Could this be a bug? Not CRLF but LF is used in metricbeat.yml of Windows package

[sakurai-youhei (Youhei Sakurai)]

Hello,

Because GitHub issue template suggests questioning here first, I'm opening this topic.

Would anyone please authorize this is worth being recorded to GitHub issue as a bug or at least a valuable feature request?

Thanks.

Issue

Builtin notepad is useless when modifying metricbeat.yml due to LF usage there, i.e. Configuration of metricbeat requires 3rd-party text editor (e.g. notepad++) on Windows.

Conditions

• Windows 10
• Metricbeat 6.4.2 WINDOWS 64-BIT

Exact steps

1. Follow Installation guide.
2. Open C:\Program Files\Metricbeat\metricbeat.yml using notepad.

Current result

I can't modify the metricbeat.yml because all lines are wrapped into one line.

Expected result

I can modify the metricbeat.yml.

Code to look at

I'm not familiar with golang but it'd be probably possible to insert LF-to-CRLF conversion into windowsModulesDir and windowsReferenceConfig.

[kvch (Noémi Ványi)]

Indeed, it's a fair request. Please go ahead an open an issue on Github: https://github.com/elastic/beats/issues/new

I assume this problem effects all of the Beats.

[sakurai-youhei (Youhei Sakurai)]

Thank you! I posted this HERE.