From 136c82639c432ba20a1fea5ea8797f1cd833bdbe Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Lisa Cawley Date: Thu, 30 May 2019 12:12:37 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] [DOCS] Disable Metricbeat system module (#42601) --- .../monitoring/configuring-metricbeat.asciidoc | 17 +++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/reference/monitoring/configuring-metricbeat.asciidoc b/docs/reference/monitoring/configuring-metricbeat.asciidoc index 43a3553667194..a430f5ae0ce62 100644 --- a/docs/reference/monitoring/configuring-metricbeat.asciidoc +++ b/docs/reference/monitoring/configuring-metricbeat.asciidoc @@ -144,6 +144,23 @@ file. // end::remote-monitoring-user[] -- +. Optional: Disable the system module in {metricbeat}. ++ +-- +// tag::disable-system-module[] +By default, the {metricbeat-ref}/metricbeat-module-system.html[system module] is +enabled. The information it collects, however, is not shown on the *Monitoring* +page in {kib}. Unless you want to use that information for other purposes, run +the following command: + +["source","sh",subs="attributes,callouts"] +---------------------------------------------------------------------- +metricbeat modules disable system +---------------------------------------------------------------------- + +// end::disable-system-module[] +-- + . Identify where to send the monitoring data. + + --