# Are we able to monitor if a process is running or not using metricbeat?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/are-we-able-to-monitor-if-a-process-is-running-or-not-using-metricbeat/165442>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** metricbeat\
**Created:** [January 23, 2019, 3:51pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/are-we-able-to-monitor-if-a-process-is-running-or-not-using-metricbeat/165442 "2019-01-23T15:51:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![vshankara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/8c91f0/32.png) [@vshankara](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/vshankara)\
**Post date:** [January 23, 2019, 3:51pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/are-we-able-to-monitor-if-a-process-is-running-or-not-using-metricbeat/165442/1 "2019-01-23T15:51:21Z")

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Are we able to monitor if a process is running or not using metricbeat?

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**Author:** ![Kaiyan\_Sheng](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/kaiyan_sheng/32/38247_2.png) [@Kaiyan\_Sheng](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Kaiyan_Sheng)\
**Post date:** [January 24, 2019, 2:33am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/are-we-able-to-monitor-if-a-process-is-running-or-not-using-metricbeat/165442/2 "2019-01-24T02:33:34Z")

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Hi @vshankara can you give more information on what process it is? 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:** [February 21, 2019, 2:33am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/are-we-able-to-monitor-if-a-process-is-running-or-not-using-metricbeat/165442/3 "2019-02-21T02:33:39Z")

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