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Event structure
editEvent structure
editEvery event sent by Metricbeat has the same basic structure. It contains the following fields:
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@timestamp
- Time when the event was captured
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beat.hostname
- Hostname of the server on which the Beat is running
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beat.name
- Name given to the Beat
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metricset.module
- Name of the module that the data is from
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metricset.name
- Name of the metricset that the data is from
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metricset.rtt
- Round trip time of the request in microseconds
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type
- This is always "metricsets"
For example:
{ "@timestamp": "2016-06-22T22:05:53.291Z", "beat": { "hostname": "host.example.com", "name": "host.example.com" }, "metricset": { "module": "system", "name": "process", "rtt": 7419 }, . . . "type": "metricsets" }
For more information about the exported fields, see Exported Fields.