Overview

Topbeat is a lightweight shipper that you can install on your servers to periodically read system-wide and per-process CPU and memory statistics and then index the statistics in Elasticsearch.

Topbeat helps you monitor your servers by collecting metrics like:

System-wide statistics

System load: in the last minute, in the last 5 minutes, and in the last 15 minutes
System wide CPU usage: user (and percentage), system, idle, IOWait, and so on at both per CPU and overall level
System wide memory usage: total, used (and percentage), free, and so on
System wide swap usage: total, used (and percentage), free, and so on

Per-process statistics

Process name
Process parent pid
Process state
Process pid
Process CPU usage: user (and percentage), system, total, and start time
Process Memory usage: virtual memory, resident memory (and percentage), and shared memory

File system statistics

List of available disks
For each disk, the name, type, and where it is mounted
For each disk, the total, used (and percentage), free, and available space

Topbeat can insert the collected metrics directly into Elasticsearch or use Logstash.

Getting Started With Topbeat »