Add Observer metadata

Warning

This functionality is in beta and is subject to change. The design and code is less mature than official GA features and is being provided as-is with no warranties. Beta features are not subject to the support SLA of official GA features.

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

Note

Elastic Agent processors execute before ingest pipelines, which means that they process the raw event data rather than the final event sent to Elasticsearch. For related limitations, refer to What are some limitations of using processors?

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.