Disable host.* fields by default for iptables module

CHANGELOG.next.asciidoc

@@ -32,17 +32,13 @@ https://github.com/elastic/beats/compare/v7.0.0-alpha2...master[Check the HEAD d
   running on. This is because the `host` field specifies the host on which the event
   happened. {issue}13920[13920] {pull}18223[18223]
 - With the default configuration the following modules will no longer send the `host`
-  field. You can revert this change by configuring tags for the module and omitting
+  field that contains information about the host on which Filebeat is running.
+  You can revert this change by configuring tags for the module and omitting
   `forwarded` from the list. {issue}13920[13920]
 * CEF {pull}18223[18223]
 * PANW {pull}18223[18223]
 * Cisco {pull}18753[18753]
-will no longer send the `host` field that contains information about the host Filebeat is
-running on. This is because the `host` field specifies the host on which the event
-happened. {issue}13920[13920] {pull}18223[18223]
-- With the default configuration the cef and panw modules will no longer send the `host`
-field. You can revert this change by configuring tags for the module and omitting
-`forwarded` from the list. {issue}13920[13920] {pull}18223[18223]
+* iptables {pull}18756[18756]
 * Checkpoint {pull}18754[18754]
 - Preserve case of http.request.method.  ECS prior to 1.6 specified normalizing to lowercase, which lost information. Affects filesets: apache/access, elasticsearch/audit, iis/access, iis/error, nginx/access, nginx/ingress_controller, aws/elb, suricata/eve, zeek/http. {issue}18154[18154] {pull}18359[18359]
 

filebeat/docs/modules/iptables.asciidoc

@@ -61,6 +61,12 @@ The UDP port to listen for syslog traffic. Defaults to `9001`
 
 NOTE: Ports below 1024 require Filebeat to run as root.
 
+*`var.tags`*::
+
+A list of tags to include in events. Including `forwarded` indicates that the
+events did not originate on this host and causes `host.name` to not be added to
+events. Defaults to `[iptables, forwarded]`.
+
 include::../include/timezone-support.asciidoc[]
 
 [float]

x-pack/filebeat/module/iptables/_meta/docs.asciidoc

@@ -56,6 +56,12 @@ The UDP port to listen for syslog traffic. Defaults to `9001`
 
 NOTE: Ports below 1024 require Filebeat to run as root.
 
+*`var.tags`*::
+
+A list of tags to include in events. Including `forwarded` indicates that the
+events did not originate on this host and causes `host.name` to not be added to
+events. Defaults to `[iptables, forwarded]`.
+
 include::../include/timezone-support.asciidoc[]
 
 [float]

x-pack/filebeat/module/iptables/log/config/input.yml

@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@ exclude_files: [".gz$"]
 
 {{ end }}
 
-tags: {{.tags}}
+tags: {{.tags | tojson}}
+publisher_pipeline.disable_host: {{ inList .tags "forwarded" }}
 
 processors:
   - add_locale: ~

x-pack/filebeat/module/iptables/log/manifest.yml

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ var:
     default:
       - /var/log/iptables.log
   - name: tags
-    default: [iptables]
+    default: [iptables, forwarded]
   - name: syslog_host
     default: localhost
   - name: syslog_port

x-pack/filebeat/module/iptables/log/test/geo.log-expected.json

@@ -61,7 +61,8 @@
         "source.mac": "90:10:65:29:b6:2a",
         "source.port": 38842,
         "tags": [
-            "iptables"
+            "iptables",
+            "forwarded"
         ]
     }
 ]

x-pack/filebeat/module/iptables/log/test/icmp.log-expected.json

@@ -37,7 +37,8 @@
         "source.ip": "192.0.2.71",
         "source.mac": "90:10:18:5a:89:2a",
         "tags": [
-            "iptables"
+            "iptables",
+            "forwarded"
         ]
     }
 ]

x-pack/filebeat/module/iptables/log/test/iptables.log-expected.json

@@ -45,7 +45,8 @@
         "source.mac": "90:10:9e:ec:2c:71",
         "source.port": 17805,
         "tags": [
-            "iptables"
+            "iptables",
+            "forwarded"
         ]
     },
     {
@@ -91,7 +92,8 @@
         "source.mac": "90:10:76:e0:e2:d5",
         "source.port": 47091,
         "tags": [
-            "iptables"
+            "iptables",
+            "forwarded"
         ]
     },
     {
@@ -140,7 +142,8 @@
         "source.mac": "90:10:9e:ec:2c:71",
         "source.port": 59319,
         "tags": [
-            "iptables"
+            "iptables",
+            "forwarded"
         ]
     },
     {
@@ -189,7 +192,8 @@
         "source.mac": "90:10:9e:ec:2c:71",
         "source.port": 44181,
         "tags": [
-            "iptables"
+            "iptables",
+            "forwarded"
         ]
     },
     {
@@ -238,7 +242,8 @@
         "source.mac": "90:10:76:e0:e2:d5",
         "source.port": 64358,
         "tags": [
-            "iptables"
+            "iptables",
+            "forwarded"
         ]
     },
     {
@@ -284,7 +289,8 @@
         "source.mac": "90:10:9e:ec:2c:71",
         "source.port": 58830,
         "tags": [
-            "iptables"
+            "iptables",
+            "forwarded"
         ]
     },
     {
@@ -333,7 +339,8 @@
         "source.mac": "90:10:76:e0:e2:d5",
         "source.port": 51985,
         "tags": [
-            "iptables"
+            "iptables",
+            "forwarded"
         ]
     },
     {
@@ -382,7 +389,8 @@
         "source.mac": "90:10:76:e0:e2:d5",
         "source.port": 4099,
         "tags": [
-            "iptables"
+            "iptables",
+            "forwarded"
         ]
     },
     {
@@ -428,7 +436,8 @@
         "source.mac": "90:10:9e:ec:2c:71",
         "source.port": 59287,
         "tags": [
-            "iptables"
+            "iptables",
+            "forwarded"
         ]
     },
     {
@@ -474,7 +483,8 @@
         "source.mac": "90:10:76:e0:e2:d5",
         "source.port": 53296,
         "tags": [
-            "iptables"
+            "iptables",
+            "forwarded"
         ]
     }
 ]

x-pack/filebeat/module/iptables/log/test/ipv6.log-expected.json

@@ -34,7 +34,8 @@
         "service.type": "iptables",
         "source.ip": "2001:0db8:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0001",
         "tags": [
-            "iptables"
+            "iptables",
+            "forwarded"
         ]
     },
     {
@@ -72,7 +73,8 @@
         "service.type": "iptables",
         "source.ip": "2001:0db8:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0001",
         "tags": [
-            "iptables"
+            "iptables",
+            "forwarded"
         ]
     },
     {
@@ -110,7 +112,8 @@
         "service.type": "iptables",
         "source.ip": "2001:0db8:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0001",
         "tags": [
-            "iptables"
+            "iptables",
+            "forwarded"
         ]
     },
     {
@@ -148,7 +151,8 @@
         "service.type": "iptables",
         "source.ip": "2001:0db8:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0001",
         "tags": [
-            "iptables"
+            "iptables",
+            "forwarded"
         ]
     },
     {
@@ -186,7 +190,8 @@
         "service.type": "iptables",
         "source.ip": "2001:0db8:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0001",
         "tags": [
-            "iptables"
+            "iptables",
+            "forwarded"
         ]
     },
     {
@@ -224,7 +229,8 @@
         "service.type": "iptables",
         "source.ip": "2001:0db8:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0001",
         "tags": [
-            "iptables"
+            "iptables",
+            "forwarded"
         ]
     },
     {
@@ -262,7 +268,8 @@
         "service.type": "iptables",
         "source.ip": "2001:0db8:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0001",
         "tags": [
-            "iptables"
+            "iptables",
+            "forwarded"
         ]
     },
     {
@@ -300,7 +307,8 @@
         "service.type": "iptables",
         "source.ip": "2001:0db8:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0001",
         "tags": [
-            "iptables"
+            "iptables",
+            "forwarded"
         ]
     },
     {
@@ -338,7 +346,8 @@
         "service.type": "iptables",
         "source.ip": "2001:0db8:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0001",
         "tags": [
-            "iptables"
+            "iptables",
+            "forwarded"
         ]
     },
     {
@@ -376,7 +385,8 @@
         "service.type": "iptables",
         "source.ip": "2001:0db8:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0001",
         "tags": [
-            "iptables"
+            "iptables",
+            "forwarded"
         ]
     },
     {
@@ -416,7 +426,8 @@
         "source.ip": "fe80:0000:0000:0000:0084:88ff:feae:790a",
         "source.mac": "90:10:aa:bb:cc:dd",
         "tags": [
-            "iptables"
+            "iptables",
+            "forwarded"
         ]
     }
 ]

x-pack/filebeat/module/iptables/log/test/ubiquiti.log-expected.json

@@ -44,7 +44,8 @@
         "source.mac": "90:10:73:ba:d6:77",
         "source.port": 48689,
         "tags": [
-            "iptables"
+            "iptables",
+            "forwarded"
         ]
     },
     {
@@ -100,7 +101,8 @@
         "source.mac": "90:10:24:67:f4:89",
         "source.port": 43189,
         "tags": [
-            "iptables"
+            "iptables",
+            "forwarded"
         ]
     },
     {
@@ -159,7 +161,8 @@
         "source.mac": "90:10:65:29:b6:2a",
         "source.port": 50093,
         "tags": [
-            "iptables"
+            "iptables",
+            "forwarded"
         ]
     },
     {
@@ -214,7 +217,8 @@
         "source.mac": "90:10:65:29:b6:2a",
         "source.port": 50093,
         "tags": [
-            "iptables"
+            "iptables",
+            "forwarded"
         ]
     },
     {
@@ -269,7 +273,8 @@
         "source.mac": "90:10:65:29:b6:2a",
         "source.port": 50093,
         "tags": [
-            "iptables"
+            "iptables",
+            "forwarded"
         ]
     }
 ]