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System load metricset

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System load metricset

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The System load metricset provides load statistics.

This metricset is available on:

  • FreeBSD
  • Linux
  • macOS
  • OpenBSD

Configuration

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There are no configuration options for this metricset.

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 section.

Here is an example document generated by this metricset:

{
    "@timestamp": "2017-10-12T08:05:34.853Z",
    "agent": {
        "hostname": "host.example.com",
        "name": "host.example.com"
    },
    "event": {
        "dataset": "system.load",
        "duration": 115000,
        "module": "system"
    },
    "metricset": {
        "name": "load"
    },
    "service": {
        "type": "system"
    },
    "system": {
        "load": {
            "1": 2.33,
            "15": 2.03,
            "5": 1.93,
            "cores": 4,
            "norm": {
                "1": 0.5825,
                "15": 0.5075,
                "5": 0.4825
            }
        }
    }
}
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