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Beat fields

Contains common beat fields available in all event types.

agent.hostname

Deprecated - use agent.name or agent.id to identify an agent.

type: alias

alias to: agent.name

beat.timezone

type: alias

alias to: event.timezone

fields

Contains user configurable fields.

type: object

beat.name

type: alias

alias to: host.name

beat.hostname

type: alias

alias to: agent.name

timeseries.instance

Time series instance id

type: keyword