Process Fields

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These fields contain information about a process.

These fields can help you correlate metrics information with a process id/name from a log message. The process.pid often stays in the metric itself and is copied to the global field for correlation.

Process Field Details

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Field Description Level

process.args

Array of process arguments.

May be filtered to protect sensitive information.

type: keyword

example: ['ssh', '-l', 'user', '10.0.0.16']

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process.executable

Absolute path to the process executable.

type: keyword

example: /usr/bin/ssh

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process.name

Process name.

Sometimes called program name or similar.

type: keyword

example: ssh

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process.pid

Process id.

type: long

example: 4242

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process.ppid

Parent process' pid.

type: long

example: 4241

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process.start

The time the process started.

type: date

example: 2016-05-23T08:05:34.853Z

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process.thread.id

Thread ID.

type: long

example: 4242

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process.title

Process title.

The proctitle, some times the same as process name. Can also be different: for example a browser setting its title to the web page currently opened.

type: keyword

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process.working_directory

The working directory of the process.

type: keyword

example: /home/alice

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