[[beats-reference]]
= Beats Platform Reference

include::./version.asciidoc[]

include::{asciidoc-dir}/../../shared/attributes.asciidoc[]

: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}
:beatsdevguide: http://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/devguide/{doc-branch}
:securitydoc: https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/x-pack/{doc-branch}
:logstashdoc: https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/logstash/{doc-branch}
:elasticsearch: https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/{doc-branch}
:stack-ref: http://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elastic-stack/{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
:beatname_pkg: {beatname_lc}

include::./overview.asciidoc[]

include::./communitybeats.asciidoc[]

include::../../libbeat/docs/contributing-to-beats.asciidoc[]

include::./gettingstarted.asciidoc[]

include::./installing-beats.asciidoc[]

include::./breaking.asciidoc[]

include::./upgrading.asciidoc[]

include::./config-file-format.asciidoc[]

include::./release.asciidoc[]