# Drop kubernetes metadata

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/drop-kubernetes-metadata/266885>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** filebeat\
**Created:** [March 11, 2021, 5:52am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/drop-kubernetes-metadata/266885 "2021-03-11T05:52:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![Nurlan199206](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/nurlan199206/32/66254_2.png) [@Nurlan199206](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Nurlan199206)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2021, 5:52am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/drop-kubernetes-metadata/266885/1 "2021-03-11T05:52:42Z")

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i'm trying drop some unneccesary fields, but i still see metadata

i follow this docs: [Drop fields from events | Filebeat Reference [7.11] | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/filebeat/current/drop-fields.html)

```
"ecs": {
      "version": "1.1.0"
    },
    "host": {
      "name": "prod-node02",
      "hostname": "prod-node02",
      "architecture": "x86_64",
      "os": {
        "kernel": "3.10.0-1160.11.1.el7.x86_64",
        "codename": "Core",
        "platform": "centos",
        "version": "7 (Core)",
        "family": "redhat",
        "name": "CentOS Linux"
      },
      "containerized": true
    },

   - type: container
      paths:
        - /var/log/containers/*.log
      exclude_files:
        - /var/log/containers/admin.*
      processors:
        - add_kubernetes_metadata:
            host: ${NODE_NAME}
            matchers:
            - logs_path:
                logs_path: "/var/log/containers/"
        - drop_fields:
            fields: ["agent", "log", "input", "host", "ecs"]        
        - drop_event.when:
           or:
           - equals:
               kubernetes.namespace: "kube-system"
           - equals:
               kubernetes.namespace: "openshift-console"
           - equals:
               kubernetes.namespace: "openshift-logging"
           - equals:
               kubernetes.namespace: "openshift-metric-server"
           - equals:
               kubernetes.namespace: "openshift-node"
           - equals:
               kubernetes.namespace: "openshift-web-console"
           - equals:
               kubernetes.namespace: "kube-public"
           - equals:
               kubernetes.namespace: "kube-service-catalog"
           - equals:
               kubernetes.namespace: "openshift-infra"
           - equals:
               kubernetes.namespace: "openshift-monitoring"
           - equals:
               kubernetes.namespace: "openshift-sdn"
           - equals:
               kubernetes.namespace: "default"
           - equals:
               kubernetes.namespace: "velero"
           - equals:
               kubernetes.namespace: "openshift-template-service-broker"
           - equals:
               kubernetes.namespace: "openshift-metrics-server"
```

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2021, 7:53am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/drop-kubernetes-metadata/266885/2 "2021-04-08T07:53:05Z")

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