# Question about how to proceed with the development of a metrics module for an integration **URL:** \ **Category:** Metrics\ **Created:** [October 19, 2023, 5:40pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/question-about-how-to-proceed-with-the-development-of-a-metrics-module-for-an-integration/345409 "2023-10-19T17:40:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Sebastian\_Huettersen](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/sebastian_huettersen/32/117296_2.png) [@Sebastian\_Huettersen](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Sebastian_Huettersen)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2023, 5:40pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/question-about-how-to-proceed-with-the-development-of-a-metrics-module-for-an-integration/345409/1 "2023-10-19T17:40:48Z")
Hey everyone currently I am developing an Elastic Integration for openVPN. The normalization of the logs is no problem for me. But now I would like to have metrics as well and of course they should be nicely visualized in Kibana. As far as I understand it now, you use metricbeats for this purpose. However, it is not so clear to me how I can implement this in my integration. I have seen that there are already modules here of course not yet for openVPN therefore I am implementing that. Is there an abstract module here where I can implement the logic in the integration or do I have to implement a module here first to get it upstream before I can reference it in the integration? Greetings Hütte ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2023, 5:41pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/question-about-how-to-proceed-with-the-development-of-a-metrics-module-for-an-integration/345409/2 "2023-11-16T17:41:00Z")
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