# Logstash CPU load metric always -1

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-cpu-load-metric-always-1/96419>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [August 9, 2017, 10:19am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-cpu-load-metric-always-1/96419 "2017-08-09T10:19:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![aristen](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/aristen/32/17858_2.png) [@aristen](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/aristen)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2017, 10:19am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-cpu-load-metric-always-1/96419/1 "2017-08-09T10:19:14Z")

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Hey all.  
I am having some trouble with monitoring Logstash in our ELK setup that i hope some of you have experienced as well.  
When i look at the CPU load of our logstash nodes they always says -1.  
When i call 'host:9600/\_node/stats/process?pretty' to get the metrics, i get this as output:

"cpu" : {  
"total\_in\_millis" : -1,  
"percent" : -1,  
"load\_average" : null  
}

Do logstash need special rights to collect that information from the OS ?  
I am running logstash 5.4 with administrator rights on a Windows Server 2016 machine.

Thanks, Martin.

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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:** [September 6, 2017, 10:19am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-cpu-load-metric-always-1/96419/2 "2017-09-06T10:19:18Z")

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