Add Kubernetes metadata

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The add_kubernetes_metadata processor annotates each event with relevant metadata based on which Kubernetes pod the event originated from. Each event is annotated with:

  • Pod Name
  • Namespace
  • Labels

The add_kubernetes_metadata processor has two basic building blocks which are:

  • Indexers
  • Matchers

Indexers take in a pod’s metadata and builds indices based on the pod metadata. For example, the ip_port indexer can take a Kubernetes pod and index the pod metadata based on all pod_ip:container_port combinations.

Matchers are used to construct lookup keys for querying indices. For example, when the fields matcher takes ["metricset.host"] as a lookup field, it would construct a lookup key with the value of the field metricset.host.

Each Beat can define its own default indexers and matchers which are enabled by default. For example, FileBeat enables the container indexer, which indexes pod metadata based on all container IDs, and a logs_path matcher, which takes the source field, extracts the container ID, and uses it to retrieve metadata.

The configuration below enables the processor when packetbeat is run as a pod in Kubernetes.

processors:
- add_kubernetes_metadata:
    in_cluster: true

The configuration below enables the processor on a Beat running as a process on the Kubernetes node.

processors:
- add_kubernetes_metadata:
    in_cluster: false
    host: <hostname>
    kube_config: ${HOME}/.kube/config

The configuration below has the default indexers and matchers disabled and enables ones that the user is interested in.

processors:
- add_kubernetes_metadata:
    in_cluster: false
    host: <hostname>
    kube_config: ~/.kube/config
    default_indexers.enabled: false
    default_matchers.enabled: false
    indexers:
      - ip_port:
    matchers:
      - fields:
          lookup_fields: ["metricset.host"]

The add_kubernetes_metadata processor has the following configuration settings:

in_cluster
(Optional) Use in cluster settings for Kubernetes client, true by default.
host
(Optional) Identify the node where packetbeat is running in case it cannot be accurately detected, as when running packetbeat in host network mode.
namespace
(Optional) Select the namespace from which to collect the metadata. If it is not set, the processor collects metadata from all namespaces. It is unset by default.
kube_config
(Optional) Use given config file as configuration for Kubernetes client.
default_indexers.enabled
(Optional) Enable/Disable default pod indexers, in case you want to specify your own.
default_matchers.enabled
(Optional) Enable/Disable default pod matchers, in case you want to specify your own.