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System cpu metricset

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System cpu metricset

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The System cpu metricset provides CPU statistics.

This metricset is available on:

  • FreeBSD
  • Linux
  • macOS
  • OpenBSD
  • Windows

Configuration

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cpu.metrics

This option controls what CPU metrics are reported. The value is a list and three metric types are supported - percentages, normalized_percentages, and ticks. The default value is cpu.metrics: [percentages]. 

metricbeat.modules:
- module: system
  metricsets: [cpu]
  cpu.metrics: [percentages, normalized_percentages, ticks]

Fields

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For a description of each field in the metricset, see the exported fields section.

Here is an example document generated by this metricset:

{
    "@timestamp": "2017-10-12T08:05:34.853Z",
    "beat": {
        "hostname": "host.example.com",
        "name": "host.example.com"
    },
    "metricset": {
        "module": "system",
        "name": "cpu",
        "rtt": 115
    },
    "system": {
        "cpu": {
            "cores": 4,
            "idle": {
                "norm": {
                    "pct": 0.4208
                },
                "pct": 1.6831,
                "ticks": 207356495
            },
            "iowait": {
                "norm": {
                    "pct": 0.0437
                },
                "pct": 0.1749,
                "ticks": 179383
            },
            "irq": {
                "norm": {
                    "pct": 0
                },
                "pct": 0,
                "ticks": 0
            },
            "nice": {
                "norm": {
                    "pct": 0
                },
                "pct": 0,
                "ticks": 46
            },
            "softirq": {
                "norm": {
                    "pct": 0
                },
                "pct": 0,
                "ticks": 8835
            },
            "steal": {
                "norm": {
                    "pct": 0
                },
                "pct": 0,
                "ticks": 0
            },
            "system": {
                "norm": {
                    "pct": 0.1749
                },
                "pct": 0.6995,
                "ticks": 428558
            },
            "total": {
                "norm": {
                    "pct": 0.5792
                },
                "pct": 2.3169
            },
            "user": {
                "norm": {
                    "pct": 0.3607
                },
                "pct": 1.4426,
                "ticks": 725183
            }
        }
    }
}
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