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title: Elastic Agent inputs
description: When you configure inputs for standalone Elastic Agents, the following values are supported for the input type parameter. Expand any section to view the...
url: https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/3016/reference/fleet/elastic-agent-inputs-list
products:
- Elastic Agent
- Fleet
applies_to:
- Elastic Cloud Serverless: Generally available
- Elastic Stack: Generally available
---
# Elastic Agent inputs
When you [configure inputs](https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/3016/reference/fleet/elastic-agent-input-configuration) for standalone Elastic Agents, the following values are supported for the input `type` parameter.
**Expand any section to view the available inputs:**
| Input | Description | Learn more |
|------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| `audit/auditd` | Receives audit events from the Linux Audit Framework that is a part of the Linux kernel. | [Auditd Module](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/elastic/docs-builder/docs/3016/reference/beats/auditbeat/auditbeat-module-auditd) (Auditbeat docs) |
| `audit/file_integrity` | Sends events when a file is changed (created, updated, or deleted) on disk. The events contain file metadata and hashes. | [File Integrity Module](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/elastic/docs-builder/docs/3016/reference/beats/auditbeat/auditbeat-module-file_integrity) (Auditbeat docs) |
| `audit/system` | Elastic Stack: Beta Elastic Cloud Serverless: Beta Collects various security related information about a system. All datasets send both periodic state information (for example, all currently running processes) and real-time changes (for example, when a new process starts or stops). | [System Module](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/elastic/docs-builder/docs/3016/reference/beats/auditbeat/auditbeat-module-system) (Auditbeat docs) |
| Input | Description | Learn more |
|-------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| `activemq/metrics` | Periodically fetches JMX metrics from Apache ActiveMQ. | [ActiveMQ module](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/elastic/docs-builder/docs/3016/reference/beats/metricbeat/metricbeat-module-activemq) (Metricbeat docs) |
| `apache/metrics` | Periodically fetches metrics from [Apache HTTPD](https://httpd.apache.org/) servers. | [Apache module](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/elastic/docs-builder/docs/3016/reference/beats/metricbeat/metricbeat-module-apache) (Metricbeat docs) |
| `aws/metrics` | Periodically fetches monitoring metrics from AWS CloudWatch using [GetMetricData API](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/APIReference/API_GetMetricData.md) for AWS services. | [AWS module](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/elastic/docs-builder/docs/3016/reference/beats/metricbeat/metricbeat-module-aws) (Metricbeat docs) |
| `awsfargate/metrics` | Elastic Stack: Beta Elastic Cloud Serverless: Beta Retrieves various metadata, network metrics, and Docker stats about tasks and containers. | [AWS Fargate module](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/elastic/docs-builder/docs/3016/reference/beats/metricbeat/metricbeat-module-awsfargate) (Metricbeat docs) |
| `azure/metrics` | Collects and aggregates Azure logs and metrics from a variety of sources into a common data platform where it can be used for analysis, visualization, and alerting. | [Azure module](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/elastic/docs-builder/docs/3016/reference/beats/metricbeat/metricbeat-module-azure) (Metricbeat docs) |
| `beat/metrics` | Collects metrics about any Beat or other software based on libbeat. | [Beat module](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/elastic/docs-builder/docs/3016/reference/beats/metricbeat/metricbeat-module-beat) (Metricbeat docs) |
| `cloudfoundry/metrics` | Connects to Cloud Foundry loggregator to gather container, counter, and value metrics into a common data platform where it can be used for analysis, visualization, and alerting. | [Cloudfoundry module](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/elastic/docs-builder/docs/3016/reference/beats/metricbeat/metricbeat-module-cloudfoundry) (Metricbeat docs) |
| `containerd/metrics` | Elastic Stack: Beta Elastic Cloud Serverless: Beta Collects CPU, memory and blkio statistics about running containers controlled by containerd runtime. | [Containerd module](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/elastic/docs-builder/docs/3016/reference/beats/metricbeat/metricbeat-module-containerd) (Metricbeat docs) |
| `docker/metrics` | Fetches metrics from [Docker](https://www.docker.com/) containers. | [Docker module](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/elastic/docs-builder/docs/3016/reference/beats/metricbeat/metricbeat-module-docker) (Metricbeat docs) |
| `elasticsearch/metrics` | Collects metrics about Elasticsearch. | [Elasticsearch module](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/elastic/docs-builder/docs/3016/reference/beats/metricbeat/metricbeat-module-elasticsearch) (Metricbeat docs) |
| `etcd/metrics` | This module targets Etcd V2 and V3. When using V2, metrics are collected using [Etcd v2 API](https://coreos.com/etcd/docs/latest/v2/api.md). When using V3, metrics are retrieved from the `/metrics` endpoint as intended for [Etcd v3](https://coreos.com/etcd/docs/latest/metrics.md). | [Etcd module](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/elastic/docs-builder/docs/3016/reference/beats/metricbeat/metricbeat-module-etcd) (Metricbeat docs) |
| `gcp/metrics` | Periodically fetches monitoring metrics from Google Cloud Platform using [Stackdriver Monitoring API](https://cloud.google.com/monitoring/api/metrics_gcp) for Google Cloud Platform services. | [Google Cloud Platform module](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/elastic/docs-builder/docs/3016/reference/beats/metricbeat/metricbeat-module-gcp) (Metricbeat docs) |
| `haproxy/metrics` | Collects stats from [HAProxy](http://www.haproxy.org/). It supports collection from TCP sockets, UNIX sockets, or HTTP with or without basic authentication. | [HAProxy module](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/elastic/docs-builder/docs/3016/reference/beats/metricbeat) (Metricbeat docs) |
| `http/metrics` | Used to call arbitrary HTTP endpoints for which a dedicated Metricbeat module is not available. | [HTTP module](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/elastic/docs-builder/docs/3016/reference/beats/metricbeat/metricbeat-module-http) (Metricbeat docs) |
| `iis/metrics` | Periodically retrieve IIS web server related metrics. | [IIS module](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/elastic/docs-builder/docs/3016/reference/beats/metricbeat/metricbeat-module-iis) (Metricbeat docs) |
| `jolokia/metrics` | Collects metrics from [Jolokia agents](https://jolokia.org/reference/html/agents.html) running on a target JMX server or dedicated proxy server. | [Jolokia module](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/elastic/docs-builder/docs/3016/reference/beats/metricbeat/metricbeat-module-jolokia) (Metricbeat docs) |
| `kafka/metrics` | Collects metrics from the [Apache Kafka](https://kafka.apache.org/intro) event streaming platform. | [Kafka module](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/elastic/docs-builder/docs/3016/reference/beats/metricbeat/metricbeat-module-kafka) (Metricbeat docs) |
| `kibana/metrics` | Collects metrics about Kibana. | [Kibana module](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/elastic/docs-builder/docs/3016/reference/beats/metricbeat/metricbeat-module-kibana) (Metricbeat docs) |
| `kubernetes/metrics` | As one of the main pieces provided for Kubernetes monitoring, this module is capable of fetching metrics from several components. | [Kubernetes module](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/elastic/docs-builder/docs/3016/reference/beats/metricbeat/metricbeat-module-kubernetes) (Metricbeat docs) |
| `linux/metrics` | Elastic Stack: Beta Elastic Cloud Serverless: Beta Reports on metrics exclusive to the Linux kernel and GNU/Linux OS. | [Linux module](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/elastic/docs-builder/docs/3016/reference/beats/metricbeat/metricbeat-module-linux) (Metricbeat docs) |
| `logstash/metrics` | collects metrics about Logstash. | [Logstash module](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/elastic/docs-builder/docs/3016/reference/beats/metricbeat/metricbeat-module-logstash) (Metricbeat docs) |
| `memcached/metrics` | Collects metrics about the [memcached](https://memcached.org/) memory object caching system. | [Memcached module](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/elastic/docs-builder/docs/3016/reference/beats/metricbeat/metricbeat-module-memcached) (Metricbeat docs) |
| `mongodb/metrics` | Periodically fetches metrics from [MongoDB](https://www.mongodb.com/) servers. | [MongoDB module](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/elastic/docs-builder/docs/3016/reference/beats/metricbeat/metricbeat-module-mongodb) (Metricbeat docs) |
| `mssql/metrics` | The [Microsoft SQL 2017](https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/sql-server/sql-server-2017) Metricbeat module. It is still under active development to add new Metricsets and introduce enhancements. | [MSSQL module](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/elastic/docs-builder/docs/3016/reference/beats/metricbeat/metricbeat-module-mssql) (Metricbeat docs) |
| `mysql/metrics` | Periodically fetches metrics from [MySQL](https://www.mysql.com/) servers. | [MySQL module](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/elastic/docs-builder/docs/3016/reference/beats/metricbeat/metricbeat-module-mysql) (Metricbeat docs) |
| `nats/metrics` | Uses the [Nats monitoring server APIs](https://nats.io/documentation/managing_the_server/monitoring/) to collect metrics. | [NATS module](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/elastic/docs-builder/docs/3016/reference/beats/metricbeat/metricbeat-module-nats) (Metricbeat docs) |
| `nginx/metrics` | Periodically fetches metrics from [Nginx](https://nginx.org/) servers. | [Nginx module](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/elastic/docs-builder/docs/3016/reference/beats/metricbeat/metricbeat-module-nginx) (Metricbeat docs) |
| `oracle/metrics` | The [Oracle](https://www.oracle.com/) module for Metricbeat. It is under active development with feedback from the community. A single Metricset for Tablespace monitoring is added so the community can start gathering metrics from their nodes and contributing to the module. | [Oracle module](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/elastic/docs-builder/docs/3016/reference/beats/metricbeat/metricbeat-module-oracle) (Metricbeat docs) |
| `postgresql/metrics` | Periodically fetches metrics from [PostgreSQL](https://www.postgresql.org/) servers. | [PostgresSQL module](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/elastic/docs-builder/docs/3016/reference/beats/metricbeat/metricbeat-module-postgresql) (Metricbeat docs) |
| `prometheus/metrics` | Periodically scrapes metrics from [Prometheus exporters](https://prometheus.io/docs/instrumenting/exporters/). | [Prometheus module](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/elastic/docs-builder/docs/3016/reference/beats/metricbeat/metricbeat-module-prometheus) (Metricbeat docs) |
| `rabbitmq/metrics` | Uses the [HTTP API](http://www.rabbitmq.com/management.html) created by the management plugin to collect RabbitMQ metrics. | [RabbitMQ module](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/elastic/docs-builder/docs/3016/reference/beats/metricbeat/metricbeat-module-rabbitmq) (Metricbeat docs) |
| `redis/metrics` | Periodically fetches metrics from [Redis](http://redis.io/) servers. | [Redis module](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/elastic/docs-builder/docs/3016/reference/beats/metricbeat/metricbeat-module-redis) (Metricbeat docs) |
| `sql/metrics` | Allows you to execute custom queries against an SQL database and store the results in Elasticsearch. | [SQL module](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/elastic/docs-builder/docs/3016/reference/beats/metricbeat/metricbeat-module-sql) (Metricbeat docs) |
| `stan/metrics` | Uses [STAN monitoring server APIs](https://github.com/nats-io/nats-streaming-server/blob/master/server/monitor.go) to collect metrics. | [Stan module](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/elastic/docs-builder/docs/3016/reference/beats/metricbeat/metricbeat-module-stan) (Metricbeat docs) |
| `statsd/metrics` | Spawns a UDP server and listens for metrics in StatsD compatible format. | [Statsd module](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/elastic/docs-builder/docs/3016/reference/beats/metricbeat/metricbeat-module-statsd) (Metricbeat docs) |
| `syncgateway/metrics` | Elastic Stack: Beta Elastic Cloud Serverless: Beta Monitor a Sync Gateway instance by using its REST API. | [SyncGateway module](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/elastic/docs-builder/docs/3016/reference/beats/metricbeat/metricbeat-module-syncgateway) (Metricbeat docs) |
| `system/metrics` | Allows you to monitor your server metrics, including CPU, load, memory, network, processes, sockets, filesystem, fsstat, uptime, and more. | [System module](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/elastic/docs-builder/docs/3016/reference/beats/metricbeat/metricbeat-module-system) (Metricbeat docs) |
| `traefik/metrics` | Periodically fetches metrics from a [Traefik](https://traefik.io/) instance. | [Traefik module](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/elastic/docs-builder/docs/3016/reference/beats/metricbeat/metricbeat-module-traefik) (Metricbeat docs) |
| `uwsgi/metrics` | By default, collects the uWSGI stats metricset, using [StatsServer](https://uwsgi-docs.readthedocs.io/en/latest/StatsServer.html). | [uWSGI module](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/elastic/docs-builder/docs/3016/reference/beats/metricbeat/metricbeat-module-uwsgi) (Metricbeat docs) |
| `vsphere/metrics` | Uses the [Govmomi](https://github.com/vmware/govmomi) library to collect metrics from any Vmware SDK URL (ESXi/VCenter). | [vSphere module](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/elastic/docs-builder/docs/3016/reference/beats/metricbeat/metricbeat-module-vsphere) (Metricbeat docs) |
| `windows/metrics` | Collects metrics from Windows systems. | [Windows module](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/elastic/docs-builder/docs/3016/reference/beats/metricbeat/metricbeat-module-windows) (Metricbeat docs) |
| `zookeeper/metrics` | Fetches statistics from the ZooKeeper service. | [ZooKeeper module](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/elastic/docs-builder/docs/3016/reference/beats/metricbeat/metricbeat-module-zookeeper) (Metricbeat docs) |
| Input | Description | Learn more |
|----------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| `aws-cloudwatch` | Stores log filesfrom Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud(EC2), AWS CloudTrail, Route53, and other sources. | [AWS CloudWatch input](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/elastic/docs-builder/docs/3016/reference/beats/filebeat/filebeat-input-aws-cloudwatch) (Filebeat docs) |
| `aws-s3` | Retrieves logs from S3 objects that are pointed to by S3 notification events read from an SQS queue or directly polling list of S3 objects in an S3 bucket. | [AWS S3 input](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/elastic/docs-builder/docs/3016/reference/beats/filebeat/filebeat-input-aws-s3) (Filebeat docs) |
| `azure-blob-storage` | Reads content from files stored in containers which reside on your Azure Cloud. | [Azure Blob Storage](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/elastic/docs-builder/docs/3016/reference/beats/filebeat/filebeat-input-azure-blob-storage) (Filebeat docs) |
| `azure-eventhub` | Reads messages from an azure eventhub. | [Azure eventhub input](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/elastic/docs-builder/docs/3016/reference/beats/filebeat/filebeat-input-azure-eventhub) (Filebeat docs) |
| `cel` | Reads messages from a file path or HTTP API with a variety of payloads using the [Common Expression Language (CEL)](https://opensource.google.com/projects/cel) and the [mito](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/elastic/mito/lib) CEL extension libraries. | [Common Expression Language input](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/elastic/docs-builder/docs/3016/reference/beats/filebeat/filebeat-input-cel) (Filebeat docs) |
| `cloudfoundry` | Gets HTTP access logs, container logs and error logs from Cloud Foundry. | [Cloud Foundry input](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/elastic/docs-builder/docs/3016/reference/beats/filebeat/filebeat-input-cloudfoundry) (Filebeat docs) |
| `cometd` | Streams the real-time events from a Salesforce generic subscription Push Topic. | [CometD input](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/elastic/docs-builder/docs/3016/reference/beats/filebeat/filebeat-input-cometd) (Filebeat docs) |
| `container` | Reads containers log files. | [Container input](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/elastic/docs-builder/docs/3016/reference/beats/filebeat/filebeat-input-container) (Filebeat docs) |
| `docker` | Alias for `container`. | - |
| `log/docker` | Alias for `container`. | n/a |
| `entity-analytics` | Collects identity assets, such as users, from external identity providers. | [Entity Analytics input](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/elastic/docs-builder/docs/3016/reference/beats/filebeat/filebeat-input-entity-analytics) (Filebeat docs) |
| `event/file` | Alias for `log`. | n/a |
| `event/tcp` | Alias for `tcp`. | n/a |
| `filestream` | Reads lines from active log files. Replaces and imporoves on the `log` input. | [filestream input](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/elastic/docs-builder/docs/3016/reference/beats/filebeat/filebeat-input-filestream) (Filebeat docs) |
| `gcp-pubsub` | Reads messages from a Google Cloud Pub/Sub topic subscription. | [GCP Pub/Sub input](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/elastic/docs-builder/docs/3016/reference/beats/filebeat/filebeat-input-gcp-pubsub) (Filebeat docs) |
| `gcs` | Elastic Stack: Beta Elastic Cloud Serverless: Beta Reads content from files stored in buckets which reside on your Google Cloud. | [Google Cloud Storage input](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/elastic/docs-builder/docs/3016/reference/beats/filebeat/filebeat-input-gcs) (Filebeat docs) |
| `http_endpoint` | Elastic Stack: Beta Elastic Cloud Serverless: Beta Initializes a listening HTTP server that collects incoming HTTP POST requests containing a JSON body. | [HTTP Endpoint input](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/elastic/docs-builder/docs/3016/reference/beats/filebeat/filebeat-input-http_endpoint) (Filebeat docs) |
| `httpjson` | Read messages from an HTTP API with JSON payloads. | [HTTP JSON input](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/elastic/docs-builder/docs/3016/reference/beats/filebeat/filebeat-input-httpjson) (Filebeat docs) |
| `journald` | Elastic Stack: Beta Elastic Cloud Serverless: Beta A system service that collects and stores logging data. | [Journald input](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/elastic/docs-builder/docs/3016/reference/beats/filebeat/filebeat-input-journald) (Filebeat docs) |
| `kafka` | Reads from topics in a Kafka cluster. | [Kafka input](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/elastic/docs-builder/docs/3016/reference/beats/filebeat/filebeat-input-kafka) (Filebeat docs) |
| `log` | DEPRECATED: Use the `filestream` input instead. | n/a |
| `logfile` | Alias for `log`. | n/a |
| `log/redis_slowlog` | Alias for `redis`. | n/a |
| `log/syslog` | Alias for `syslog`. | n/a |
| `mqtt` | Reads data transmitted using lightweight messaging protocol for small and mobile devices, optimized for high-latency or unreliable networks. | [MQTT input](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/elastic/docs-builder/docs/3016/reference/beats/filebeat/filebeat-input-mqtt) (Filebeat docs) |
| `netflow` | Reads NetFlow and IPFIX exported flows and options records over UDP. | [NetFlow input](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/elastic/docs-builder/docs/3016/reference/beats/filebeat/filebeat-input-netflow) (Filebeat docs) |
| `o365audit` | Elastic Stack: Beta Elastic Cloud Serverless: Beta Retrieves audit messages from Office 365 and Azure AD activity logs. | [Office 365 Management Activity API input](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/elastic/docs-builder/docs/3016/reference/beats/filebeat/filebeat-input-o365audit) (Filebeat docs) |
| `osquery` | Collects and decodes the result logs written by [osqueryd](https://osquery.readthedocs.io/en/latest/introduction/using-osqueryd/) in the JSON format. | - |
| `redis` | Elastic Stack: Beta Elastic Cloud Serverless: Beta Reads entries from Redis slowlogs. | [Redis input](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/elastic/docs-builder/docs/3016/reference/beats/filebeat) (Filebeat docs) |
| `syslog` | Reads Syslog events as specified by RFC 3164 and RFC 5424, over TCP, UDP, or a Unix stream socket. | [Syslog input](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/elastic/docs-builder/docs/3016/reference/beats/filebeat/filebeat-input-syslog) (Filebeat docs) |
| `tcp` | Reads events over TCP. | [TCP input](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/elastic/docs-builder/docs/3016/reference/beats/filebeat/filebeat-input-tcp) (Filebeat docs) |
| `udp` | Reads events over UDP. | [UDP input](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/elastic/docs-builder/docs/3016/reference/beats/filebeat/filebeat-input-udp) (Filebeat docs) |
| `unix` | Elastic Stack: Beta Elastic Cloud Serverless: Beta Reads events over a stream-oriented Unix domain socket. | [Unix input](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/elastic/docs-builder/docs/3016/reference/beats/filebeat) (Filebeat docs) |
| `winlog` | Reads from one or more event logs using Windows APIs, filters the events based on user-configured criteria, then sends the event data to the configured outputs (Elasticsearch or Logstash). | [Winlogbeat Overview](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/elastic/docs-builder/docs/3016/reference/beats/winlogbeat) (Winlogbeat docs) |
| Input | Description | Learn more |
|-------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| `synthetics/http` | Connect via HTTP and optionally verify that the host returns the expected response. | [HTTP options](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/elastic/docs-builder/docs/3016/reference/beats/heartbeat/monitor-http-options) (Heartbeat docs) |
| `synthetics/icmp` | Use ICMP (v4 and v6) Echo Requests to check the configured hosts. | [ICMP options](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/elastic/docs-builder/docs/3016/reference/beats/heartbeat/monitor-icmp-options) (Heartbeat docs) |
| `synthetics/tcp` | Connect via TCP and optionally verify the endpoint by sending and/or receiving a custom payload. | [TCP options](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/elastic/docs-builder/docs/3016/reference/beats/heartbeat/monitor-tcp-options) (Heartbeat docs) |
| Input | Description | Learn more |
|----------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| `packet` | Sniffs the traffic between your servers, parses the application-level protocols on the fly, and correlates the messages into transactions. | [Packetbeat overview](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/elastic/docs-builder/docs/3016/reference/beats/packetbeat) (Packetbeat docs) |