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 ==== Run {beatname_uc} on Docker
 
 Docker images for {beatname_uc} are available from the Elastic Docker
-registry. The base image is https://hub.docker.com/_/centos/[centos:7].
+registry. The base image is https://hub.docker.com/_/ubuntu[ubuntu:20.04].
 
 A list of all published Docker images and tags is available at
 https://www.docker.elastic.co[www.docker.elastic.co].