Topbeat was replaced by
Metricbeat in 5.0. To learn more about Metricbeat, see the
Metricbeat documentation.
Step 4: Starting Topbeat
editStep 4: Starting Topbeat
editRun Topbeat by issuing the following command:
deb:
sudo /etc/init.d/topbeat start
rpm:
sudo /etc/init.d/topbeat start
mac:
sudo ./topbeat -e -c topbeat.yml -d "publish"
win:
PS C:\Program Files\Topbeat> Start-Service topbeat
By default the log files are stored in C:\ProgramData\topbeat\Logs
.
On Windows, statistics about system load and swap usage are currently not captured.
Testing the Topbeat Installation
editTo verify that your server’s statistics are present in Elasticsearch, issue the following command:
curl -XGET 'http://localhost:9200/topbeat-*/_search?pretty'
Make sure that you replace localhost:9200
with the address of your Elasticsearch
instance.
On Windows, if you don’t have cURL installed, simply point your browser to the URL.