# Important logstash metrics to monitor

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/important-logstash-metrics-to-monitor/205941
**Category:** Logstash
**Created:** [October 30, 2019, 7:45pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/important-logstash-metrics-to-monitor/205941 "2019-10-30T19:45:26Z")
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### Author: ![funlearning321](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/funlearning321/32/56803_2.png) [@funlearning321](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/funlearning321)
#### Post date: [October 30, 2019, 7:45pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/important-logstash-metrics-to-monitor/205941/1 "2019-10-30T19:45:27Z")

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Hello,

What are the important logstash performance metrics to be monitored using watcher or zabbix ?

Thanks

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### Author: ![AquaX](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/aquax/32/92006_2.png) [@AquaX](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/AquaX)
#### Post date: [October 31, 2019, 5:45pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/important-logstash-metrics-to-monitor/205941/2 "2019-10-31T17:45:06Z")

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Logstash is quite memory and CPU intensive so keep and eye on those and, if you can, java heap size.

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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 28, 2019, 5:45pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/important-logstash-metrics-to-monitor/205941/3 "2019-11-28T17:45:15Z")

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