---
title: CockroachDB module
description: This module periodically fetches metrics from CockroachDB. The CockroachDB status metricset is compatible with any CockroachDB version exposing metrics...
url: https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/2423/reference/beats/metricbeat/metricbeat-module-cockroachdb
---

# CockroachDB module
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This module periodically fetches metrics from CockroachDB.

## Compatibility

The CockroachDB `status` metricset is compatible with any CockroachDB version exposing metrics in Prometheus format.

## Dashboard

The CockroachDB module includes a predefined dashboard with overview information of the monitored servers.
![metricbeat cockroachdb overview](https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/2423/reference/beats/metricbeat/images/metricbeat-cockroachdb-overview.png)

## Example configuration

The CockroachDB module supports the standard configuration options that are described in [Modules](https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/2423/reference/beats/metricbeat/configuration-metricbeat). Here is an example configuration:
```yaml
metricbeat.modules:
- module: cockroachdb
  metricsets: ['status']
  period: 10s
  hosts: ['localhost:8080']

  # This module uses the Prometheus collector metricset, all
  # the options for this metricset are also available here.
  #metrics_path: /_status/vars
```

This module supports TLS connections when using `ssl` config field, as described in [SSL](https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/2423/reference/beats/metricbeat/configuration-ssl). It also supports the options described in [Standard HTTP config options](/elastic/docs-builder/docs/2423/reference/beats/metricbeat/configuration-metricbeat#module-http-config-options).

## Metricsets

The following metricsets are available:
- [status](https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/2423/reference/beats/metricbeat/metricbeat-metricset-cockroachdb-status)