diff --git a/salt/elasticsearch/templates/component/so/so-system-mappings.json b/salt/elasticsearch/templates/component/so/so-system-mappings.json
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+{
+  "template": {
+    "mappings": {
+      "properties": {
+        "host": {
+	  "properties":{
+            "ip": {
+              "type": "ip"
+            }
+	  }
+	},
+	"related": {
+          "properties":{
+            "ip": {
+              "type": "ip"
+            }
+          }
+        },
+	"source": {
+          "properties":{
+            "ip": {
+              "type": "ip"
+            }
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}