---
title: Configure which transaction protocols to monitor
description: The packetbeat.protocols section of the packetbeat.yml config file contains configuration options for each supported protocol, including common options...
url: https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/3016/reference/beats/packetbeat/configuration-protocols
products:
  - Beats
  - Packetbeat
applies_to:
  - Elastic Cloud Serverless: Generally available
  - Elastic Stack: Generally available
---

# Configure which transaction protocols to monitor
The `packetbeat.protocols` section of the `packetbeat.yml` config file contains configuration options for each supported protocol, including common options like `enabled`, `ports`, `send_request`, `send_response`, and options that are protocol-specific.
Currently, Packetbeat supports the following protocols:
- ICMP (v4 and v6)
- DHCP (v4)
- DNS
- HTTP
- AMQP 0.9.1
- Cassandra
- Mysql
- PostgreSQL
- Redis
- Thrift-RPC
- MongoDB
- Memcache
- NFS
- TLS
- SIP/SDP (beta)

Example configuration:
```yaml
packetbeat.protocols:

- type: icmp
  enabled: true

- type: dhcpv4
  ports: [67, 68]

- type: dns
  ports: [53]

- type: http
  ports: [80, 8080, 8000, 5000, 8002]

- type: amqp
  ports: [5672]

- type: cassandra
  ports: [9042]

- type: memcache
  ports: [11211]

- type: mysql
  ports: [3306,3307]

- type: redis
  ports: [6379]

- type: pgsql
  ports: [5432]

- type: thrift
  ports: [9090]

- type: tls
  ports: [443, 993, 995, 5223, 8443, 8883, 9243]
```