# Rename host

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/rename-host/282356>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [August 24, 2021, 1:45pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/rename-host/282356 "2021-08-24T13:45:07Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![Garry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@Garry](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Garry)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2021, 1:45pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/rename-host/282356/1 "2021-08-24T13:45:07Z")

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I have a number of hostnames which are pretty generic. Is there any way to change these when displaying in Kibana?  
E.g. Server01 to be changed to UK\_WebSever\_01

Any ideas?

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**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2021, 1:07am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/rename-host/282356/2 "2021-08-25T01:07:52Z")

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Ideally you would do this during ingestion, is that possible?

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**Author:** ![Garry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@Garry](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Garry)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2021, 6:34am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/rename-host/282356/3 "2021-08-25T06:34:47Z")

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Hi Mark,  
I am using the various beat shippers to send directly to Elasticsearch.  
Can it be done using this method?  
If so, can you point me in the right direction.

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**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2021, 6:39am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/rename-host/282356/4 "2021-08-25T06:39:04Z")

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It sure can.

[Log input | Filebeat Reference [7.14] | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/filebeat/current/filebeat-input-log.html#_tags_11) or [Log input | Filebeat Reference [7.14] | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/filebeat/current/filebeat-input-log.html#filebeat-input-log-fields) will do that.

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**Author:** ![Garry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@Garry](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Garry)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2021, 7:02am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/rename-host/282356/5 "2021-08-25T07:02:43Z")

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Excellent, so going forward during the ingestion process I can add in a new field or overwrite an existing one.  
Is their any way to update the existing data or give it a new name when dashboarding the data?

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**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2021, 7:05am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/rename-host/282356/6 "2021-08-25T07:05:57Z")

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You can reindex the data if you want it to be "correct".  
Otherwise I can't immediately think of another approach here at the moment, perhaps someone else will chime in 🙂

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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:** [September 22, 2021, 7:06am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/rename-host/282356/7 "2021-09-22T07:06:06Z")

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