Check host fields type before converting to common.MapStr

libbeat/processors/add_host_metadata/add_host_metadata.go

@@ -161,12 +161,29 @@ func skipAddingHostMetadata(event *beat.Event) bool {
 		return false
 	}
 
-	hostFieldsMap := hostFields.(common.MapStr)
-	// or if "name" is the only field, don't skip
-	hasName, _ := hostFieldsMap.HasKey("name")
-	if hasName && len(hostFieldsMap) == 1 {
+	switch m := hostFields.(type) {
+	case common.MapStr:
+		// if "name" is the only field, don't skip
+		hasName, _ := m.HasKey("name")
+		if hasName && len(m) == 1 {
+			return false
+		}
+		return true
+	case map[string]interface{}:
+		hostMapStr := common.MapStr(m)
+		// if "name" is the only field, don't skip
+		hasName, _ := hostMapStr.HasKey("name")
+		if hasName && len(m) == 1 {
+			return false
+		}
+		return true
+	case map[string]string:
+		// if "name" is the only field, don't skip
+		if m["name"] != "" && len(m) == 1 {
+			return false
+		}
+		return true
+	default:
 		return false
 	}
-
-	return true
 }

libbeat/processors/add_host_metadata/add_host_metadata_test.go

@@ -356,6 +356,16 @@ func TestEventWithReplaceFieldsTrue(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestSkipAddingHostMetadata(t *testing.T) {
+	hostIDMap := map[string]string{}
+	hostIDMap["id"] = hostID
+
+	hostNameMap := map[string]string{}
+	hostNameMap["name"] = hostName
+
+	hostIDNameMap := map[string]string{}
+	hostIDNameMap["id"] = hostID
+	hostIDNameMap["name"] = hostName
+
 	cases := []struct {
 		title        string
 		event        beat.Event
@@ -402,6 +412,42 @@ func TestSkipAddingHostMetadata(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 			false,
 		},
+		{
+			"event with field type map[string]string hostID",
+			beat.Event{
+				Fields: common.MapStr{
+					"host": hostIDMap,
+				},
+			},
+			true,
+		},
+		{
+			"event with field type map[string]string host name",
+			beat.Event{
+				Fields: common.MapStr{
+					"host": hostNameMap,
+				},
+			},
+			false,
+		},
+		{
+			"event with field type map[string]string host ID and name",
+			beat.Event{
+				Fields: common.MapStr{
+					"host": hostIDNameMap,
+				},
+			},
+			true,
+		},
+		{
+			"event with field type string",
+			beat.Event{
+				Fields: common.MapStr{
+					"host": "string",
+				},
+			},
+			false,
+		},
 	}
 
 	for _, c := range cases {