Cherry-pick #7713 to 6.x: Simplify fields.yml generator #7778
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Cherry-pick of PR #7713 to 6.x branch. Original message:
This PR simplifies the process of generating a new
fields.yml
file for a Beat.libbeat/fields.yml
is not a dependency anymorefields.yml
is written to diskChanges in the asset files are due to different number of newlines in generated
fields.yml
files.Interface changes of generator tools
Both
dev-tools/cmd/asset/asset.go
andlibbeat/scripts/cmd/global_fields/main.go
is changed. The first one has two new flags:-in
, and-out
. By default it reads from stdin and writes to stdout. Using the flags it's possible to read and write from other files. The second one has one new flag-out
which specifies the output file. If it's not set, the output is written to stdout.This makes it possible to generate asset files for Metricbeat without writing
libbeat/fields.yml
to disk. It will be useful in the future when more Beats have modular assets.Closes #7671