# Monitoring of remote server's CPU utilization

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/monitoring-of-remote-servers-cpu-utilization/252360>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** metricbeat\
**Created:** [October 16, 2020, 2:42pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/monitoring-of-remote-servers-cpu-utilization/252360 "2020-10-16T14:42:44Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Martin\_qa](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/martin_qa/32/77284_2.png) [@Martin\_qa](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Martin_qa)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2020, 2:42pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/monitoring-of-remote-servers-cpu-utilization/252360/1 "2020-10-16T14:42:44Z")

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Hi guys,  
I am looking for the best solution for measure CPU utilization on the remote server where is running performance testing.

Please can you give me some hint on which plugins or beats do I need to use, I am at the beginning and not sure how should my infrastructure look.

Do I really need Metricbeats?  
Do I need to install Metricbeats on the remote server if needed?  
Is it possible to measure it by sending data in JSON via HTTP plugin?

Appreciate any feedback.

Martin

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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:** [October 16, 2020, 6:03pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/monitoring-of-remote-servers-cpu-utilization/252360/2 "2020-10-16T18:03:12Z")

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For measuring CPU utilization, you probably want to install Metricbeat on the remote server and use the `system` module (which is enabled by default).

Here is some documentation that might help get you started: [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/metricbeat/current/metricbeat-installation-configuration.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/metricbeat/current/metricbeat-installation-configuration.html) and [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/metricbeat/current/metricbeat-module-system.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/metricbeat/current/metricbeat-module-system.html).

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**Author:** ![Martin\_qa](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/martin_qa/32/77284_2.png) [@Martin\_qa](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Martin_qa)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2020, 8:28am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/monitoring-of-remote-servers-cpu-utilization/252360/3 "2020-10-18T08:28:52Z")

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It works fine for me.

Now I am sending data from the windows remote server to the Elasticsearch and display data in Kibana.

Thank you very much.

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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 15, 2020, 10:28am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/monitoring-of-remote-servers-cpu-utilization/252360/4 "2020-11-15T10:28:59Z")

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