﻿---
title: Istio citadel metricset
description: This is the citadel metricset of the module istio. This metricset collects Citadel-specific metrics. For a description of each field in the metricset,...
url: https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/2437/reference/beats/metricbeat/metricbeat-metricset-istio-citadel
---

# Istio citadel metricset
<warning>
  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.
</warning>

This is the citadel metricset of the module istio. This metricset collects Citadel-specific metrics.

## Fields

For a description of each field in the metricset, see the [exported fields](https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/2437/reference/beats/metricbeat/exported-fields-istio) section.
Here is an example document generated by this metricset:
```json
{
    "@timestamp": "2019-03-01T08:05:34.853Z",
    "event": {
        "dataset": "istio.citadel",
        "duration": 115000,
        "module": "istio"
    },
    "istio": {
        "citadel": {
            "secret_controller_svc_acc_created_cert": {
                "count": 58
            },
            "server_root_cert_expiry_seconds": 1894287345
        }
    },
    "metricset": {
        "name": "citadel",
        "period": 10000
    },
    "service": {
        "address": "127.0.0.1:55555",
        "type": "istio"
    }
}
```