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": "2016-05-23T08:05:34.853Z",
    "beat": {
        "hostname": "host.example.com",
        "name": "host.example.com"
    },
    "metricset": {
        "module": "system",
        "name": "cpu",
        "rtt": 115
    },
    "system": {
        "cpu": {
            "cores": 8,
            "idle": {
                "norm": {
                    "pct": 0.8851
                },
                "pct": 7.0811,
                "ticks": 1680102981
            },
            "iowait": {
                "norm": {
                    "pct": 0
                },
                "pct": 0,
                "ticks": 0
            },
            "irq": {
                "norm": {
                    "pct": 0
                },
                "pct": 0,
                "ticks": 0
            },
            "nice": {
                "norm": {
                    "pct": 0
                },
                "pct": 0,
                "ticks": 0
            },
            "softirq": {
                "norm": {
                    "pct": 0
                },
                "pct": 0,
                "ticks": 0
            },
            "steal": {
                "norm": {
                    "pct": 0
                },
                "pct": 0,
                "ticks": 0
            },
            "system": {
                "norm": {
                    "pct": 0.0412
                },
                "pct": 0.3296,
                "ticks": 42755361
            },
            "user": {
                "norm": {
                    "pct": 0.0737
                },
                "pct": 0.5893,
                "ticks": 50330417
            }
        }
    }
}