"Show messages" button doesn't work for all collectors

[lennartkoopmann]

I'm running my own Metricbeat collector configuration and the "Show messages" button leads to an empty search result because there is no field gl2_source_collector set.

[bernd]

With the old sidecar system, we had more control over the generated collector configurations and so we automatically added the gl2_source_collector field. In the new system, users write the config files on their own and we have basically no control over the generated config.

That means users have to add the gl2_source_collector field on their own. We should probably extend our default collectors with a usable default configuration template that includes the gl2_source_collector field and set it to ${nodeId}.

[bernd]

This issue is also a duplicate of Graylog2/graylog-plugin-collector#88 😉

[edmundoa]

I'll leave this one open, as this is in the end the new home of the sidecar :)

[mpfz0r]

#5197

We solve this with a 3-liner that can be included in any beats configuration.
We provide it via the default template.
I think that's all we can do for now. Closing this.