---
title: Docker event metricset
description: This is the event metricset of the module docker. This is a default metricset. If the host module is unconfigured, this metricset is enabled by default...
url: https://www.elastic.co/docs/reference/beats/metricbeat/metricbeat-metricset-docker-event
products:
  - Beats
  - Metricbeat
applies_to:
  - Elastic Stack: Generally available
---

# Docker event metricset
This is the event metricset of the module docker.
This is a default metricset. If the host module is unconfigured, this metricset is enabled by default.

## Fields

For a description of each field in the metricset, see the [exported fields](https://www.elastic.co/docs/reference/beats/metricbeat/exported-fields-docker) section.
Here is an example document generated by this metricset:
```json
{
    "@timestamp": "2017-10-12T08:05:34.853Z",
    "agent": {
        "hostname": "host.example.com",
        "name": "host.example.com"
    },
    "docker": {
        "event": {
            "action": "pull",
            "actor": {
                "attributes": {
                    "name": "busybox"
                },
                "id": "busybox:latest"
            },
            "from": "",
            "id": "busybox:latest",
            "status": "pull",
            "type": "image"
        }
    },
    "event": {
        "dataset": "event",
        "module": "docker"
    },
    "service": {
        "type": "docker"
    }
}
```