Linux module

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The Linux module reports on metrics exclusive to the Linux kernel and GNU/Linux OS.

Example configuration

The Linux module supports the standard configuration options that are described in Modules. Here is an example configuration:

metricbeat.modules:
- module: linux
  period: 10s
  metricsets:
    - "pageinfo"
    - "memory"
    # - ksm
    # - conntrack
    # - iostat
    # - pressure
    # - rapl
  enabled: true
  #hostfs: /hostfs
  #rapl.use_msr_safe: false

Metricsets

The following metricsets are available:

conntrack
iostat
ksm
memory
pageinfo
pressure The Elastic Stack includes Elastic's core products such as Elasticsearch, Kibana, Logstash, and Beats. Availability Beta This functionality is in beta and is not ready for production usage. For beta features, the design and code is less mature than official GA features and is being provided as-is with no warranties. Beta features are not subject to the support SLA of official GA features. Specific Support terms apply. Unless stated otherwise on the page, this functionality is available when your Elastic Stack is deployed on Elastic Cloud Hosted, Elastic Cloud Enterprise, Elastic Cloud on Kubernetes, and self-managed environments. This documentation corresponds to the latest patch available for each minor version. If you're not using the latest patch, check the release notes for changes.
rapl The Elastic Stack includes Elastic's core products such as Elasticsearch, Kibana, Logstash, and Beats. Availability Beta This functionality is in beta and is not ready for production usage. For beta features, the design and code is less mature than official GA features and is being provided as-is with no warranties. Beta features are not subject to the support SLA of official GA features. Specific Support terms apply. Unless stated otherwise on the page, this functionality is available when your Elastic Stack is deployed on Elastic Cloud Hosted, Elastic Cloud Enterprise, Elastic Cloud on Kubernetes, and self-managed environments. This documentation corresponds to the latest patch available for each minor version. If you're not using the latest patch, check the release notes for changes.