This adds support for accessing the beats via Unix socket transport.
For example filebeat 7.5 supports listening on a local Unix socket:
http.host
(Optional) Bind to this hostname, IP address, unix socket (unix:///var/run/filebeat.sock) or Windows named pipe (npipe:///filebeat). It is recommended to use only localhost. Default is localhost
This adds support for accessing the beats via Unix socket transport.
For example filebeat 7.5 supports listening on a local Unix socket:
Source: https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/filebeat/7.5/http-endpoint.html