- Manual adjustment of templates

- Added installation instructions

.gitignore

@@ -37,3 +37,5 @@ build
 .idea
 .DS_Store
 /docs/html_docs
+logs
+

README.md

@@ -20,7 +20,24 @@ Example use cases are:
 Ensure that this folder is at the following location:
 `${GOPATH}/src/github.com/christiangalsterer`
 
-## Getting Started with Httpbeat
+# Installation
+
+## Download
+Pre-compiled binaries for different operating systems are available for [download]()https://github.com/christiangalsterer/httpbeat/releases/tag/3.1.1) on github.
+
+## Installation
+Install the package for your operation system by running the respective package manager or unzipping the package.
+
+## Configuration
+Adjust the `httpbeat.yml` configuration file to your needs. You may take `httpbeat.full.yml` as an example containing all possible configuration values
+
+## Running
+In order to start Httpbeat please use the respective startup script, e.g. `/usr/bin/httpbeat.sh`.
+
+## Starting Httbeat as Service
+Where supported Httpbeat can be started also using the respetive service scripts, e.g. `etc/init.d/httpbeat`.
+
+## Building and Releasing Httpbeat
 
 ### Requirements
 
@@ -45,6 +62,12 @@ To run httpbeat with debugging output enabled, run:
 ./httpbeat -c httpbeat.yml -e -d "*"
 ```
 
+To run httpbeat in normal mode, run:
+
+```
+./httpbeat -c httpbeat.yml
+```
+
 ### Test
 
 To test httpbeat, run the following command:
@@ -113,16 +136,19 @@ make package
 
 This will fetch and create all images required for the build process. The hole process to finish can take several minutes.
 
-# Releases
+# Releases and Downloads
 
-3.1.1 (2016-12-)
+3.1.1 (2017-01-07)
+
+[Download](https://github.com/christiangalsterer/httpbeat/releases/tag/3.1.1)
+
+Starting with this release pre-compiled binaries for different operating systems are available under the respective tag in the github project. 
 
 Bugfix release containing the following changes:
 * Move files into correct place to allow correct bulding with `make package`
 * Move files into correct place to allow correct bulding with `make update`
 * Cleanup of documentation
 
-
 3.1.0 (2016-12-23)
 
 Feature release containing the following changes:
@@ -241,7 +267,7 @@ See [here](docs/fields.asciidoc) for a detailed description of all exported fiel
 
 To apply the Httpbeat template:
 ```
-curl -XPUT 'http://localhost:9200/_template/httpbeat' -d@etc/httpbeat.template.json
+curl -XPUT 'http://localhost:9200/_template/httpbeat' [email protected]
 ```
 
 # Contribution

httpbeat.template-es2x.json

@@ -90,9 +90,7 @@
               "type": "string"
             },
             "headers": {
-              "ignore_above": 1024,
-              "index": "not_analyzed",
-              "type": "string"
+              "properties": {}
             },
             "method": {
               "ignore_above": 1024,
@@ -119,14 +117,10 @@
               "type": "string"
             },
             "headers": {
-              "ignore_above": 1024,
-              "index": "not_analyzed",
-              "type": "string"
+              "properties": {}
             },
             "jsonBody": {
-              "ignore_above": 1024,
-              "index": "not_analyzed",
-              "type": "string"
+              "properties": {}
             }
           }
         },
@@ -143,4 +137,4 @@
     "index.refresh_interval": "5s"
   },
   "template": "httpbeat-*"
-}
+}

httpbeat.template.json

@@ -77,8 +77,7 @@
               "type": "keyword"
             },
             "headers": {
-              "ignore_above": 1024,
-              "type": "keyword"
+                "properties": {}
             },
             "method": {
               "ignore_above": 1024,
@@ -101,12 +100,10 @@
               "type": "keyword"
             },
             "headers": {
-              "ignore_above": 1024,
-              "type": "keyword"
+                "properties": {}
             },
             "jsonBody": {
-              "ignore_above": 1024,
-              "type": "keyword"
+                "properties": {}
             }
           }
         },
@@ -122,4 +119,4 @@
     "index.refresh_interval": "5s"
   },
   "template": "httpbeat-*"
-}
+}