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Add Docker metadata | Packetbeat Reference [8.<strong>19</strong>] | Elastic
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There is currently extremely limited capability for using packetbeat to monitor and coexist with containers, for example Docker, Podman, or Kubernetes. Using the add_docker_metadata processor with packetbeat is not recommended nor supported.