging API and 264 for the Windows Event Log API), the next record number will be 0.

type: keyword

required: True

winlog.related_activity_id

A globally unique identifier that identifies the activity to which control was transferred to. The related events would then have this identifier as their activity_id identifier.

type: keyword

required: False

winlog.opcode

The opcode defined in the event. Task and opcode are typically used to identify the location in the application from where the event was logged.

type: keyword

required: False

winlog.provider_guid

A globally unique identifier that identifies the provider that logged the event.

type: keyword

required: False

winlog.process.pid

The process_id of the Client Server Runtime Process.

type: long

required: False

winlog.provider_name

The source of the event log record (the application or service that logged the record).

type: keyword

required: True

winlog.task

The task defined in the event. Task and opcode are typically used to identify the location in the application from where the event was logged. The category used by the Event Logging API (on pre Windows Vista operating systems) is written to this field.

type: keyword

required: False

winlog.time_created

The event creation time.

type: date

required: False

winlog.trustAttribute

The decimal value of attributes for new trust created to a domain.

type: keyword

required: False

winlog.trustDirection

The direction of new trust created to a domain. Possible values are TRUST_DIRECTION_DISABLED, TRUST_DIRECTION_INBOUND, TRUST_DIRECTION_OUTBOUND and TRUST_DIRECTION_BIDIRECTIONAL

type: keyword

required: False

winlog.trustType

The account name that was added, modified or deleted in the event. Possible values are TRUST_TYPE_DOWNLEVEL, TRUST_TYPE_UPLEVEL, TRUST_TYPE_MIT and TRUST_TYPE_DCE

type: keyword

required: False

winlog.process.thread.id

type: long

required: False

winlog.user_data

The event specific data. This field is mutually exclusive with event_data.

type: object

required: False

winlog.user.identifier

The Windows security identifier (SID) of the account associated with this event. If Winlogbeat cannot resolve the SID to a name, then the user.name, user.domain, and user.type fields will be omitted from the event. If you discover Winlogbeat not resolving SIDs, review the log for clues as to what the problem may be.

type: keyword

example: S-1-5-21-3541430928-2051711210-1391384369-1001

required: False

winlog.user.name

Name of the user associated with this event.

type: keyword

winlog.user.domain

The domain that the account associated with this event is a member of.

type: keyword

required: False

winlog.user.type

The type of account associated with this event.

type: keyword

required: False

winlog.version

The version number of the event’s definition.

type: long

required: False