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Cloud provider metadata fields | Metricbeat Reference [8.<strong>19</strong>] | Elastic

Cloud provider metadata fields

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Cloud provider metadata fields

Metadata from cloud providers added by the add_cloud_metadata processor.

cloud.image.id

Image ID for the cloud instance.

example: ami-abcd1234

meta.cloud.provider

type: alias

alias to: cloud.provider

meta.cloud.instance_id

type: alias

alias to: cloud.instance.id

meta.cloud.instance_name

type: alias

alias to: cloud.instance.name

meta.cloud.machine_type

type: alias

alias to: cloud.machine.type

meta.cloud.availability_zone

type: alias

alias to: cloud.availability_zone

meta.cloud.project_id

type: alias

alias to: cloud.project.id

meta.cloud.region

type: alias

alias to: cloud.region