# Metricbeat Error event

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/metricbeat-error-event/282896>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** metricbeat\
**Created:** [August 31, 2021, 9:21am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/metricbeat-error-event/282896 "2021-08-31T09:21:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![Yash\_Agrawal](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/yash_agrawal/32/78377_2.png) [@Yash\_Agrawal](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Yash_Agrawal)\
**Post date:** [August 31, 2021, 9:21am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/metricbeat-error-event/282896/1 "2021-08-31T09:21:29Z")

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Metricbeat sends an error event when the service is not reachable.

> **[Error event structure | Metricbeat Reference \[7.14\] | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/metricbeat/current/error-event-structure.html)**

How can i configure my metricbeat so that it gives me an update everytime a process is down.  
(A "process" not a service in the system module)

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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 28, 2021, 11:22am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/metricbeat-error-event/282896/2 "2021-09-28T11:22:25Z")

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