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From: "mergify[bot]" <37929162+mergify[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 5 Nov 2021 13:08:11 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Deprecate generating custom Beats (#28814) (#28838)
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(cherry picked from commit 0f989b8dbc6e622f5b5e0124e7c56a82fcd829bb)

Co-authored-by: Noémi Ványi <kvch@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 CHANGELOG-developer.next.asciidoc                    | 1 +
 docs/devguide/creating-beat-from-metricbeat.asciidoc | 2 ++
 docs/devguide/newbeat.asciidoc                       | 2 ++
 generator/common/beatgen/beatgen.go                  | 2 ++
 libbeat/docs/communitybeats.asciidoc                 | 2 ++
 5 files changed, 9 insertions(+)

diff --git a/CHANGELOG-developer.next.asciidoc b/CHANGELOG-developer.next.asciidoc
index a7b11ddc2d1..d56d47d5877 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG-developer.next.asciidoc
+++ b/CHANGELOG-developer.next.asciidoc
@@ -129,3 +129,4 @@ The list below covers the major changes between 7.0.0-rc2 and master only.
 ==== Deprecated
 
 - Deprecated the `common.Float` type. {issue}28279[28279] {pull}28280[28280]
+- Deprecate Beat generators. {pull}28814[28814]
diff --git a/docs/devguide/creating-beat-from-metricbeat.asciidoc b/docs/devguide/creating-beat-from-metricbeat.asciidoc
index 0dbf0e0cbca..aef9e24de94 100644
--- a/docs/devguide/creating-beat-from-metricbeat.asciidoc
+++ b/docs/devguide/creating-beat-from-metricbeat.asciidoc
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 [[creating-beat-from-metricbeat]]
 === Creating a Beat based on Metricbeat
 
+deprecated:[7.16.0]
+
 The metricset Beat generator enables you to create a Beat that uses Metricbeat as a library and has your
 own metricsets.
 
diff --git a/docs/devguide/newbeat.asciidoc b/docs/devguide/newbeat.asciidoc
index 956183d453b..e5fc685a31d 100644
--- a/docs/devguide/newbeat.asciidoc
+++ b/docs/devguide/newbeat.asciidoc
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 [[new-beat]]
 == Creating a New Beat
 
+deprecated:[7.16.0]
+
 This guide walks you through the steps for creating a new Elastic Beat.  The
 Beats are a collection of lightweight daemons that collect operational data from
 your servers and ship it to Elasticsearch or Logstash.  The common parts for
diff --git a/generator/common/beatgen/beatgen.go b/generator/common/beatgen/beatgen.go
index c16b1e309ae..48c83958278 100644
--- a/generator/common/beatgen/beatgen.go
+++ b/generator/common/beatgen/beatgen.go
@@ -92,6 +92,8 @@ var configList = []ConfigItem{
 
 // Generate generates a new custom beat
 func Generate() error {
+	fmt.Println("Generating custom Beats are going to be removed in 8.0.0.")
+
 	cfg, err := getConfig()
 	if err != nil {
 		return errors.Wrap(err, "error getting config")
diff --git a/libbeat/docs/communitybeats.asciidoc b/libbeat/docs/communitybeats.asciidoc
index 930717c94f8..ded8e728247 100644
--- a/libbeat/docs/communitybeats.asciidoc
+++ b/libbeat/docs/communitybeats.asciidoc
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
 [[community-beats]]
 == Community Beats
 
+Please note that generating new Beats is deprecated since 7.16.
+
 The open source community has been hard at work developing new Beats. You can check
 out some of them here.