I'm using filebeat 7.1.1 with a simple log file input filebeat.inputs: - type: log When the events are published, there is a "@metadata" object inserted in the event. { "@timestamp": "2019-07-10T18:24:56.312Z", "@metadata": { …

Filebeat @metadata object, can we remove this object before publishing?

sentient (Sentient) July 11, 2019, 6:01pm 3

Thanks for the explanation. I never used LogStash. Would be nice to have this once removed and save some bytes that have to go over the network

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