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<p>Info collected for the host machine.</p>
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<dt>
<span class="term">
<span class="strong strong"><strong><code class="literal">host.name</code></strong></span>
</span>
</dt>
<dd>
<p>type: keyword</p>
<p>Hostname.</p>
</dd>
<dt>
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<span class="strong strong"><strong><code class="literal">host.id</code></strong></span>
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</dt>
<dd>
<p>type: keyword</p>
<p>Unique host id.</p>
</dd>
<dt>
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<span class="strong strong"><strong><code class="literal">host.architecture</code></strong></span>
</span>
</dt>
<dd>
<p>type: keyword</p>
<p>Host architecture (e.g. x86_64, arm, ppc, mips).</p>
</dd>
<dt>
<span class="term">
<span class="strong strong"><strong><code class="literal">host.containerized</code></strong></span>
</span>
</dt>
<dd>
<p>type: boolean</p>
<p>If the host is a container.</p>
</dd>
<dt>
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<span class="strong strong"><strong><code class="literal">host.os.platform</code></strong></span>
</span>
</dt>
<dd>
<p>type: keyword</p>
<p>OS platform (e.g. centos, ubuntu, windows).</p>
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<span class="strong strong"><strong><code class="literal">host.os.name</code></strong></span>
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<dd>
<p>type: keyword</p>
<p>Operating system name (e.g. "Mac OS X").</p>
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<dt>
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<span class="strong strong"><strong><code class="literal">host.os.build</code></strong></span>
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</dt>
<dd>
<p>type: keyword</p>
<p>OS build information (e.g. "18D109").</p>
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<dt>
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<span class="strong strong"><strong><code class="literal">host.os.version</code></strong></span>
</span>
</dt>
<dd>
<p>type: keyword</p>
<p>OS version.</p>
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<dt>
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<span class="strong strong"><strong><code class="literal">host.os.family</code></strong></span>
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</dt>
<dd>
<p>type: keyword</p>
<p>OS family (e.g. redhat, debian, freebsd, windows).</p>
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<dt>
<span class="term">
<span class="strong strong"><strong><code class="literal">host.ip</code></strong></span>
</span>
</dt>
<dd>
<p>type: ip</p>
<p>List of IP-addresses.</p>
</dd>
<dt>
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<span class="strong strong"><strong><code class="literal">host.mac</code></strong></span>
</span>
</dt>
<dd>
<p>type: keyword</p>
<p>List of hardware-addresses, usually MAC-addresses.</p>
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