# How to configure heartbeat for cpu\_memory usage **URL:** \ **Category:** Beats\ **Tags:** heartbeat\ **Created:** [August 19, 2019, 9:24am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-configure-heartbeat-for-cpu-memory-usage/195707 "2019-08-19T09:24:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![fajar\_3t3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/97f17d/32.png) [@fajar\_3t3](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/fajar_3t3)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2019, 9:24am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-configure-heartbeat-for-cpu-memory-usage/195707/1 "2019-08-19T09:24:47Z")
hi all, need your help, how to configure heartbeat.yml for monitoring memory\_cpu usage server. Thanks ---
**Author:** ![MarianaD](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/marianad/32/42687_2.png) [@MarianaD](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/MarianaD)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2019, 12:21pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-configure-heartbeat-for-cpu-memory-usage/195707/2 "2019-08-19T12:21:00Z")
hi @fajar_3t3, I am not sure I follow here. Heartbeat is a lightweight daemon that you install on a remote server to periodically check the status of your services and determine whether they are available or not. If you are interested in monitoring memory or cpu usage you might want to have a look at Metricbeat instead (more specifically the system module), [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/metricbeat/current/metricbeat-module-system.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/metricbeat/current/metricbeat-module-system.html). Let us know if more clarification is necessary. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2019, 12:26pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-configure-heartbeat-for-cpu-memory-usage/195707/3 "2019-09-16T12:26:03Z")
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