[[beats-reference]]
= Beats Developer Guide

include::../../libbeat/docs/version.asciidoc[]

:libbeat: http://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/libbeat/{doc-branch}
:packetbeat: http://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/packetbeat/{doc-branch}
:metricbeat: http://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/metricbeat/{doc-branch}
:filebeat: http://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/filebeat/{doc-branch}
:winlogbeat: http://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/winlogbeat/{doc-branch}
:heartbeat: http://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/heartbeat/{doc-branch}
:securitydoc: https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/x-pack/{doc-branch}
:logstashdoc: https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/logstash/{doc-branch}
:beatname_lc: beatname
:beatname_uc: a Beat
:security: X-Pack Security
:ES-version: {stack-version}
:LS-version: {stack-version}
:Kibana-version: {stack-version}
:dashboards: https://artifacts.elastic.co/downloads/beats/beats-dashboards/beats-dashboards-{stack-version}.zip

include::./contributing.asciidoc[]

include::../../libbeat/docs/communitybeats.asciidoc[]

include::./newbeat.asciidoc[]

include::./event-conventions.asciidoc[]

include::./newdashboards.asciidoc[]

include::./new_protocol.asciidoc[]

include::./metricbeat-devguide.asciidoc[]

include::./modules-dev-guide.asciidoc[]

include::./migrate-dashboards.asciidoc[]