# Monitor Open TCP Connections

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/monitor-open-tcp-connections/154830>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** metricbeat\
**Created:** [October 31, 2018, 11:57am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/monitor-open-tcp-connections/154830 "2018-10-31T11:57:57Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![rani](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f4b2a3/32.png) [@rani](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/rani)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2018, 11:57am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/monitor-open-tcp-connections/154830/1 "2018-10-31T11:57:57Z")

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Hi all

I'm currently trying to find a way to monitor all open TCP connections via Kibana. I can't find a way to get this data via beats. Is there a way I'm missing?  
Thanks in advance for your help.

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**Author:** ![jsoriano](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/jsoriano/32/27920_2.png) [@jsoriano](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jsoriano)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2018, 1:49pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/monitor-open-tcp-connections/154830/2 "2018-10-31T13:49:36Z")

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Hi @rani and welcome 🙂

To collect socket metrics you need to enable the [socket metricset](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/metricbeat/6.4/metricbeat-metricset-system-socket.html) in system module of metricbeat. On 6.5 there will be a [new module to collect a summary](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/metricbeat/6.5/metricbeat-metricset-system-socket_summary.html) with only the count of connections.

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**Author:** ![rani](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f4b2a3/32.png) [@rani](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/rani)\
**Post date:** [November 1, 2018, 5:58am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/monitor-open-tcp-connections/154830/3 "2018-11-01T05:58:29Z")

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Hi @jsoriano

Thank you for the quick response! Is an official release date for 6.5 known yet?

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**Author:** ![jsoriano](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/jsoriano/32/27920_2.png) [@jsoriano](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jsoriano)\
**Post date:** [November 1, 2018, 10:42am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/monitor-open-tcp-connections/154830/4 "2018-11-01T10:42:20Z")

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This version is expected to be released in a few weeks, but there is no official date.

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**Author:** ![rani](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f4b2a3/32.png) [@rani](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/rani)\
**Post date:** [November 1, 2018, 1:05pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/monitor-open-tcp-connections/154830/5 "2018-11-01T13:05:22Z")

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Alright. Thanks for your help!

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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:** [November 29, 2018, 1:05pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/monitor-open-tcp-connections/154830/6 "2018-11-29T13:05:24Z")

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