Metricbeat, Filebeat spawning lots of child procs

Hello, Im running fbeat, mbeat 7.17 on centos 7

I see it spawning off tons of child procs, is there way to limit this? Whats the reason why so many procs are spawned?

Could you please share your config file? How do you start the application?

standard systemd start up script (comes w rpm install)

config

filebeat.inputs:
#============================= Filebeat modules ===============================

filebeat.config.modules:
  # Glob pattern for configuration loading
  path: ${path.config}/modules.d/*.yml

  # Set to true to enable config reloading
  reload.enabled: false

  # Period on which files under path should be checked for changes
  #reload.period: 10s


filebeat.modules:
- module: system
  enabled: True
- module: iptables
  enabled: True

#==================== Elasticsearch template setting ==========================

setup.template.settings:
  index.number_of_shards: 1
  setup.template.enabled: true
  setup.template.overwrite: true

#============================== Kibana =====================================

# Starting with Beats version 6.0.0, the dashboards are loaded via the Kibana API.
# This requires a Kibana endpoint configuration.
setup.kibana:

  # Kibana Host
  # Scheme and port can be left out and will be set to the default (http and 5601)
  # In case you specify and additional path, the scheme is required: http://localhost:5601/path
  # IPv6 addresses should always be defined as: https://[2001:db8::1]:5601
  host: "https://xxxx.com:5601"
  username: "beats_setup"
  password: "xxxxx"
  ssl:
    certificate_authorities: "/etc/pki/elastic/ca.crt"
    verification_mode: "certificate"
  # Kibana Space ID
  # ID of the Kibana Space into which the dashboards should be loaded. By default,
  # the Default Space will be used.
  #space.id:
#================================ Outputs =====================================

# Configure what output to use when sending the data collected by the beat.

#-------------------------- Elasticsearch output ------------------------------
output.elasticsearch:
  # Array of hosts to connect to.
  hosts: ["https://xxxxx.com:9200"]

  # Optional protocol and basic auth credentials.
  protocol: "https"
  #api_key: "Zkl1MmdYMEJlUlR6VkVmb09YVmg6Rk9ITExlR1BTTVNXNjNQX3JuY2h0dw=="
  username: "beats_writer"
  password: "xxxxxx"
  ssl:
    certificate_authorities: ["/etc/pki/elastic/ca.crt"]
    verification_mode: "certificate"
#================================ Processors =====================================

# Configure processors to enhance or manipulate events generated by the beat.

processors:
  - add_host_metadata: ~
  - add_cloud_metadata: ~

#================================ Logging =====================================

# Sets log level. The default log level is info.
# Available log levels are: error, warning, info, debug
logging.level: error

with pstree and htop, I do see tons of sleeping child procs

is there a reason so many child procs are being spawned and then remain in S state? Is it because of lingering tcp connections?

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