# Best way to install Metricbeat on hundreds of machines

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/best-way-to-install-metricbeat-on-hundreds-of-machines/263245>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [February 4, 2021, 1:52pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/best-way-to-install-metricbeat-on-hundreds-of-machines/263245 "2021-02-04T13:52:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![ElasticLiver](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/elasticliver/32/64869_2.png) [@ElasticLiver](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ElasticLiver)\
**Post date:** [February 4, 2021, 1:52pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/best-way-to-install-metricbeat-on-hundreds-of-machines/263245/1 "2021-02-04T13:52:14Z")

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Hi. what will be the best way to install metricbeat in hundreds of machines?

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**Author:** ![AClerk](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/aclerk/32/55297_2.png) [@AClerk](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/AClerk)\
**Post date:** [February 4, 2021, 10:30pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/best-way-to-install-metricbeat-on-hundreds-of-machines/263245/2 "2021-02-04T22:30:29Z")

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Search for `software deployment tools`  
e.g.  
Ansible  
Chef  
Jenkins  
etc. etc.

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**Author:** ![ElasticLiver](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/elasticliver/32/64869_2.png) [@ElasticLiver](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ElasticLiver)\
**Post date:** [February 5, 2021, 1:33pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/best-way-to-install-metricbeat-on-hundreds-of-machines/263245/3 "2021-02-05T13:33:51Z")

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Thanks AClerk I was reading about ansible, in metricbeat the only way to monitor servers is through installed agents? there is no agentless monitoring?

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**Author:** ![whatgeorgemade](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/whatgeorgemade/32/103246_2.png) [@whatgeorgemade](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/whatgeorgemade)\
**Post date:** [February 5, 2021, 3:31pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/best-way-to-install-metricbeat-on-hundreds-of-machines/263245/4 "2021-02-05T15:31:33Z")

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> Ansible

Specifically, you can use Elastic's [Ansible role](https://galaxy.ansible.com/elastic/beats) for Beats to install Metricbeat en masse.

> in metricbeat the only way to monitor servers is through installed agents? there is no agentless monitoring?

Correct. Metricbeat gathers stats only for the host it's installed on, then sends the data to some output (Elasticsearch, Logstash, etc).

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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:** [March 5, 2021, 3:31pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/best-way-to-install-metricbeat-on-hundreds-of-machines/263245/5 "2021-03-05T15:31:55Z")

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