---
title: CouchDB fields
description: couchdb module Couchdb metrics Contains CouchDB server stats HTTP statistics HTTP request methods HTTP status codes statistics couchdb statistics 
url: https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/3028/reference/beats/metricbeat/exported-fields-couchdb
products:
  - Beats
  - Metricbeat
applies_to:
  - Elastic Cloud Serverless: Generally available
  - Elastic Stack: Generally available
---

# CouchDB fields
couchdb module

## couchdb

Couchdb metrics

## server

Contains CouchDB server stats

## httpd

HTTP statistics
<definitions>
  <definition term="couchdb.server.httpd.view_reads">
    Number of view reads
    type: long
  </definition>
  <definition term="couchdb.server.httpd.bulk_requests">
    Number of bulk requests
    type: long
  </definition>
  <definition term="couchdb.server.httpd.clients_requesting_changes">
    Number of clients for continuous _changes
    type: long
  </definition>
  <definition term="couchdb.server.httpd.temporary_view_reads">
    Number of temporary view reads
    type: long
  </definition>
  <definition term="couchdb.server.httpd.requests">
    Number of HTTP requests
    type: long
  </definition>
</definitions>


## httpd_request_methods

HTTP request methods
<definitions>
  <definition term="couchdb.server.httpd_request_methods.COPY">
    Number of HTTP COPY requests
    type: long
  </definition>
  <definition term="couchdb.server.httpd_request_methods.HEAD">
    Number of HTTP HEAD requests
    type: long
  </definition>
  <definition term="couchdb.server.httpd_request_methods.POST">
    Number of HTTP POST requests
    type: long
  </definition>
  <definition term="couchdb.server.httpd_request_methods.DELETE">
    Number of HTTP DELETE requests
    type: long
  </definition>
  <definition term="couchdb.server.httpd_request_methods.GET">
    Number of HTTP GET requests
    type: long
  </definition>
  <definition term="couchdb.server.httpd_request_methods.PUT">
    Number of HTTP PUT requests
    type: long
  </definition>
</definitions>


## httpd_status_codes

HTTP status codes statistics
<definitions>
  <definition term="couchdb.server.httpd_status_codes.200">
    Number of HTTP 200 OK responses
    type: long
  </definition>
  <definition term="couchdb.server.httpd_status_codes.201">
    Number of HTTP 201 Created responses
    type: long
  </definition>
  <definition term="couchdb.server.httpd_status_codes.202">
    Number of HTTP 202 Accepted responses
    type: long
  </definition>
  <definition term="couchdb.server.httpd_status_codes.301">
    Number of HTTP 301 Moved Permanently responses
    type: long
  </definition>
  <definition term="couchdb.server.httpd_status_codes.304">
    Number of HTTP 304 Not Modified responses
    type: long
  </definition>
  <definition term="couchdb.server.httpd_status_codes.400">
    Number of HTTP 400 Bad Request responses
    type: long
  </definition>
  <definition term="couchdb.server.httpd_status_codes.401">
    Number of HTTP 401 Unauthorized responses
    type: long
  </definition>
  <definition term="couchdb.server.httpd_status_codes.403">
    Number of HTTP 403 Forbidden responses
    type: long
  </definition>
  <definition term="couchdb.server.httpd_status_codes.404">
    Number of HTTP 404 Not Found responses
    type: long
  </definition>
  <definition term="couchdb.server.httpd_status_codes.405">
    Number of HTTP 405 Method Not Allowed responses
    type: long
  </definition>
  <definition term="couchdb.server.httpd_status_codes.409">
    Number of HTTP 409 Conflict responses
    type: long
  </definition>
  <definition term="couchdb.server.httpd_status_codes.412">
    Number of HTTP 412 Precondition Failed responses
    type: long
  </definition>
  <definition term="couchdb.server.httpd_status_codes.500">
    Number of HTTP 500 Internal Server Error responses
    type: long
  </definition>
</definitions>


## couchdb

couchdb statistics
<definitions>
  <definition term="couchdb.server.couchdb.database_writes">
    Number of times a database was changed
    type: long
  </definition>
  <definition term="couchdb.server.couchdb.open_databases">
    Number of open databases
    type: long
  </definition>
  <definition term="couchdb.server.couchdb.auth_cache_misses">
    Number of authentication cache misses
    type: long
  </definition>
  <definition term="couchdb.server.couchdb.request_time">
    Length of a request inside CouchDB without MochiWeb
    type: long
  </definition>
  <definition term="couchdb.server.couchdb.database_reads">
    Number of times a document was read from a database
    type: long
  </definition>
  <definition term="couchdb.server.couchdb.auth_cache_hits">
    Number of authentication cache hits
    type: long
  </definition>
  <definition term="couchdb.server.couchdb.open_os_files">
    Number of file descriptors CouchDB has open
    type: long
  </definition>
</definitions>