dockbeat.hostname not showing up

[mr-oz-09]

The hostname is showing up as the container-id. Is there a way to have that be the hostname?

[dang3r]

If you are using the dockbeat container and want the associated hostname, use the --hostname flag for docker run. By default, a container does not inherit its host's hostname.

How you retrieve the hostname depends on the host system, but executing hostname, using the env. var. ${HOSTNAME}, or checking /etc/hosts made be viable options.

As example of the command is the following:
docker run -d --hostname FooBarBaz --net=dockernet --name=dockbeat -v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock ingensi/dockbeat:latest