# Problem in the configuaration file of topbeat.yml

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/problem-in-the-configuaration-file-of-topbeat-yml/49853>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Created:** [May 12, 2016, 6:02am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/problem-in-the-configuaration-file-of-topbeat-yml/49853 "2016-05-12T06:02:51Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 8\
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**Author:** ![preehana](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@preehana](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/preehana)\
**Post date:** [May 12, 2016, 6:02am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/problem-in-the-configuaration-file-of-topbeat-yml/49853/1 "2016-05-12T06:02:51Z")

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I am new to topbeat and had made the following changes in the configuration file of topbeat.

input:

# In seconds, defines how often to read server statistics

period: 1

# Regular expression to match the processes that are monitored

# By default, all the processes are monitored

procs: [".\*"]

# Statistics to collect (all enabled by default)

stats:  
# per system statistics, by default is true  
system: true

```
# per process statistics, by default is true
proc: false

```

# file system information, by default is true

```
filesystem: false

# cpu usage per core, by default is false
cpu_per_core: false

```

But ,still the proc values are pushed into elastic search..

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**Author:** ![magnusbaeck](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/magnusbaeck/32/44943_2.png) [@magnusbaeck](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/magnusbaeck)\
**Post date:** [May 12, 2016, 6:31am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/problem-in-the-configuaration-file-of-topbeat-yml/49853/2 "2016-05-12T06:31:48Z")

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YAML is sensitive to indentation. Please format your configuration as code with the `</>` button so that we can see exactly what your configuration file looks like.

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**Author:** ![preehana](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@preehana](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/preehana)\
**Post date:** [May 12, 2016, 6:59am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/problem-in-the-configuaration-file-of-topbeat-yml/49853/3 "2016-05-12T06:59:52Z")

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```
input:
  # In seconds, defines how often to read server statistics
  period: 10

  # Regular expression to match the processes that are monitored
  # By default, all the processes are monitored
  procs: [".*"]

  # Statistics to collect (all enabled by default)
  stats:
    # per system statistics, by default is true
    system: true

    # per process statistics, by default is true
    proc: false
   
   # file system information, by default is true
    filesystem: false

    # cpu usage per core, by default is false
    cpu_per_core: false
```

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**Author:** ![magnusbaeck](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/magnusbaeck/32/44943_2.png) [@magnusbaeck](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/magnusbaeck)\
**Post date:** [May 12, 2016, 7:16am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/problem-in-the-configuaration-file-of-topbeat-yml/49853/4 "2016-05-12T07:16:27Z")

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According to [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/topbeat/current/topbeat-configuration.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/topbeat/current/topbeat-configuration.html) the option you want to disable is named `process` and not `proc`.

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**Author:** ![talk2cshah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8e7dd6/32.png) [@talk2cshah](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/talk2cshah)\
**Post date:** [October 5, 2016, 10:03am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/problem-in-the-configuaration-file-of-topbeat-yml/49853/5 "2016-10-05T10:03:26Z")

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Hi Magnus,

even after making process: false & proc: false and making sure indent is right.. the **process information is still logged**.  
topbeat 1.1.2  
Anyone help on this?

Regards,

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**Author:** ![ruflin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ruflin/32/3116_2.png) [@ruflin](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ruflin)\
**Post date:** [October 5, 2016, 6:36pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/problem-in-the-configuaration-file-of-topbeat-yml/49853/6 "2016-10-05T18:36:43Z")

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Can you share your config file with 3 ticks ` before and after so we can check if all is fine with the config file?

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**Author:** ![talk2cshah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8e7dd6/32.png) [@talk2cshah](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/talk2cshah)\
**Post date:** [October 6, 2016, 8:45am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/problem-in-the-configuaration-file-of-topbeat-yml/49853/7 "2016-10-06T08:45:13Z")

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Ruflin,

The problem solved.. it worked with topbeat version 1.2.2. topbeat version 1.1.2 had problems..  
I am travelling and will share file laters.

Regards,

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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:** [July 5, 2017, 9:50pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/problem-in-the-configuaration-file-of-topbeat-yml/49853/8 "2017-07-05T21:50:32Z")

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