# Auditbeat 7.17 high cpu usage

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/auditbeat-7-17-high-cpu-usage/327900>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** docker, auditbeat\
**Created:** [March 17, 2023, 6:12am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/auditbeat-7-17-high-cpu-usage/327900 "2023-03-17T06:12:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![KevinShi](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/kevinshi/32/118557_2.png) [@KevinShi](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/KevinShi)\
**Post date:** [March 17, 2023, 6:12am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/auditbeat-7-17-high-cpu-usage/327900/1 "2023-03-17T06:12:48Z")

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auditbeat configure:

```auto
auditbeat.modules:

- module: auditd
  resolve_ids: true
  failure_mode: silent
  backlog_limit: 8192
  rate_limit: 0
  include_raw_message: false
  include_warnings: false
  backpressure_strategy: auto

  audit_rule_files: ['${path.config}/audit.rules.d/*.conf']
  audit_rules: |
      -a always,exit -F arch=b64 -S execve,execveat -k exec
     -w /etc/group -p wa -k identity
    -w /etc/passwd -p wa -k identity
    -w /etc/gshadow -p wa -k identity
    -w /etc/shadow -p wa -k identity
  
    -a always,exit -F arch=b64 -S open,creat,truncate,ftruncate,openat,open_by_handle_at -F exit=-EACCES -k access
    -a always,exit -F arch=b64 -S open,creat,truncate,ftruncate,openat,open_by_handle_at -F exit=-EPERM -k access
- module: file_integrity
  paths:
  - /bin
  - /usr/bin
  - /sbin
  - /usr/sbin
  - /etc
  - /home
  - /root
  exclude_files:
  - '(?i)\.sw[nop]$'
  - '~$'
  - '/\.git($|/)'
  include_files: []
  scan_at_start: true
  scan_rate_per_sec: 50 MiB
  max_file_size: 100 MiB
  hash_types: [sha1]
  recursive: false
- module: system
  datasets:
    - package # Installed, updated, and removed packages
    - host
    - login
    - user
  period: 2m
- module: system
  datasets:
    - process 
    - socket 
  period: 10s
  socket.include_localhost: false
  socket.enable_ipv6: false
 
  state.period: 12h

 
  user.detect_password_changes: true

  
  login.wtmp_file_pattern: /var/log/wtmp*
  login.btmp_file_pattern: /var/log/btmp*

processors:
  - add_host_metadata: ~
  - add_cloud_metadata: ~
  - add_docker_metadata: ~

```

If auditbeat running in **k8s node server** , the cpu used high, **peak 100%+,sean value 35%** , but auditbeat running in other servers the cpu used take maximum 5%.

auditbeat version, my try like this:  
auditbeat version 8.6.2 (amd64), libbeat 8.6.2  
auditbeat version 7.9.3 (amd64), libbeat 7.9.3  
auditbeat version 7.17.0 (amd64), libbeat 7.17.0

**but cpu usage same high in k8s node servers!**

Any ways to reduce the CPU usages as auditd?

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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:** [April 14, 2023, 8:13am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/auditbeat-7-17-high-cpu-usage/327900/2 "2023-04-14T08:13:31Z")

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