# CPU use configuration

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cpu-use-configuration/50227>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [May 17, 2016, 2:11pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cpu-use-configuration/50227 "2016-05-17T14:11:08Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Maher\_Ben\_Taleb\_Ali](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/maher_ben_taleb_ali/32/26774_2.png) [@Maher\_Ben\_Taleb\_Ali](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Maher_Ben_Taleb_Ali)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2016, 2:11pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cpu-use-configuration/50227/1 "2016-05-17T14:11:08Z")

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Hi,

Is there a way to configure the CPU use for logstash, so it can't pass a threshold?  
what I am seing logstash uses all the available resources.

Thank you!

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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:** [May 17, 2016, 2:17pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cpu-use-configuration/50227/2 "2016-05-17T14:17:57Z")

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You'd have to do that on the OS level.

Otherwise it'd be better to try to figure out why it is using so much CPU. Whats your config look like? What version, OS? What does your data look like?

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**Author:** ![Maher\_Ben\_Taleb\_Ali](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/maher_ben_taleb_ali/32/26774_2.png) [@Maher\_Ben\_Taleb\_Ali](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Maher_Ben_Taleb_Ali)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2016, 2:49pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cpu-use-configuration/50227/3 "2016-05-17T14:49:43Z")

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It's for prevention.  
I am using some kind of hard filters after all.  
it's of the average of 35% CPU , but sometimes it hits the 80%.

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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:** [May 17, 2016, 2:50pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cpu-use-configuration/50227/4 "2016-05-17T14:50:53Z")

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> [@Maher\_Ben\_Taleb\_Ali](#):
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> it's of the average of 35% CPU , but sometimes it hits the 80%.

That's not very much.

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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:** [July 6, 2017, 4:57am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cpu-use-configuration/50227/5 "2017-07-06T04:57:25Z")

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Closed on July 6, 2017, 4:57am UTC