# Installing metricbeat on vsphere

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/installing-metricbeat-on-vsphere/119789>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** metricbeat\
**Created:** [February 14, 2018, 12:08pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/installing-metricbeat-on-vsphere/119789 "2018-02-14T12:08:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![Mark\_Collins](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/mark_collins/32/121241_2.png) [@Mark\_Collins](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Mark_Collins)\
**Post date:** [February 14, 2018, 12:08pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/installing-metricbeat-on-vsphere/119789/1 "2018-02-14T12:08:44Z")

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Hi All,  
I am quite new to elastic and also vsphere and would like make use of the vsphere module of metricbeat a quick question is how do I install metricbeat on esxi vsphere  
thanks  
mark

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**Author:** ![andrewkroh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/andrewkroh/32/3784_2.png) [@andrewkroh](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/andrewkroh)\
**Post date:** [February 14, 2018, 2:30pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/installing-metricbeat-on-vsphere/119789/2 "2018-02-14T14:30:44Z")

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You can run Metricbeat on a separate host because it uses their API to collect metrics. So it will connect over HTTP or HTTPS and get the metrics.

See my question and the response here: [https://github.com/elastic/beats/pull/4028#issuecomment-295294969](https://github.com/elastic/beats/pull/4028#issuecomment-295294969)

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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 14, 2018, 2:31pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/installing-metricbeat-on-vsphere/119789/3 "2018-03-14T14:31:10Z")

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