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+class Packetbeat < Formula
+  desc "Lightweight Shipper for Network Data"
+  homepage "https://www.elastic.co/products/beats/packetbeat"
+  url "https://github.com/elastic/beats/archive/v5.0.1.tar.gz"
+  sha256 "707bea8d8eb8cc358bddfcaffa5e90da2a09fab00f2fc53608cc013c79743117"
+
+  head "https://github.com/elastic/beats.git"
+
+  depends_on "go" => :build
+
+  def install
+    gopath = buildpath/"gopath"
+    (gopath/"src/github.com/elastic/beats").install Dir["{*,.git,.gitignore}"]
+
+    ENV["GOPATH"] = gopath
+
+    cd gopath/"src/github.com/elastic/beats/packetbeat" do
+      system "make"
+      libexec.install "packetbeat"
+
+      inreplace "packetbeat.yml", "packetbeat.interfaces.device: any", "packetbeat.interfaces.device: en0"
+
+      (etc/"packetbeat").install("packetbeat.yml", "packetbeat.template.json", "packetbeat.template-es2x.json")
+    end
+
+    (bin/"packetbeat").write <<-EOS.undent
+      #!/bin/sh
+      exec #{libexec}/packetbeat -path.config #{etc}/packetbeat \
+        -path.home #{prefix} -path.logs #{var}/log/packetbeat \
+        -path.data #{var}/packetbeat $@
+    EOS
+  end
+
+  plist_options :manual => "packetbeat"
+
+  def plist; <<-EOS.undent
+    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+    <!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple Computer//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN"
+    "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
+    <plist version="1.0">
+      <dict>
+        <key>Label</key>
+        <string>#{plist_name}</string>
+        <key>Program</key>
+        <string>#{opt_bin}/packetbeat</string>
+        <key>RunAtLoad</key>
+        <true/>
+      </dict>
+    </plist>
+  EOS
+  end
+
+  test do
+    system "#{bin}/packetbeat", "--devices"
+  end
+end