Backport to 6.x: Multiple doc changes (#7696 #7883 #7888 #7889 #7903 #7937 #7939 #7948 #7949 #7950) #8188

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dedemorton merged 10 commits intoelastic:6.xfrom dedemorton:cherrypick_docs_8.31.18_6.x

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Commits on Aug 31, 2018

Reset modulename attribute at the end of a file (elastic#7888 )
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Add safeguard related statements for max_backoff setting (elastic#7889 )
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Add docs about append_fields (elastic#7903 )
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Metricbeat: Add compatibility notes where missing (elastic#7939 )

jsoriano
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Add missing config options to Logstash section of reference.yml (elastic#7883 )
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Fix processor autodiscovery docs for Filebeat (elastic#7937 )

ruflin
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Add document for beat export dashboard (elastic#7696 )

ruflin
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Replace golang with Go (elastic#7948 )
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Minor fixes to attributes in module docs (elastic#7949 )
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Add recommendation to avoid harvesting symlinks when dealing with file rotation (elastic#7950 )
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