# Metricbeat executing every 3 minutes using cron

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/metricbeat-executing-every-3-minutes-using-cron/284014>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** metricbeat\
**Created:** [September 13, 2021, 7:30am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/metricbeat-executing-every-3-minutes-using-cron/284014 "2021-09-13T07:30:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![josh12](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/46a35a/32.png) [@josh12](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/josh12)\
**Post date:** [September 13, 2021, 7:30am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/metricbeat-executing-every-3-minutes-using-cron/284014/1 "2021-09-13T07:30:06Z")

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Can i know is there cron setting for metricbeat for period as how it was done for heartbeat

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**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Post date:** [September 13, 2021, 7:35am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/metricbeat-executing-every-3-minutes-using-cron/284014/2 "2021-09-13T07:35:44Z")

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There is a `period` config variable for that.

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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:** [October 11, 2021, 9:35am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/metricbeat-executing-every-3-minutes-using-cron/284014/3 "2021-10-11T09:35:55Z")

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