# Module: kubernetes, metricset: container - is missing exported fields from docs (such as status?)

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/module-kubernetes-metricset-container-is-missing-exported-fields-from-docs-such-as-status/248456>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** metricbeat\
**Created:** [September 13, 2020, 7:17pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/module-kubernetes-metricset-container-is-missing-exported-fields-from-docs-such-as-status/248456 "2020-09-13T19:17:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![Ilai\_Fallach](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ilai_fallach/32/75485_2.png) [@Ilai\_Fallach](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ilai_Fallach)\
**Post date:** [September 13, 2020, 7:17pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/module-kubernetes-metricset-container-is-missing-exported-fields-from-docs-such-as-status/248456/1 "2020-09-13T19:17:42Z")

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Hey there,  
I'm trying to get the status of a pod to alert for Crashloop Backoffs and other non Ready states.

To achieve that I've tried the docs:

- [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/metricbeat/current/exported-fields-kubernetes.html#\_container\_6](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/metricbeat/current/exported-fields-kubernetes.html#_container_6)
- [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/metricbeat/current/exported-fields-kubernetes.html#\_status\_3](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/metricbeat/current/exported-fields-kubernetes.html#_status_3)

Both say that should be a field "kubernetes.{pod/container}.status.phase" but it doesn't exist.

An example of a raw document ("pod" is the same) shows that indeed this data is not being sent, is shown below.

Metricbeat version: 7.9.0  
The output is directly to elasticsearch (version 7.9.0)  
System: GKE (Google Kubernetes Engine)  
Kubernetes Master version: v1.15.12-gke.2  
Kubernetes node version: v1.15.12-gke.2 (the same)

What am I missing here?

Thanks!  
Ilai

Document example without "...status.phase":

```json
{
  "_index": "metricbeat-devops-7.9.0-2020.09.13-000002",
  "_type": "_doc",
  "_id": "...",
  "_version": 1,
  "_score": null,
  "_source": {
    "@timestamp": "2020-09-13T18:55:43.012Z",
    "event": {
      "dataset": "kubernetes.container",
      "module": "kubernetes",
      "duration": 29417277
    },
    "metricset": {
      "name": "container",
      "period": 15000
    },
    "service": {
      "address": "localhost:10255",
      "type": "kubernetes"
    },
    "kubernetes": {
      "namespace": "tip",
      "node": {
        "name": "..."
      },
      "pod": {
        "name": "..."
      },
      "container": {
        "rootfs": {
          "available": {
            "bytes": 93795864576
          },
          "capacity": {
            "bytes": 101241290752
          },
          "used": {
            "bytes": 1089536
          },
          "inodes": {
            "used": 16
          }
        },
        "logs": {
          "capacity": {
            "bytes": 101241290752
          },
          "used": {
            "bytes": 32768
          },
          "inodes": {
            "used": 202197,
            "free": 6056523,
            "count": 6258720
          },
          "available": {
            "bytes": 93795864576
          }
        },
        "start_time": "2020-09-10T20:49:58Z",
        "name": "...",
        "cpu": {
          "usage": {
            "nanocores": 3281449,
            "core": {
              "ns": 1033744763620
            },
            "node": {
              "pct": 0.00082036225
            },
            "limit": {
              "pct": 0.00082036225
            }
          }
        },
        "memory": {
          "workingset": {
            "bytes": 361504768
          },
          "rss": {
            "bytes": 357220352
          },
          "pagefaults": 173250,
          "majorpagefaults": 0,
          "available": {
            "bytes": 0
          },
          "usage": {
            "bytes": 362520576,
            "node": {
              "pct": 0.022992100865353617
            },
            "limit": {
              "pct": 0.022992100865353617
            }
          }
        }
      }
    },
    "host": {
      "name": "..."
    },
    "agent": {
      "name": "...",
      "type": "metricbeat",
      "version": "7.9.0",
      "hostname": "...",
      "ephemeral_id": "...",
      "id": "..."
    },
    "ecs": {
      "version": "1.5.0"
    },
    "cloud": {
      "provider": "gcp",
      "instance": {
        "name": "...",
        "id": "1126470843320709070"
      },
      "machine": {
        "type": "n1-standard-4"
      },
      "availability_zone": "us-central1-b",
      "project": {
        "id": "..."
      }
    }
  },
  "fields": {
    "kubernetes.container.start_time": [
      "2020-09-10T20:49:58.000Z"
    ],
    "@timestamp": [
      "2020-09-13T18:55:43.012Z"
    ]
  },
  "sort": [
    1600023343012
  ]
}

```

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**Author:** ![shaunak](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/shaunak/32/6643_2.png) [@shaunak](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/shaunak)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2020, 8:00pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/module-kubernetes-metricset-container-is-missing-exported-fields-from-docs-such-as-status/248456/2 "2020-09-14T20:00:09Z")

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Hi @Ilai_Fallach, welcome to the Elastic community forums!

These fields are produced by the [`state_container`](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/metricbeat/current/metricbeat-metricset-kubernetes-state_container.html) and [`state_pod`](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/metricbeat/current/metricbeat-metricset-kubernetes-state_pod.html) metricsets. Do you have these metricsets enabled in your `kubernetes` module configuration file? [Note](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/metricbeat/current/metricbeat-module-kubernetes.html#_state_and_event) that for these metricsets to be able to collect the necessary data from Kubernetes you will need to run `kube-state-metrics` service.

Shaunak

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**Author:** ![Ilai\_Fallach](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ilai_fallach/32/75485_2.png) [@Ilai\_Fallach](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ilai_Fallach)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2020, 4:29pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/module-kubernetes-metricset-container-is-missing-exported-fields-from-docs-such-as-status/248456/3 "2020-09-18T16:29:44Z")

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Thank you @shaunak,

I've installed the `kube-state-metrics` and everything is working now.

Thanks for the help,  
Ilai

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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 16, 2020, 6:29pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/module-kubernetes-metricset-container-is-missing-exported-fields-from-docs-such-as-status/248456/4 "2020-10-16T18:29:51Z")

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