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System users metricset
editSystem users metricset
editThis functionality is in beta and is subject to change. 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.
The system/users metricset reports logged in users and associated sessions via dbus and logind, which is a systemd component. By default, the metricset will look in /var/run/dbus/
for a system socket, although a new path can be selected with DBUS_SYSTEM_BUS_ADDRESS
.
This metricset is available on:
- Linux
Configuration
editThere are no configuration options for this metricset.
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", "event": { "dataset": "system.users", "duration": 115000, "module": "system" }, "metricset": { "name": "users", "period": 10000 }, "process": { "pid": 10786 }, "service": { "type": "system" }, "source": { "ip": "192.168.1.86" }, "system": { "users": { "id": 6, "leader": 10786, "path": "/org/freedesktop/login1/session/_36", "remote": true, "remote_host": "192.168.1.86", "scope": "session-6.scope", "seat": "", "service": "sshd", "state": "active", "type": "tty" } }, "user": { "id": "1000", "name": "alexk" } }