# Can the Windows module collect perfmon metrics from a remote host?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-the-windows-module-collect-perfmon-metrics-from-a-remote-host/106551>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Created:** [November 6, 2017, 3:02pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-the-windows-module-collect-perfmon-metrics-from-a-remote-host/106551 "2017-11-06T15:02:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![pshroads](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a88e57/32.png) [@pshroads](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/pshroads)\
**Post date:** [November 6, 2017, 3:02pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-the-windows-module-collect-perfmon-metrics-from-a-remote-host/106551/1 "2017-11-06T15:02:52Z")

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I don't see anywhere in the config to specify a remote host so I'm guessing it can only collect on the local host. Is that correct?

Thanks

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**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Post date:** [November 7, 2017, 12:13am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-the-windows-module-collect-perfmon-metrics-from-a-remote-host/106551/2 "2017-11-07T00:13:27Z")

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Correct.

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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:** [November 27, 2017, 3:02pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-the-windows-module-collect-perfmon-metrics-from-a-remote-host/106551/3 "2017-11-27T15:02:57Z")

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