Set "target" in JSON filter to be variable

[Mohamed_Saeed]

I'm trying to use json filter to parse logs but I want to save them under a new field. I know that I can do something like the following:

    filter {
        json{
            source => "message"
            target => "foo"
        }
    }

But I want to use target as variable.

For example, assume that I have the following:

{
  "_index": "filebeat-7.3.0-2020.09.22",
  "_type": "_doc",
  "_id": "LKqHs3QBl7NXO7ofpbfK",
  "_score": 1,
  "_source": {
    ...
    ...
    "message": "{\"level\":\"info\",\"timestamp\":\"2020-09-22T01:54:58.894Z\",\"caller\":\"middleware@v1.0.3/logger.go:59\",\"message\":\"Default Log\",\"requestId\":\"2917737d-d98f-4ed4-b9b5-8c614daf2e2e\",\"method\":\"POST\",\"endpoint\":\"/v1/automation-job/dequeue\",\"StatusCode\":404,\"duration\":\"1.441251ms\"}",
    ...
    ...

    "kubernetes": {
      "container": {
        "name": "test-foo"
      },
      ...
    }
  },
}

I want to set "target" value to be the value of kubernetes.container.name. In this case, it will be = test-foo. And if the value of kubernetes.container.name changed, the target field changes accordingly.

I tried to use the following setups but they didn't work:

    filter {
        json{
            source => "message"
            target => "%{[kubernetes][container][name]}"
        }
    }

    filter {
        json{
            source => "message"
            target => "%{kubernetes.container.name}"
        }
    }

    filter {
        json{
            source => "message"
            target => [kubernetes][container][name]
        }
    }

Any help, please?

logstash version. 7.3.0
elasticsearch 7.3.0

[Badger]

@Mohamed_Saeed

Any help, please?

I do not think that can be done directly, but you could use a fixed target and then move it using mutate.

[Mohamed_Saeed]

Wow, It worked that way. It weird thought that target can't be variable.

Thanks very much