i am using filebeat 6.0.0 which without add_host_metadata processor; and my os is Windows. now i hope to add an IP field to the filebeat result of all modules, but i don't want to set an Environment Variable globally. Do I have any other way to do that? i am trying start filebeat with filebeat.exe…

Add environment variables on filebeat start

leslie October 19, 2018, 5:32am 3

I met the same problem as Filebeat Windows | Time sync using filebeat 6.4.2, so i downgrade to 6.0.0 .

the error is

2018-10-19T13:28:54+08:00 CRIT Exiting: missing field accessing 'fields.ip'

I want IP for some modules,however adding IP for every event is ok.

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