# AIX "beat like" daemon, written in Python3

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/aix-beat-like-daemon-written-in-python3/244070>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** filebeat, metricbeat\
**Created:** [August 6, 2020, 5:03pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/aix-beat-like-daemon-written-in-python3/244070 "2020-08-06T17:03:32Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![bhm-ibm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/2acd7d/32.png) [@bhm-ibm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/bhm-ibm)\
**Post date:** [August 6, 2020, 5:03pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/aix-beat-like-daemon-written-in-python3/244070/1 "2020-08-06T17:03:33Z")

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Hello All,

I've been ask to write an ELK Metricbeat/Filebeat daemon for AIX , like it is currently existing for Linux and Windows. It is called "Metraixbeat" and I wanted to share it with others !

I created also dozen of dashboards for carefull AIX monitoring.

I created today a Github repository for that project, you will be able to test it very quickly if you you want.  
Wiki is available with explanations on daemon and its configuration.

I would really enjoy if some AIX admins want to participate into it.

Github link: [https://github.com/bhm-ibm/Metraixbeat/](https://github.com/bhm-ibm/Metraixbeat/)

Bye

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**Author:** ![ChrsMark](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/chrsmark/32/55858_2.png) [@ChrsMark](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ChrsMark)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2020, 7:17am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/aix-beat-like-daemon-written-in-python3/244070/2 "2020-08-10T07:17:06Z")

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cc: @Alex_Kristiansen

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**Author:** ![gose](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/gose/32/37875_2.png) [@gose](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/gose)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2020, 2:57pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/aix-beat-like-daemon-written-in-python3/244070/3 "2020-08-10T14:57:39Z")

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There's an effort underway that has Filebeat, Metricbeat, and Auditbeat binaries for AIX 7.2+

More details [here](https://github.com/elastic/beats/issues/15785).

It might be worth combining efforts.

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**Author:** ![bhm-ibm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/2acd7d/32.png) [@bhm-ibm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/bhm-ibm)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2020, 3:37pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/aix-beat-like-daemon-written-in-python3/244070/4 "2020-08-10T15:37:32Z")

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Hi,

My task was mainly for AIX 6.1 and 7.1 monitoring, and to make it work very quickly.

That's why I took Python and did not wait for official portage in Go.

But yes, merging effort are always good, and mostly for AIX 🙂

I will switch to official daemon on AIX7.2 when available.

Thanks.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2020, 5:37pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/aix-beat-like-daemon-written-in-python3/244070/5 "2020-09-07T17:37:57Z")

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