# Metricbeat - Add processor config through "central management"

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/metricbeat-add-processor-config-through-central-management/188850>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** fleet\
**Created:** [July 4, 2019, 7:01am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/metricbeat-add-processor-config-through-central-management/188850 "2019-07-04T07:01:32Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![nitzan.karni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c57346/32.png) [@nitzan.karni](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/nitzan.karni)\
**Post date:** [July 4, 2019, 7:01am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/metricbeat-add-processor-config-through-central-management/188850/1 "2019-07-04T07:01:32Z")

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Hi,  
I want to add to my beats configuration processor section  
for example:

```auto
processors:
- dns:
    type: reverse
    fields:
      source.ip: source.hostname
      destination.ip: destination.hostname

```

the main problem is that the only things you can configure through the central management are, input/modules/outputs.  
Is there a way to configure the processors through the central management?  
Is there a way to configure it manualy on the beat without mess things up with the central management?

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**Author:** ![Andre\_Letterer](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/andre_letterer/32/42248_2.png) [@Andre\_Letterer](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Andre_Letterer)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2020, 11:55pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/metricbeat-add-processor-config-through-central-management/188850/2 "2020-05-28T23:55:18Z")

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This here flipped through the crack unfortunately.

Documented on these levels here:  
[https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/current/managing-beats.html#\_add\_configuration\_blocks](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/current/managing-beats.html#_add_configuration_blocks)

you can describe processors in the "other configs" part.

What is not possible is to describe processors on a global level per central management.

So on what exact input or module you want to apply the processor?

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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:** [November 4, 2022, 7:15am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/metricbeat-add-processor-config-through-central-management/188850/3 "2022-11-04T07:15:13Z")

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