Add support to export dashboard to Beat

Currently to export a Dashboard from the Kibana exporter API it has to be done manually or the Beats repository must be used. To simplify the exporting of own dashboards the command `beat export dashboard --id="dashboard-id"` is added. This should allow all users to export their own dashboards.

The output is written to stdout, so the expected usage is to pipe it into a file inside the `kibana/dashboards/6` directory.

For the Kibana connection settings it uses the setting from `setup.kibana.*`. If none are set it uses the defaults.

CHANGELOG.asciidoc

@@ -147,6 +147,7 @@ https://github.com/elastic/beats/compare/v6.2.3...master[Check the HEAD diff]
 - Add support for keyword multifields in field.yml. {pull}7131[7131]
 - Add dissect processor. {pull}6925[6925]
 - Add owner object info to Kubernetes metadata. {pull}7231[7231]
+- Add beat export dashboard command. {pull}7239[7239]
 
 *Auditbeat*
 

libbeat/cmd/export.go

@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ func genExportCmd(name, idxPrefix, beatVersion string) *cobra.Command {
 
 	exportCmd.AddCommand(export.GenExportConfigCmd(name, idxPrefix, beatVersion))
 	exportCmd.AddCommand(export.GenTemplateConfigCmd(name, idxPrefix, beatVersion))
+	exportCmd.AddCommand(export.GenDashboardCmd(name, idxPrefix, beatVersion))
 
 	return exportCmd
 }

libbeat/cmd/export/dashboard.go

@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+package export
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+
+	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+
+	"github.com/elastic/beats/libbeat/cmd/instance"
+	"github.com/elastic/beats/libbeat/common"
+	"github.com/elastic/beats/libbeat/kibana"
+)
+
+// GenDashboardCmd is the command used to export a dashboard.
+func GenDashboardCmd(name, idxPrefix, beatVersion string) *cobra.Command {
+	genTemplateConfigCmd := &cobra.Command{
+		Use:   "dashboard",
+		Short: "Export defined dashboard to stdout",
+		Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
+			dashboard, _ := cmd.Flags().GetString("id")
+
+			b, err := instance.NewBeat(name, idxPrefix, beatVersion)
+			if err != nil {
+				fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "Error creating beat: %s\n", err)
+				os.Exit(1)
+			}
+			err = b.Init()
+			if err != nil {
+				fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "Error initializing beat: %s\n", err)
+				os.Exit(1)
+			}
+
+			// Use empty config to use default configs if not set
+			if b.Config.Kibana == nil {
+				b.Config.Kibana = common.NewConfig()
+			}
+
+			client, err := kibana.NewKibanaClient(b.Config.Kibana)
+			if err != nil {
+				fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "Error creating Kibana client: %+v\n", err)
+				os.Exit(1)
+			}
+
+			result, err := client.GetDashboard(dashboard)
+			if err != nil {
+				fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "Error getting dashboard: %+v\n", err)
+				os.Exit(1)
+			}
+			fmt.Println(result.StringToPrint())
+		},
+	}
+
+	genTemplateConfigCmd.Flags().String("id", "", "Dashboard id")
+
+	return genTemplateConfigCmd
+}

libbeat/kibana/client.go

@@ -246,6 +246,22 @@ func (client *Client) ImportJSON(url string, params url.Values, jsonBody map[str
 
 func (client *Client) Close() error { return nil }
 
+// GetDashboard returns the dashboard with the given id with the index pattern removed
+func (c *Client) GetDashboard(id string) (common.MapStr, error) {
+	params := url.Values{}
+	params.Add("dashboard", id)
+	_, response, err := c.Request("GET", "/api/kibana/dashboards/export", params, nil, nil)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("error exporting dashboard: %+v", err)
+	}
+
+	result, err := RemoveIndexPattern(response)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("error removing index pattern: %+v", err)
+	}
+	return result, nil
+}
+
 // truncateString returns a truncated string if the length is greater than 250
 // runes. If the string is truncated "... (truncated)" is appended. Newlines are
 // replaced by spaces in the returned string.

libbeat/kibana/dashboard.go

@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+package kibana
+
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"fmt"
+
+	"github.com/elastic/beats/libbeat/common"
+)
+
+// RemoveIndexPattern removes the index pattern entry from a given dashboard export
+func RemoveIndexPattern(data []byte) (common.MapStr, error) {
+
+	var kbResult struct {
+		// Has to be defined as interface instead of Type directly as it has to be assigned again
+		// and otherwise would not contain the full content.
+		Objects []interface{}
+	}
+
+	err := json.Unmarshal(data, &kbResult)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	var objs []interface{}
+
+	for _, obj := range kbResult.Objects {
+		t, ok := obj.(map[string]interface{})["type"].(string)
+		if !ok {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("type key not found or not string")
+		}
+		if t != "index-pattern" {
+			objs = append(objs, obj)
+		}
+	}
+
+	result := common.MapStr{
+		"objects": objs,
+	}
+
+	return result, nil
+}