Filebeat kubernetes unable to format json logs into fields

Hello,

i want to ingested containers json log data using filebeat deployed on kubernetes, i am able to ingest the logs to but i am unable to format the json logs in to fields

following is the logs visible in kibana

image
i want to take out the fields from messages above e.g. field for log.level, message, service.name and so on

Following are the filebeat configuration we are using

---
apiVersion: v1
kind: ConfigMap
metadata:
  name: filebeat-config
  namespace: kube-system
  labels:
    k8s-app: filebeat
data:
  filebeat.yml: |-
    filebeat.inputs:
    - type: container
     paths:
        - /var/log/containers/*.log
        - /var/log/containers/*.json
      processors:
        - add_kubernetes_metadata:
            host: ${NODE_NAME}
            matchers:
            - logs_path:
                logs_path: "/var/log/containers/"


    # To enable hints based autodiscover, remove `filebeat.inputs` configuration and uncomment this:

    filebeat.autodiscover:
      providers:
        - type: kubernetes
          node: ${NODE_NAME}
          templates:
            - condition:
                contains:
                  kubernetes.container.name: "no-json-logging"
              config:
                - type: container
                  paths:
                    - "/var/log/containers/*-${data.kubernetes.container.id}.log"
           - condition:
                contains:
                  kubernetes.container.name: "json-logging"
              config:
                - type: container
                  paths:
                    - "/var/log/containers/*-${data.kubernetes.container.id}.log"
                  json.keys_under_root: true
                  json.add_error_key: true
                  json.message_key: message


    processors:
      - add_cloud_metadata:
      - add_host_metadata:

    cloud.id: ${ELASTIC_CLOUD_ID}
    cloud.auth: ${ELASTIC_CLOUD_AUTH}

    output.elasticsearch:
      hosts: ['${ELASTICSEARCH_HOST:XX.XX.XX.XX}:${ELASTICSEARCH_PORT:9201}']
      username: ${ELASTICSEARCH_USERNAME}
      password: ${ELASTICSEARCH_PASSWORD}
---
apiVersion: apps/v1
kind: DaemonSet
metadata:
  name: filebeat
  namespace: kube-system
  labels:
    k8s-app: filebeat
spec:
  selector:
    matchLabels:
      k8s-app: filebeat
  template:
    metadata:
      labels:
        k8s-app: filebeat
    spec:
      serviceAccountName: filebeat
      terminationGracePeriodSeconds: 30
      hostNetwork: true
      dnsPolicy: ClusterFirstWithHostNet
      containers:
      - name: filebeat
        image: docker.elastic.co/beats/filebeat:8.5.3
        args: [
          "-c", "/etc/filebeat.yml",
          "-e",
        ]
        env:
        - name: ELASTICSEARCH_HOST
          value: XX.XX.XX.XX
        - name: ELASTICSEARCH_PORT
          value: "9201"
        - name: ELASTICSEARCH_USERNAME
          value: elastic
        - name: ELASTICSEARCH_PASSWORD
          value: elastic
        - name: ELASTIC_CLOUD_ID
          value:
        - name: ELASTIC_CLOUD_AUTH
          value:
        - name: NODE_NAME
          valueFrom:
            fieldRef:
              fieldPath: spec.nodeName
        securityContext:
          runAsUser: 0
          # If using Red Hat OpenShift uncomment this:
          #privileged: true
        resources:
          limits:
            memory: 200Mi
          requests:
            cpu: 100m
            memory: 100Mi
        volumeMounts:
        - name: config
          mountPath: /etc/filebeat.yml
          readOnly: true
          subPath: filebeat.yml
        - name: data
          mountPath: /usr/share/filebeat/data
        - name: varlibdockercontainers
          mountPath: /var/lib/docker/containers
          readOnly: true
        - name: varlog
          mountPath: /var/log
          readOnly: true
      volumes:
      - name: config
        configMap:
          defaultMode: 0640
          name: filebeat-config
      - name: varlibdockercontainers
        hostPath:
          path: /var/lib/docker/containers
      - name: varlog
        hostPath:
          path: /var/log
      # data folder stores a registry of read status for all files, so we don't send everything again on a Filebeat pod restart
      - name: data
        hostPath:
          # When filebeat runs as non-root user, this directory needs to be writable by group (g+w).
          path: /var/lib/filebeat-data
          type: DirectoryOrCreate
---
apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
kind: ClusterRoleBinding
metadata:
  name: filebeat
subjects:
- kind: ServiceAccount
  name: filebeat
  namespace: kube-system
roleRef:
  kind: ClusterRole
  name: filebeat
  apiGroup: rbac.authorization.k8s.io
---
apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
kind: RoleBinding
metadata:
  name: filebeat
  namespace: kube-system
subjects:
  - kind: ServiceAccount
    name: filebeat
    namespace: kube-system
roleRef:
  kind: Role
  name: filebeat
  apiGroup: rbac.authorization.k8s.io
---
apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
kind: RoleBinding
metadata:
  name: filebeat-kubeadm-config
  namespace: kube-system
subjects:
  - kind: ServiceAccount
    name: filebeat
    namespace: kube-system
roleRef:
  kind: Role
  name: filebeat-kubeadm-config
  apiGroup: rbac.authorization.k8s.io
---
apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
kind: ClusterRole
metadata:
  name: filebeat
  labels:
    k8s-app: filebeat
rules:
- apiGroups: [""] # "" indicates the core API group
  resources:
  - namespaces
  - pods
  - nodes
  verbs:
  - get
  - watch
  - list
- apiGroups: ["apps"]
  resources:
    - replicasets
  verbs: ["get", "list", "watch"]
- apiGroups: ["batch"]
  resources:
    - jobs
  verbs: ["get", "list", "watch"]
---
apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
kind: Role
metadata:
  name: filebeat
  # should be the namespace where filebeat is running
  namespace: kube-system
  labels:
    k8s-app: filebeat
rules:
  - apiGroups:
      - coordination.k8s.io
    resources:
      - leases
    verbs: ["get", "create", "update"]
---
apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
kind: Role
metadata:
  name: filebeat-kubeadm-config
  namespace: kube-system
  labels:
    k8s-app: filebeat
rules:
  - apiGroups: [""]
    resources:
      - configmaps
    resourceNames:
      - kubeadm-config
    verbs: ["get"]
---
apiVersion: v1
kind: ServiceAccount
metadata:
  name: filebeat
  namespace: kube-system
  labels:
    k8s-app: filebeat
---

Kindly assist how i can take out the fields from json message

Regards
Pratiksha

Dear Team,

Do we have any clue on above query please

Regards
Pratiksha

hi,

Any suggession will be helpful

Regards
Pratiksha

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