Graylog2 / Graylog2/graylog2-server
Allow dots in field names again
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Description
## Expected Behavior
When using Elasticsearch 5.x or 6.x, Graylog should allow using dots in field names again.
## Current Behavior
Dots in field names are converted to underscores by Graylog.
## Possible Solution
Allow dots in field names again.
In order to not break existing extractors and pipeline rules the conversion should be optional.
The default for this setting should be *disabled*, because otherwise new users will miss to disable it and still have the dots in field names converted to underscores.
## Steps to Reproduce (for bugs)
1. Create a GELF UDP input.
2. Send GELF message with a custom field including a dot:
```
echo -n '{ "version": "1.1", "host": "example.org", "short_message": "A short message", "level": 5, "_with.dot": "foo" }' | nc -w0 -u graylog.example.com 12201
```
3. Search query: `with.dot:foo`
4. No results.
## Context
https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/2.4/dots-in-names.html
https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/5.6/release-notes-5.0.0.html
Refs elastic/elasticsearch#19443
Refs #1667
Refs #1721
Refs #2939
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