Add new cloud.* (or cloud related fields)

Summary

Add a cloud.edge_location or something similar field.

Motivation:

Many cloud providers have not just regions but edge locations, many of which use Airport codes to identify them. This includes providers like cloudflare and AWS (used with route53, CloudFront…). It would nice to have a standard cloud.* field to put this information in.

Detailed Design:

Provide additional details around the design of the proposed changes.

• Field names
• Example values for the fields
• Suggested appropriate datatypes
• Any example events that map to the proposed use case(s)

Field: cloud.edge_location Example: IAD (https://www.cloudflarestatus.com for a list of cloudflare edge locations and their codes) Type: keyword Samples: AWS CloudFront AWS Route 53 Cloudflare

[amitkanfer]

One thing i’m missing in the cloud fields is the original id of a resource, any resource. In AWS, for example, this could be the arn of a resource (Amazon Resource Name). That will be a unique world-wide name for any resource in AWS, and can allow us to reuse it for our purposes. I think it’s a useful ID to capture.

/cc @ebeahan

[ebeahan]

There’s been past discussion about a cloud.instance.lifecycle field to capture if a cloud instance is ondemand, spot, preemptible, etc. It may have a place alongside these other proposed fields.