# Network usage per process & question about network usage

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/network-usage-per-process-question-about-network-usage/128464>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** metricbeat\
**Created:** [April 18, 2018, 6:32am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/network-usage-per-process-question-about-network-usage/128464 "2018-04-18T06:32:35Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Sjaak01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/73ab20/32.png) [@Sjaak01](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Sjaak01)\
**Post date:** [April 18, 2018, 6:32am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/network-usage-per-process-question-about-network-usage/128464/1 "2018-04-18T06:32:35Z")

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Hi,

Is it possible to use metricbeat (or another beat) to monitor traffic per service/application on a host to quickly discover any strange data & which application is generating it?

Also, how does metricbeat record interface data usage? I'm seeing records on the same interface slowly increasing (29.1mb, 29.4mb etc) but in between I also see records containing 1GB. I know for a fact the host is generating almost 0 traffic.

The graphs appear to be correct but if for example I sum up all the traffic in a normal metric visualization I get some ridiculously high number.

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**Author:** ![kvch](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/kvch/32/72058_2.png) [@kvch](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kvch)\
**Post date:** [April 18, 2018, 10:10am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/network-usage-per-process-question-about-network-usage/128464/2 "2018-04-18T10:10:50Z")

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Packetbeat is able to monitor network traffic: [https://www.elastic.co/products/beats/packetbeat](https://www.elastic.co/products/beats/packetbeat)  
You can find more info on how to configure it: [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/packetbeat/current/configuration-processes.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/packetbeat/current/configuration-processes.html)

Metricbeat read interface data usage from `/proc/net/dev` on Linux systems. Which interface are you monitoring?

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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:** [May 16, 2018, 10:10am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/network-usage-per-process-question-about-network-usage/128464/3 "2018-05-16T10:10:51Z")

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