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## [About Comments within Logstash Plugin Config](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/about-comments-within-logstash-plugin-config/295120)

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**Author:** [@usb](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/usb)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 23, 2022, 4:34am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/about-comments-within-logstash-plugin-config/295120 "2022-01-23T04:34:53Z")

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Hi everyone. Recently, I am trying to add more comments to my Logstash pipeline config so that it is more understandable. However, I found that it seems comments cannot be added in-between lines of a plugin config. For …

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## [How to keep 3 numbers for all shards？](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-keep-3-numbers-for-all-shards/295125)

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**Author:** [@wajika](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/wajika)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 23, 2022, 3:26am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-keep-3-numbers-for-all-shards/295125 "2022-01-23T03:26:01Z")

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I have three nodes, and I want to maintain 3 primary shards and 1 replica for each index on the cluster. I know that I can specify a template by setting a template and logstash output, but is there a way to do it once an…

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## [Kibana is not ready yet error after v7.16.2 Upgrade](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-is-not-ready-yet-error-after-v7-16-2-upgrade/293652)

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**Author:** [@vincpas](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/vincpas)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [January 22, 2022, 9:15pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-is-not-ready-yet-error-after-v7-16-2-upgrade/293652 "2022-01-22T21:15:02Z")

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I have completed upgrading Elasticsearch cluster from 7.10.2 to 7.16.2. After completing Kibana upgrade from 7.10.2 to 7.16.2, I am now getting Kibana is not ready yet error. I verified the Elasticsearch cluster is in go…

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## [What is Auditbeat audit syntax to exclude a process or path?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-is-auditbeat-audit-syntax-to-exclude-a-process-or-path/295117)

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**Author:** [@mgotechlock](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mgotechlock)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 22, 2022, 7:54pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-is-auditbeat-audit-syntax-to-exclude-a-process-or-path/295117 "2022-01-22T19:54:56Z")

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I have Auditbeat running with a bunch of CIS benchmark proposed auditd rules. One of my processes generates a bunch of false positive "time change" logs that I would like to filter out. audit: type=1300 audit(1642859012.…

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## [Kibana shows indices in gb size!](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-shows-indices-in-gb-size/295042)

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**Author:** [@Akanksha\_Pandey](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Akanksha_Pandey)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [January 22, 2022, 2:10pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-shows-indices-in-gb-size/295042 "2022-01-22T14:10:29Z")

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Hi, My Elasticsearch version 7.9.2. I'm using Filebeat to ship logs directly to Elasticsearch. All the services are running as docker container- Elasticsearch, Filebeat, Kibana The issue is- some of the Kibana indices…

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## [Avoid exclamation error on Canvas Visual Element when row is zero](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/avoid-exclamation-error-on-canvas-visual-element-when-row-is-zero/295105)

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**Author:** [@zx8086](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/zx8086)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 22, 2022, 11:31am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/avoid-exclamation-error-on-canvas-visual-element-when-row-is-zero/295105 "2022-01-22T11:31:29Z")

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Hi Guys, I have a DropDownFilter controlling two sets of Gauges for two sets of data. At times the filter would not return any data and i get an error - Empty Table. Is there a way to handle this failure in a nice way…

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## [Optional parameters in search template](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/optional-parameters-in-search-template/295113)

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**Author:** [@senthilkumarsevi](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/senthilkumarsevi)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 22, 2022, 10:26am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/optional-parameters-in-search-template/295113 "2022-01-22T10:26:32Z")

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I have search template with multiple parameters, while searching if the parameter value is empty string "" then filter applies in value with empty string "" returns 0 hits for that reason i need optional parameter for…

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## [\_dateparsefailure](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/dateparsefailure/294997)

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**Author:** [@INS](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/INS)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [January 22, 2022, 10:22am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/dateparsefailure/294997 "2022-01-22T10:22:20Z")

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So I don't know why I got the so kind error : \_dateparsefailure below You can find one of data input |date|time|millisecond| |18.11.2021|09:29:15|257| code: ruby { code =\> " event\_millisecond = ('000' + eve…

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## [How to get the hapi server object in the latest version](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-get-the-hapi-server-object-in-the-latest-version/294905)

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**Author:** [@qixian](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/qixian)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [January 22, 2022, 9:32am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-get-the-hapi-server-object-in-the-latest-version/294905 "2022-01-22T09:32:04Z")

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At the kibana 6.4,when i develop the custom plugin,I can use the hapi server object like this , but at the latest kibana version,how can i get the hapi server object ?Do I need to pull in the http\_server.js?

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## [Some words are not searched by elasticsearch](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/some-words-are-not-searched-by-elasticsearch/295100)

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**Author:** [@Amir\_Faramarzi](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Amir_Faramarzi)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [January 22, 2022, 6:16am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/some-words-are-not-searched-by-elasticsearch/295100 "2022-01-22T06:16:41Z")

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Hello I have noticed that some of the words that the user searches for are not searched by Elasticsearch For example, if the user searches for machine L, Elasticsearch only searches for L and does not search for the wo…

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## [Which is better in terms of performance? one wildcard or six matches](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/which-is-better-in-terms-of-performance-one-wildcard-or-six-matches/295057)

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**Author:** [@Amir\_Faramarzi](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Amir_Faramarzi)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 21, 2022, 1:09pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/which-is-better-in-terms-of-performance-one-wildcard-or-six-matches/295057 "2022-01-21T13:09:42Z")

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Hello Based on the words searched by the user, I want to prioritize products whose matched words are closer to the beginning of the product name. For example, if we have two products as follows "Samsung mobile phone c…

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## [How to know user who log into Kibana](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-know-user-who-log-into-kibana/294568)

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**Author:** [@harith](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/harith)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 21, 2022, 11:37pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-know-user-who-log-into-kibana/294568 "2022-01-21T23:37:17Z")

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Hi guys, I'm new here. Sorry if I'm in wrong category. My question: How can I know user who log into my Kibana? Kibana: Free version 7.4.0 Elasticsearch: Free version 7.4.0 What I've already done: I set \<xpack.sec…

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## [Creating our own kibana metric based upon the api response](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/creating-our-own-kibana-metric-based-upon-the-api-response/294075)

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**Author:** [@adnan-krit](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/adnan-krit)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [January 21, 2022, 10:49pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/creating-our-own-kibana-metric-based-upon-the-api-response/294075 "2022-01-21T22:49:53Z")

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Hi Discussion Team, Is there any way we can create our own metric based on an Elasticsearch API response ? So my use case is, that i want to keep track on rejected requests on my Elasticsearch cluster (i.e, response fr…

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## [Clicking 1 field but filtering based on other field for drildowns](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/clicking-1-field-but-filtering-based-on-other-field-for-drildowns/294836)

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**Author:** [@orhiee](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/orhiee)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 21, 2022, 10:08pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/clicking-1-field-but-filtering-based-on-other-field-for-drildowns/294836 "2022-01-21T22:08:57Z")

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Sorry for the possible confusing title, but here is what I am trying to do: in my dashboard for DNS I have name of the domain and number of hits (ex: elastic.co - 100hits). When I click the (+) on Kibana next to "elast…

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## [Jaeger dropping spans with Elasticsearch backend in Kubernetes](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/jaeger-dropping-spans-with-elasticsearch-backend-in-kubernetes/294756)

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**Author:** [@kashokan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kashokan)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 21, 2022, 10:07pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/jaeger-dropping-spans-with-elasticsearch-backend-in-kubernetes/294756 "2022-01-21T22:07:33Z")

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Hello, I have installed Jaeger with an Elasticsearch storage backend in Kubernetes (AWS EKS). I have 8 r5.4xlarge nodes and Elasticsearch version 7.16.2 (docker.elastic.co/elasticsearch/elasticsearch:7.16.2). The deploy…

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## [Migration Deprecation for Phantom Index Templates](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/migration-deprecation-for-phantom-index-templates/295096)

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**Author:** [@cspencer](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/cspencer)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 21, 2022, 8:29pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/migration-deprecation-for-phantom-index-templates/295096 "2022-01-21T20:29:54Z")

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I just upgraded my Elasticsearch cluster from 7.13.4 to 7.16.3 . After upgrading all nodes in the cluster, I checked the migration deprecations endpoint and found this warning: GET \_migration/deprecations { "cluster\_se…

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## [How snapshots works when using different Storage Class (GCS)?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-snapshots-works-when-using-different-storage-class-gcs/294753)

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**Author:** [@leandrojmp](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/leandrojmp)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 21, 2022, 8:07pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-snapshots-works-when-using-different-storage-class-gcs/294753 "2022-01-21T20:07:39Z")

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Hello, Currently I'm using snapshot repositories stored in Google Cloud Storage that was created with the standard storage class. Now I have the need to create new snapshots on another Google Cloud project and I was th…

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## [Limit of total fields \[1000\] in index exceeded](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/limit-of-total-fields-1000-in-index-exceeded/295093)

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**Author:** [@galion96](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/galion96)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 21, 2022, 6:33pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/limit-of-total-fields-1000-in-index-exceeded/295093 "2022-01-21T18:33:11Z")

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Hello, I saw that there are some concerns to raising the total limit on fields above 1000. I have a situation where I am not sure how to approach it from the design point of view. I lots simple key value pairs: key1:1…

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## [Calculation of percentages](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/calculation-of-percentages/295082)

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**Author:** [@RaulSan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/RaulSan)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 21, 2022, 6:00pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/calculation-of-percentages/295082 "2022-01-21T18:00:08Z")

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Hello! I am somewhat of a newbie to Kibana. I'm not sure how to calculate percentages. I tell you my problem with a simple example. I have candies of different flavors bought in different stores. I have already eaten …

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## [Querying on multiple flattened sub-fields for an array of items](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/querying-on-multiple-flattened-sub-fields-for-an-array-of-items/294990)

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**Author:** [@robert-n-stewart](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/robert-n-stewart)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [January 21, 2022, 5:00pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/querying-on-multiple-flattened-sub-fields-for-an-array-of-items/294990 "2022-01-21T17:00:01Z")

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If I have a flattened or object field named X, which is an array of objects with subfields A and B, how can I query for an item that has specific values for both A and B? E.g. if I run the following: { "query": { …

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## [Facing issues in logstash](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/facing-issues-in-logstash/295075)

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**Author:** [@Shubham\_Singh](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Shubham_Singh)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 21, 2022, 4:44pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/facing-issues-in-logstash/295075 "2022-01-21T16:44:59Z")

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/usr/share/logstash/bin/logstash --config.test\_and\_exit -f nginx.conf --path.settings /etc/logstash -----------------Getting this error when i run the logstash --------------------------------------------- Thread.exclu…

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## [Logstash 8.0 @timestamp with nanoseconds precision](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-8-0-timestamp-with-nanoseconds-precision/294910)

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**Author:** [@ale\_ve](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ale_ve)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 21, 2022, 4:29pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-8-0-timestamp-with-nanoseconds-precision/294910 "2022-01-21T16:29:01Z")

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Hi, I'd need help to understand how to set the @timestamp field with the content of another field that contains date and time with nanoseconds precision. I've tried to use the date match but it's not clear to me which p…

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## [Metricbeat beat-xpack shows only 1 beat instance per type in Kibana monitoring in custom AWS cluster,](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/metricbeat-beat-xpack-shows-only-1-beat-instance-per-type-in-kibana-monitoring-in-custom-aws-cluster/295072)

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**Author:** [@ronaldkonjer](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ronaldkonjer)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 21, 2022, 3:44pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/metricbeat-beat-xpack-shows-only-1-beat-instance-per-type-in-kibana-monitoring-in-custom-aws-cluster/295072 "2022-01-21T15:44:24Z")

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I'm trying to configure my logging cluster using metricbeat with the following modules: Enabled: elasticsearch-xpack kibana-xpack logstash-xpack beat-xpack system whereas my metricbeat config looks like this: # A…

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## [With xpack security enabled i can't run a custom plugin - what should change in that plugin?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/with-xpack-security-enabled-i-cant-run-a-custom-plugin-what-should-change-in-that-plugin/295083)

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**Author:** [@LucaL](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/LucaL)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 21, 2022, 3:50pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/with-xpack-security-enabled-i-cant-run-a-custom-plugin-what-should-change-in-that-plugin/295083 "2022-01-21T15:50:01Z")

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Hello, dev sent me a plugin to install on Elasticsearch installed via Elastic Stack Operator on Kubernetes with all security features enabled (authentication, https, etc.). What happens is that plugin, previously worki…

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## [Kibana plugin development connection issue](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-plugin-development-connection-issue/295078)

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**Author:** [@Richard\_L\_Nichols](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Richard_L_Nichols)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 21, 2022, 3:35pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-plugin-development-connection-issue/295078 "2022-01-21T15:35:32Z")

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I have Elastic and Kibana running successfully. Now I’m unsure how to launch the development version. I went to the directory in WSL and used the “yarn start” command. I have updated the kibana.yml file to reflect the v…

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## [Question on replica shards](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/question-on-replica-shards/295076)

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**Author:** [@Pradyumna\_Achar](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Pradyumna_Achar)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 21, 2022, 3:32pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/question-on-replica-shards/295076 "2022-01-21T15:32:11Z")

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Hello, I have a question regarding replica shards. As I understand, a write to the primary gets propagated to replicas on other nodes via requests that use the same write pool and the same write queue as user-initiated …

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## [Fields don't show up when events are published](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/fields-dont-show-up-when-events-are-published/294722)

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**Author:** [@a11](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/a11)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [January 21, 2022, 3:24pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/fields-dont-show-up-when-events-are-published/294722 "2022-01-21T15:24:37Z")

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Hi all, I'm struggling with a windows event to publish. Event xml below, strongs fields aren't publish by Winlogbeat. - \<Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event"\> - \<System\> \<Provider Name…

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## [Absolute instead of relative URL field](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/absolute-instead-of-relative-url-field/295068)

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**Author:** [@blumre](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/blumre)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 21, 2022, 2:49pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/absolute-instead-of-relative-url-field/295068 "2022-01-21T14:49:00Z")

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Hi, I have one field in an index that contains list of URLs. I changed the index pattern to be URL but the problem is that most of the URLS opened as relative paths although I want it to be absolute , for example if the …

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## [Error Connecting kafka with logsash](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-connecting-kafka-with-logsash/295067)

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**Author:** [@Avnish\_Singh](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Avnish_Singh)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 21, 2022, 2:42pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-connecting-kafka-with-logsash/295067 "2022-01-21T14:42:57Z")

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OS: Rocky Linux 8.5 Logstash: logstash-7.16.2 Hi, I'm trying to start logstash with kafka as input, here is the config: input { kafka{ bootstrap\_servers =\> "xx.xx.xxx.xx:9092" topics =\> \["ext\_device…

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## [Missing index setting in the new Java Client](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/missing-index-setting-in-the-new-java-client/294739)

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**Author:** [@jdrossl](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jdrossl)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [January 21, 2022, 2:19pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/missing-index-setting-in-the-new-java-client/294739 "2022-01-21T14:19:06Z")

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Hi everyone! I'm working on a migration from the RHLC to the new Java Client and most of it went fine but it seems like there is a whole section missing for Index Settings (index.mapping.\*) is this intentional or someth…

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