Benchmark module
This functionality is in beta and is subject to change. The design and code is less mature than official GA features and is being provided as-is with no warranties. Beta features are not subject to the support SLA of official GA features.
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Elastic Agent is a single, unified way to add monitoring for logs, metrics, and other types of data to a host. It can also protect hosts from security threats, query data from operating systems, forward data from remote services or hardware, and more. Refer to the documentation for a detailed comparison of Beats and Elastic Agent.
The benchmark module is used to generate synthetic metrics at a predictable rate. This can be useful when you want to test output settings or test system sizing without using real data.
The benchmark module metricset is info.
- module: benchmark
metricsets:
- info
enabled: true
period: 10s
A metric that includes a counter field which is used to keep the metric unique.
count- number, the number of metrics to emit per fetch.
The Benchmark module supports the standard configuration options that are described in Modules. Here is an example configuration:
metricbeat.modules:
- module: benchmark
metricsets:
- info
enabled: false
period: 10s
The following metricsets are available: