Protocol-Specific Metrics
editProtocol-Specific Metrics
editPacketbeat exposes per-protocol metrics under the HTTP monitoring endpoint.
These metrics are exposed under the /inputs/
path. They can be used to
observe the activity of Packetbeat for the monitored protocol.
AF_PACKET Metrics
editMetric | Description |
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Name of the device being monitored. |
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Number of packets delivered by the kernel to the shared buffer. |
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Number of packets dropped by the kernel on the socket. |
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Number of kernel queue freezes on the socket. |
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Number of packets handled by Packetbeat. |
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Number of blocking syscalls made waiting for packets. |
TCP Metrics
editMetric | Description |
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Name of the device being monitored. |
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Number of packets processed. |
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Number of bytes processed. |
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Number of packets shrunk due to overlap. |
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Number of packets dropped because of gaps. |
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Histogram of the elapsed time between packet arrivals. |
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Histogram of the elapsed time between packet receipt and publication. |
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Number of TCP FIN (finish) flags observed. |
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Number of TCP SYN (synchronization) flags observed. |
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Number of TCP RST (reset) flags observed. |
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Number of TCP PSH (push) flags observed. |
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Number of TCP ACK (acknowledgement) flags observed. |
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Number of TCP URG (urgent) flags observed. |
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Number of TCP ECE (ECN echo) flags observed. |
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Number of TCP CWR (congestion window reduced) flags observed. |
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Number of TCP NS (nonce sum) flags observed. |
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Number of headers observed, including unprocessed packets. |
UDP Metrics
editMetric | Description |
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Name of the device being monitored. |
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Number of packets processed. |
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Number of bytes processed. |
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Histogram of the elapsed time between packet arrivals. |
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Histogram of the elapsed time between packet receipt and publication. |