Linux Metrics

Collect metrics from Linux servers with Elastic Agent.

Version
0.6.11 (View all)
Compatible Kibana version(s)
7.14.0 or higher
8.0.0 or higher
Supported Serverless project types

Security
Observability
Subscription level
Basic

The Linux Metrics integration allows you to monitor Linux servers.

Use the Linux Metrics integration to collect low-level metrics. Then visualize that data in Kibana, create alerts to notify you if something goes wrong, and reference data when troubleshooting an issue.

For example, you could install the Linux Metrics integration to send metrics to Elastic. Then, you could view real-time changes to service status in Kibana's [Metrics Linux] Host Services Overview dashboard.

Data streams

The Linux Metrics integration collects one type of data: metrics.

Metrics give you insight into the state of the machine. Metric data streams collected by the Linux Metrics integration include performance counter values, memory usage, entropy availability, and more. See more details in the Metrics reference.

Requirements

You need Elasticsearch for storing and searching your data and Kibana for visualizing and managing it. You can use our hosted Elasticsearch Service on Elastic Cloud, which is recommended, or self-manage the Elastic Stack on your own hardware.

Certain data streams may access /proc to gather process information, and the resulting ptrace_may_access() call by the kernel to check for permissions can be blocked by AppArmor and other LSM software, even though the System module doesn't use ptrace directly.

Setup

For step-by-step instructions on how to set up an integration, see the Getting started guide.

Note: Because the Linux Metrics integration always applies to the local server, the hosts config option is not needed.

Note: When running inside a container the proc filesystem directory of the host should be set using system.hostfs setting to /hostfs.

Metrics reference

Conntrack

The conntrack module reports on performance counters for the Linux connection tracking component of netfilter. Conntrack uses a hash table to track the state of network connections.

Iostat

The iostat module reports per-disk IO statistics that emulate iostat -x on Linux.

KSM

The KSM module reports data from Kernel Samepage Merging. To take advantage of KSM, applications must use the madvise system call to mark memory regions for merging. KSM is not enabled on all distros, and KSM status is set with the CONFIG_KSM kernel flag.

Memory

The memory data stream extends system/memory and adds Linux-specific memory metrics, including Huge Pages and overall paging statistics.

Pageinfo

The pageinfo data stream reports on paging statistics as found in /proc/pagetypeinfo.

Reported metrics are broken down by page type: DMA, DMA32, Normal, and Highmem. These types are further broken down by order, which represents zones of 2^ORDER*PAGE_SIZE. These metrics are divided into two reporting types:

  • buddyinfo is summarized by page type (as in /proc/buddyinfo)
  • nodes reports information broken down by memory migration type

This information can be used to determine memory fragmentation. The kernel buddy algorithm will always search for the smallest page order to allocate, and if none is available, a larger page order will be split into two "buddies." When memory is freed, the kernel will attempt to merge the "buddies." If the only available pages are at lower orders, this indicates fragmentation, as buddy pages cannot be merged.

Entropy

This is the entropy data stream of the module system. It collects the amount of available entropy in bits. On kernel versions greater than 2.6, entropy will be out of a total pool size of 4096.

Exported fields

FieldDescriptionType
@timestamp
Event timestamp.
date
cloud.account.id
The cloud account or organization id used to identify different entities in a multi-tenant environment. Examples: AWS account id, Google Cloud ORG Id, or other unique identifier.
keyword
cloud.availability_zone
Availability zone in which this host is running.
keyword
cloud.image.id
Image ID for the cloud instance.
keyword
cloud.instance.id
Instance ID of the host machine.
keyword
cloud.instance.name
Instance name of the host machine.
keyword
cloud.machine.type
Machine type of the host machine.
keyword
cloud.project.id
Name of the project in Google Cloud.
keyword
cloud.provider
Name of the cloud provider. Example values are aws, azure, gcp, or digitalocean.
keyword
cloud.region
Region in which this host is running.
keyword
container.id
Unique container id.
keyword
container.image.name
Name of the image the container was built on.
keyword
container.labels
Image labels.
object
container.name
Container name.
keyword
data_stream.dataset
Data stream dataset.
constant_keyword
data_stream.namespace
Data stream namespace.
constant_keyword
data_stream.type
Data stream type.
constant_keyword
ecs.version
ECS version this event conforms to. ecs.version is a required field and must exist in all events. When querying across multiple indices -- which may conform to slightly different ECS versions -- this field lets integrations adjust to the schema version of the events.
keyword
event.dataset
Event dataset
constant_keyword
event.duration
Duration of the event in nanoseconds. If event.start and event.end are known this value should be the difference between the end and start time.
long
event.module
Event module
constant_keyword
host.architecture
Operating system architecture.
keyword
host.containerized
If the host is a container.
boolean
host.domain
Name of the domain of which the host is a member. For example, on Windows this could be the host's Active Directory domain or NetBIOS domain name. For Linux this could be the domain of the host's LDAP provider.
keyword
host.hostname
Hostname of the host. It normally contains what the hostname command returns on the host machine.
keyword
host.id
Unique host id. As hostname is not always unique, use values that are meaningful in your environment. Example: The current usage of beat.name.
keyword
host.ip
Host ip addresses.
ip
host.mac
Host mac addresses.
keyword
host.name
Name of the host. It can contain what hostname returns on Unix systems, the fully qualified domain name, or a name specified by the user. The sender decides which value to use.
keyword
host.os.build
OS build information.
keyword
host.os.codename
OS codename, if any.
keyword
host.os.family
OS family (such as redhat, debian, freebsd, windows).
keyword
host.os.kernel
Operating system kernel version as a raw string.
keyword
host.os.name
Operating system name, without the version.
keyword
host.os.name.text
Multi-field of host.os.name.
text
host.os.platform
Operating system platform (such centos, ubuntu, windows).
keyword
host.os.version
Operating system version as a raw string.
keyword
host.type
Type of host. For Cloud providers this can be the machine type like t2.medium. If vm, this could be the container, for example, or other information meaningful in your environment.
keyword
service.address
Address where data about this service was collected from. This should be a URI, network address (ipv4:port or [ipv6]:port) or a resource path (sockets).
keyword
service.type
The type of the service data is collected from. The type can be used to group and correlate logs and metrics from one service type. Example: If logs or metrics are collected from Elasticsearch, service.type would be elasticsearch.
keyword
system.entropy.available_bits
The available bits of entropy
long
system.entropy.pct
The percentage of available entropy, relative to the pool size of 4096
scaled_float

Network summary

The Linux network_summary data stream provides network IO metrics collected from the operating system. These events are global and sorted by protocol.

Exported fields

FieldDescriptionType
@timestamp
Event timestamp.
date
cloud.account.id
The cloud account or organization id used to identify different entities in a multi-tenant environment. Examples: AWS account id, Google Cloud ORG Id, or other unique identifier.
keyword
cloud.availability_zone
Availability zone in which this host is running.
keyword
cloud.image.id
Image ID for the cloud instance.
keyword
cloud.instance.id
Instance ID of the host machine.
keyword
cloud.instance.name
Instance name of the host machine.
keyword
cloud.machine.type
Machine type of the host machine.
keyword
cloud.project.id
Name of the project in Google Cloud.
keyword
cloud.provider
Name of the cloud provider. Example values are aws, azure, gcp, or digitalocean.
keyword
cloud.region
Region in which this host is running.
keyword
container.id
Unique container id.
keyword
container.image.name
Name of the image the container was built on.
keyword
container.labels
Image labels.
object
container.name
Container name.
keyword
data_stream.dataset
Data stream dataset.
constant_keyword
data_stream.namespace
Data stream namespace.
constant_keyword
data_stream.type
Data stream type.
constant_keyword
ecs.version
ECS version this event conforms to. ecs.version is a required field and must exist in all events. When querying across multiple indices -- which may conform to slightly different ECS versions -- this field lets integrations adjust to the schema version of the events.
keyword
event.dataset
Event dataset
constant_keyword
event.duration
Duration of the event in nanoseconds. If event.start and event.end are known this value should be the difference between the end and start time.
long
event.module
Event module
constant_keyword
host.architecture
Operating system architecture.
keyword
host.containerized
If the host is a container.
boolean
host.domain
Name of the domain of which the host is a member. For example, on Windows this could be the host's Active Directory domain or NetBIOS domain name. For Linux this could be the domain of the host's LDAP provider.
keyword
host.hostname
Hostname of the host. It normally contains what the hostname command returns on the host machine.
keyword
host.id
Unique host id. As hostname is not always unique, use values that are meaningful in your environment. Example: The current usage of beat.name.
keyword
host.ip
Host ip addresses.
ip
host.mac
Host mac addresses.
keyword
host.name
Name of the host. It can contain what hostname returns on Unix systems, the fully qualified domain name, or a name specified by the user. The sender decides which value to use.
keyword
host.os.build
OS build information.
keyword
host.os.codename
OS codename, if any.
keyword
host.os.family
OS family (such as redhat, debian, freebsd, windows).
keyword
host.os.kernel
Operating system kernel version as a raw string.
keyword
host.os.name
Operating system name, without the version.
keyword
host.os.name.text
Multi-field of host.os.name.
text
host.os.platform
Operating system platform (such centos, ubuntu, windows).
keyword
host.os.version
Operating system version as a raw string.
keyword
host.type
Type of host. For Cloud providers this can be the machine type like t2.medium. If vm, this could be the container, for example, or other information meaningful in your environment.
keyword
service.address
Address where data about this service was collected from. This should be a URI, network address (ipv4:port or [ipv6]:port) or a resource path (sockets).
keyword
service.type
The type of the service data is collected from. The type can be used to group and correlate logs and metrics from one service type. Example: If logs or metrics are collected from Elasticsearch, service.type would be elasticsearch.
keyword
system.network_summary.icmp.*
ICMP counters
object
system.network_summary.ip.*
IP counters
object
system.network_summary.tcp.*
TCP counters
object
system.network_summary.udp.*
UDP counters
object
system.network_summary.udp_lite.*
UDP Lite counters
object

RAID

This is the raid data stream of the module system. It collects stats about the raid.

This data stream is available on:

  • Linux

Exported fields

FieldDescriptionType
@timestamp
Event timestamp.
date
cloud.account.id
The cloud account or organization id used to identify different entities in a multi-tenant environment. Examples: AWS account id, Google Cloud ORG Id, or other unique identifier.
keyword
cloud.availability_zone
Availability zone in which this host is running.
keyword
cloud.image.id
Image ID for the cloud instance.
keyword
cloud.instance.id
Instance ID of the host machine.
keyword
cloud.instance.name
Instance name of the host machine.
keyword
cloud.machine.type
Machine type of the host machine.
keyword
cloud.project.id
Name of the project in Google Cloud.
keyword
cloud.provider
Name of the cloud provider. Example values are aws, azure, gcp, or digitalocean.
keyword
cloud.region
Region in which this host is running.
keyword
container.id
Unique container id.
keyword
container.image.name
Name of the image the container was built on.
keyword
container.labels
Image labels.
object
container.name
Container name.
keyword
data_stream.dataset
Data stream dataset.
constant_keyword
data_stream.namespace
Data stream namespace.
constant_keyword
data_stream.type
Data stream type.
constant_keyword
ecs.version
ECS version this event conforms to. ecs.version is a required field and must exist in all events. When querying across multiple indices -- which may conform to slightly different ECS versions -- this field lets integrations adjust to the schema version of the events.
keyword
event.dataset
Event dataset
constant_keyword
event.duration
Duration of the event in nanoseconds. If event.start and event.end are known this value should be the difference between the end and start time.
long
event.module
Event module
constant_keyword
host.architecture
Operating system architecture.
keyword
host.containerized
If the host is a container.
boolean
host.domain
Name of the domain of which the host is a member. For example, on Windows this could be the host's Active Directory domain or NetBIOS domain name. For Linux this could be the domain of the host's LDAP provider.
keyword
host.hostname
Hostname of the host. It normally contains what the hostname command returns on the host machine.
keyword
host.id
Unique host id. As hostname is not always unique, use values that are meaningful in your environment. Example: The current usage of beat.name.
keyword
host.ip
Host ip addresses.
ip
host.mac
Host mac addresses.
keyword
host.name
Name of the host. It can contain what hostname returns on Unix systems, the fully qualified domain name, or a name specified by the user. The sender decides which value to use.
keyword
host.os.build
OS build information.
keyword
host.os.codename
OS codename, if any.
keyword
host.os.family
OS family (such as redhat, debian, freebsd, windows).
keyword
host.os.kernel
Operating system kernel version as a raw string.
keyword
host.os.name
Operating system name, without the version.
keyword
host.os.name.text
Multi-field of host.os.name.
text
host.os.platform
Operating system platform (such centos, ubuntu, windows).
keyword
host.os.version
Operating system version as a raw string.
keyword
host.type
Type of host. For Cloud providers this can be the machine type like t2.medium. If vm, this could be the container, for example, or other information meaningful in your environment.
keyword
service.address
Address where data about this service was collected from. This should be a URI, network address (ipv4:port or [ipv6]:port) or a resource path (sockets).
keyword
service.type
The type of the service data is collected from. The type can be used to group and correlate logs and metrics from one service type. Example: If logs or metrics are collected from Elasticsearch, service.type would be elasticsearch.
keyword
system.raid.blocks.synced
Number of blocks on the device that are in sync, in 1024-byte blocks.
long
system.raid.blocks.total
Number of blocks the device holds, in 1024-byte blocks.
long
system.raid.disks.active
Number of active disks.
long
system.raid.disks.failed
Number of failed disks.
long
system.raid.disks.spare
Number of spared disks.
long
system.raid.disks.states.*
map of raw disk states
object
system.raid.disks.total
Total number of disks the device consists of.
long
system.raid.level
The raid level of the device
keyword
system.raid.name
Name of the device.
keyword
system.raid.status
activity-state of the device.
keyword
system.raid.sync_action
Current sync action, if the RAID array is redundant
keyword

Service

The service data stream reports on the status of systemd services.

This data stream is available on:

  • Linux

Exported fields

FieldDescriptionType
@timestamp
Event timestamp.
date
cloud.account.id
The cloud account or organization id used to identify different entities in a multi-tenant environment. Examples: AWS account id, Google Cloud ORG Id, or other unique identifier.
keyword
cloud.availability_zone
Availability zone in which this host is running.
keyword
cloud.image.id
Image ID for the cloud instance.
keyword
cloud.instance.id
Instance ID of the host machine.
keyword
cloud.instance.name
Instance name of the host machine.
keyword
cloud.machine.type
Machine type of the host machine.
keyword
cloud.project.id
Name of the project in Google Cloud.
keyword
cloud.provider
Name of the cloud provider. Example values are aws, azure, gcp, or digitalocean.
keyword
cloud.region
Region in which this host is running.
keyword
container.id
Unique container id.
keyword
container.image.name
Name of the image the container was built on.
keyword
container.labels
Image labels.
object
container.name
Container name.
keyword
data_stream.dataset
Data stream dataset.
constant_keyword
data_stream.namespace
Data stream namespace.
constant_keyword
data_stream.type
Data stream type.
constant_keyword
ecs.version
ECS version this event conforms to. ecs.version is a required field and must exist in all events. When querying across multiple indices -- which may conform to slightly different ECS versions -- this field lets integrations adjust to the schema version of the events.
keyword
event.dataset
Event dataset
constant_keyword
event.duration
Duration of the event in nanoseconds. If event.start and event.end are known this value should be the difference between the end and start time.
long
event.module
Event module
constant_keyword
host
A host is defined as a general computing instance. ECS host.* fields should be populated with details about the host on which the event happened, or from which the measurement was taken. Host types include hardware, virtual machines, Docker containers, and Kubernetes nodes.
group
host.architecture
Operating system architecture.
keyword
host.containerized
If the host is a container.
boolean
host.domain
Name of the domain of which the host is a member. For example, on Windows this could be the host's Active Directory domain or NetBIOS domain name. For Linux this could be the domain of the host's LDAP provider.
keyword
host.hostname
Hostname of the host. It normally contains what the hostname command returns on the host machine.
keyword
host.id
Unique host id. As hostname is not always unique, use values that are meaningful in your environment. Example: The current usage of beat.name.
keyword
host.ip
Host ip addresses.
ip
host.mac
Host mac addresses.
keyword
host.name
Name of the host. It can contain what hostname returns on Unix systems, the fully qualified domain name, or a name specified by the user. The sender decides which value to use.
keyword
host.os.build
OS build information.
keyword
host.os.codename
OS codename, if any.
keyword
host.os.family
OS family (such as redhat, debian, freebsd, windows).
keyword
host.os.full
Operating system name, including the version or code name.
keyword
host.os.full.text
Multi-field of host.os.full.
match_only_text
host.os.kernel
Operating system kernel version as a raw string.
keyword
host.os.name
Operating system name, without the version.
keyword
host.os.name.text
Multi-field of host.os.name.
text
host.os.platform
Operating system platform (such centos, ubuntu, windows).
keyword
host.os.version
Operating system version as a raw string.
keyword
host.type
Type of host. For Cloud providers this can be the machine type like t2.medium. If vm, this could be the container, for example, or other information meaningful in your environment.
keyword
process
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.
group
process.exit_code
The exit code of the process, if this is a termination event. The field should be absent if there is no exit code for the event (e.g. process start).
long
process.name
Process name. Sometimes called program name or similar.
keyword
process.name.text
Multi-field of process.name.
match_only_text
process.pgid
Identifier of the group of processes the process belongs to.
long
process.pid
Process id.
long
process.ppid
Parent process' pid.
long
process.working_directory
The working directory of the process.
keyword
process.working_directory.text
Multi-field of process.working_directory.
match_only_text
service.address
Address where data about this service was collected from. This should be a URI, network address (ipv4:port or [ipv6]:port) or a resource path (sockets).
keyword
service.type
The type of the service data is collected from. The type can be used to group and correlate logs and metrics from one service type. Example: If logs or metrics are collected from Elasticsearch, service.type would be elasticsearch.
keyword
system.service.exec_code
The SIGCHLD code from the service's main process
keyword
system.service.load_state
The load state of the service
keyword
system.service.name
The name of the service
keyword
system.service.resources.cpu.usage.ns
CPU usage in nanoseconds
long
system.service.resources.memory.usage.bytes
memory usage in bytes
long
system.service.resources.network.in.bytes
bytes in
long
system.service.resources.network.in.packets
packets in
long
system.service.resources.network.out.bytes
bytes out
long
system.service.resources.network.out.packets
packets out
long
system.service.resources.tasks.count
number of tasks associated with the service
long
system.service.state
The activity state of the service
keyword
system.service.state_since
The timestamp of the last state change. If the service is active and running, this is its uptime.
date
system.service.sub_state
The sub-state of the service
keyword
systemd.fragment_path
Service file location
keyword
systemd.unit
Service unit name
keyword
user
The user fields describe information about the user that is relevant to the event. Fields can have one entry or multiple entries. If a user has more than one id, provide an array that includes all of them.
group
user.name
Short name or login of the user.
keyword
user.name.text
Multi-field of user.name.
match_only_text

Socket

Note: This data stream requires kernel 2.6.14 or newer.

The Linux socket data stream reports an event for each new TCP socket that it sees. It does this by polling the kernel periodically to get a dump of all sockets. You set the polling interval by configuring the period option. Specifying a short polling interval with this data stream is important to avoid missing short-lived connections.

Exported fields

FieldDescriptionType
@timestamp
Event timestamp.
date
cloud.account.id
The cloud account or organization id used to identify different entities in a multi-tenant environment. Examples: AWS account id, Google Cloud ORG Id, or other unique identifier.
keyword
cloud.availability_zone
Availability zone in which this host is running.
keyword
cloud.image.id
Image ID for the cloud instance.
keyword
cloud.instance.id
Instance ID of the host machine.
keyword
cloud.instance.name
Instance name of the host machine.
keyword
cloud.machine.type
Machine type of the host machine.
keyword
cloud.project.id
Name of the project in Google Cloud.
keyword
cloud.provider
Name of the cloud provider. Example values are aws, azure, gcp, or digitalocean.
keyword
cloud.region
Region in which this host is running.
keyword
container.id
Unique container id.
keyword
container.image.name
Name of the image the container was built on.
keyword
container.labels
Image labels.
object
container.name
Container name.
keyword
data_stream.dataset
Data stream dataset.
constant_keyword
data_stream.namespace
Data stream namespace.
constant_keyword
data_stream.type
Data stream type.
constant_keyword
ecs.version
ECS version this event conforms to. ecs.version is a required field and must exist in all events. When querying across multiple indices -- which may conform to slightly different ECS versions -- this field lets integrations adjust to the schema version of the events.
keyword
event.dataset
Event dataset
constant_keyword
event.duration
Duration of the event in nanoseconds. If event.start and event.end are known this value should be the difference between the end and start time.
long
event.module
Event module
constant_keyword
host.architecture
Operating system architecture.
keyword
host.containerized
If the host is a container.
boolean
host.domain
Name of the domain of which the host is a member. For example, on Windows this could be the host's Active Directory domain or NetBIOS domain name. For Linux this could be the domain of the host's LDAP provider.
keyword
host.hostname
Hostname of the host. It normally contains what the hostname command returns on the host machine.
keyword
host.id
Unique host id. As hostname is not always unique, use values that are meaningful in your environment. Example: The current usage of beat.name.
keyword
host.ip
Host ip addresses.
ip
host.mac
Host mac addresses.
keyword
host.name
Name of the host. It can contain what hostname returns on Unix systems, the fully qualified domain name, or a name specified by the user. The sender decides which value to use.
keyword
host.os.build
OS build information.
keyword
host.os.codename
OS codename, if any.
keyword
host.os.family
OS family (such as redhat, debian, freebsd, windows).
keyword
host.os.kernel
Operating system kernel version as a raw string.
keyword
host.os.name
Operating system name, without the version.
keyword
host.os.name.text
Multi-field of host.os.name.
text
host.os.platform
Operating system platform (such centos, ubuntu, windows).
keyword
host.os.version
Operating system version as a raw string.
keyword
host.type
Type of host. For Cloud providers this can be the machine type like t2.medium. If vm, this could be the container, for example, or other information meaningful in your environment.
keyword
network
The network is defined as the communication path over which a host or network event happens. The network.* fields should be populated with details about the network activity associated with an event.
group
network.direction
Direction of the network traffic. Recommended values are: * ingress * egress * inbound * outbound * internal * external * unknown When mapping events from a host-based monitoring context, populate this field from the host's point of view, using the values "ingress" or "egress". When mapping events from a network or perimeter-based monitoring context, populate this field from the point of view of the network perimeter, using the values "inbound", "outbound", "internal" or "external". Note that "internal" is not crossing perimeter boundaries, and is meant to describe communication between two hosts within the perimeter. Note also that "external" is meant to describe traffic between two hosts that are external to the perimeter. This could for example be useful for ISPs or VPN service providers.
keyword
network.type
In the OSI Model this would be the Network Layer. ipv4, ipv6, ipsec, pim, etc The field value must be normalized to lowercase for querying. See the documentation section "Implementing ECS".
keyword
process
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.
group
process.executable
Absolute path to the process executable.
keyword
process.executable.text
Multi-field of process.executable.
match_only_text
process.name
Process name. Sometimes called program name or similar.
keyword
process.name.text
Multi-field of process.name.
match_only_text
process.pid
Process id.
long
service.address
Address where data about this service was collected from. This should be a URI, network address (ipv4:port or [ipv6]:port) or a resource path (sockets).
keyword
service.type
The type of the service data is collected from. The type can be used to group and correlate logs and metrics from one service type. Example: If logs or metrics are collected from Elasticsearch, service.type would be elasticsearch.
keyword
system.socket.local.ip
Local IP address. This can be an IPv4 or IPv6 address.
ip
system.socket.local.port
Local port.
long
system.socket.process.cmdline
Full command line
keyword
system.socket.remote.etld_plus_one
The effective top-level domain (eTLD) of the remote host plus one more label. For example, the eTLD+1 for "foo.bar.golang.org." is "golang.org.". The data for determining the eTLD comes from an embedded copy of the data from http://publicsuffix.org.
keyword
system.socket.remote.host
PTR record associated with the remote IP. It is obtained via reverse IP lookup.
keyword
system.socket.remote.host_error
Error describing the cause of the reverse lookup failure.
keyword
system.socket.remote.ip
Remote IP address. This can be an IPv4 or IPv6 address.
ip
system.socket.remote.port
Remote port.
long
user
The user fields describe information about the user that is relevant to the event. Fields can have one entry or multiple entries. If a user has more than one id, provide an array that includes all of them.
group
user.full_name
User's full name, if available.
keyword
user.full_name.text
Multi-field of user.full_name.
match_only_text
user.id
Unique identifier of the user.
keyword

Users

The users data stream reports logged in users and associated sessions via dbus and logind, which is a systemd component. By default, the data stream will look in /var/run/dbus/ for a system socket, although a new path can be selected with DBUS_SYSTEM_BUS_ADDRESS.

Exported fields

FieldDescriptionType
@timestamp
Event timestamp.
date
cloud.account.id
The cloud account or organization id used to identify different entities in a multi-tenant environment. Examples: AWS account id, Google Cloud ORG Id, or other unique identifier.
keyword
cloud.availability_zone
Availability zone in which this host is running.
keyword
cloud.image.id
Image ID for the cloud instance.
keyword
cloud.instance.id
Instance ID of the host machine.
keyword
cloud.instance.name
Instance name of the host machine.
keyword
cloud.machine.type
Machine type of the host machine.
keyword
cloud.project.id
Name of the project in Google Cloud.
keyword
cloud.provider
Name of the cloud provider. Example values are aws, azure, gcp, or digitalocean.
keyword
cloud.region
Region in which this host is running.
keyword
container.id
Unique container id.
keyword
container.image.name
Name of the image the container was built on.
keyword
container.labels
Image labels.
object
container.name
Container name.
keyword
data_stream.dataset
Data stream dataset.
constant_keyword
data_stream.namespace
Data stream namespace.
constant_keyword
data_stream.type
Data stream type.
constant_keyword
ecs.version
ECS version this event conforms to. ecs.version is a required field and must exist in all events. When querying across multiple indices -- which may conform to slightly different ECS versions -- this field lets integrations adjust to the schema version of the events.
keyword
event.dataset
Event dataset
constant_keyword
event.duration
Duration of the event in nanoseconds. If event.start and event.end are known this value should be the difference between the end and start time.
long
event.module
Event module
constant_keyword
host.architecture
Operating system architecture.
keyword
host.containerized
If the host is a container.
boolean
host.domain
Name of the domain of which the host is a member. For example, on Windows this could be the host's Active Directory domain or NetBIOS domain name. For Linux this could be the domain of the host's LDAP provider.
keyword
host.hostname
Hostname of the host. It normally contains what the hostname command returns on the host machine.
keyword
host.id
Unique host id. As hostname is not always unique, use values that are meaningful in your environment. Example: The current usage of beat.name.
keyword
host.ip
Host ip addresses.
ip
host.mac
Host mac addresses.
keyword
host.name
Name of the host. It can contain what hostname returns on Unix systems, the fully qualified domain name, or a name specified by the user. The sender decides which value to use.
keyword
host.os.build
OS build information.
keyword
host.os.codename
OS codename, if any.
keyword
host.os.family
OS family (such as redhat, debian, freebsd, windows).
keyword
host.os.kernel
Operating system kernel version as a raw string.
keyword
host.os.name
Operating system name, without the version.
keyword
host.os.name.text
Multi-field of host.os.name.
text
host.os.platform
Operating system platform (such centos, ubuntu, windows).
keyword
host.os.version
Operating system version as a raw string.
keyword
host.type
Type of host. For Cloud providers this can be the machine type like t2.medium. If vm, this could be the container, for example, or other information meaningful in your environment.
keyword
service.address
Address where data about this service was collected from. This should be a URI, network address (ipv4:port or [ipv6]:port) or a resource path (sockets).
keyword
service.type
The type of the service data is collected from. The type can be used to group and correlate logs and metrics from one service type. Example: If logs or metrics are collected from Elasticsearch, service.type would be elasticsearch.
keyword
source
Source fields capture details about the sender of a network exchange/packet. These fields are populated from a network event, packet, or other event containing details of a network transaction. Source fields are usually populated in conjunction with destination fields. The source and destination fields are considered the baseline and should always be filled if an event contains source and destination details from a network transaction. If the event also contains identification of the client and server roles, then the client and server fields should also be populated.
group
source.ip
IP address of the source (IPv4 or IPv6).
ip
source.port
Port of the source.
long
system.users.id
The ID of the session
keyword
system.users.leader
The root PID of the session
long
system.users.path
The DBus object path of the session
keyword
system.users.remote
A bool indicating a remote session
boolean
system.users.remote_host
A remote host address for the session
keyword
system.users.scope
The associated systemd scope
keyword
system.users.seat
An associated logind seat
keyword
system.users.service
A session associated with the service
keyword
system.users.state
The current state of the session
keyword
system.users.type
The type of the user session
keyword

Changelog

VersionDetailsKibana version(s)

0.6.11

Bug fix View pull request
Fix Service processors.

0.6.10

Enhancement View pull request
Add processors capability to Linux Metrics.

0.6.9

Bug fix View pull request
Fix list type for filters

0.6.8

Enhancement View pull request
Fix typo in docs.

0.6.7

Enhancement View pull request
Update documentation with additional context for new users.

0.6.6

Bug fix View pull request
Fix mapping in vmstat memory

0.6.5

Bug fix View pull request
Add more fields for memory mapping

0.6.4

Bug fix View pull request
Add fields for memory mapping

0.6.3

Enhancement View pull request
Add documentation for multi-fields

0.6.2

Bug fix View pull request
More consistent use of Proc Filesystem Directory settings

Enhancement View pull request
Support Kibana 8

0.6.1

Enhancement View pull request
Uniform with guidelines

0.6.0

Enhancement View pull request
Update to ECS 1.12.0

0.5.1

Enhancement View pull request
Escape special characters in docs

0.5.0

Enhancement View pull request
Update integration description

0.4.2

Enhancement View pull request
Add system tests

0.4.1

Enhancement View pull request
Fix event.module in network_summary

0.4.0

Enhancement View pull request
Set "event.module" and "event.dataset

0.3.10

Bug fix View pull request
Enable some Linux datastreams by default

0.3.9

Bug fix View pull request
Fix mapping of IP fields in linux/users

Enhancement View pull request
Updating package owner

0.3.8

Bug fix View pull request
Add Guards

0.1.0

Enhancement View pull request
initial release