Dropping fields doesnt work

[randude]

Hi,
I'd like to drop the beat fields. I've used the formal docs and added the processors part but the fields are still in the data for some reason. What am I doing wrong?

This is my yaml file for metricbeat 5.5.0:

metricbeat.modules:
- module: system
  metricsets: ["process"]
  filters:
    - drop_event.when.regexp.name: '(bioset|python|sshd|bash|sftp-server|atop|java|cron|acpi_thermal_pm|agetty|ata_sff)'
  processors:
   - drop_fields:
       fields: ["beat",  "process.cmdline"]
  enabled: true
  period: 30s
  processes: ['.*']

[andrewkroh]

Try changing it to:

metricbeat.modules:
- module: system
  metricsets: ["process"]
  filters:
    - drop_event.when.regexp.name: '(bioset|python|sshd|bash|sftp-server|atop|java|cron|acpi_thermal_pm|agetty|ata_sff)'
  enabled: true
  period: 30s
  processes: ['.*']

processors:
- drop_fields:
    fields: ["beat",  "system.process.cmdline"]

[randude]

YES! it works!
Thanks a lot!

Do you know by any chance how to change the regexp to a regex that matches a word that doesnt contain the word "company"?
I've tried several perl expressions, but it seems that it doesnt like the ?! combination.

[andrewkroh]

I don't know of any way to do it with the re2 regular expressions supported by Go.

But you could negate the by adding not.

drop_event.when.not.regexp.name: 'company'

[randude]

You are awesome man.
It all works!