Migrate existing Beat to go modules

Get started by making sure the contents of the vendored beats folder is pushed to a remote repository. Otherwise, go will overwrite the folder with the selected revision of github.com/elastic/beats.

The following command will initialize a new module in your repo.

go mod init

Make sure to add the approprite replace directives from the go.mod file of Beats: https://github.com/elastic/beats/tree/master/go.mod Unfortunately, this workaround is needed to make sure your Beat can be compiled.

To depend on the latest master of github.com/elastic/beats run the following command:

go get github.com/elastic/beats@master

We suggest you read the following section to learn about maintaining dependencies using go modules: * How to upgrade and downgrade dependencies

Please note that it is your choice whether you put dependencies in the folder vendor or not.

If you choose to abandon the vendor folder, you have to adjust the following things in your Beat: