# Question About Logstash

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/question-about-logstash/51593>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [June 1, 2016, 4:48pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/question-about-logstash/51593 "2016-06-01T16:48:27Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![Espresso\_Machine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a587f6/32.png) [@Espresso\_Machine](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Espresso_Machine)\
**Post date:** [June 1, 2016, 4:48pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/question-about-logstash/51593/1 "2016-06-01T16:48:27Z")

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Is Logstash able to show the current system status of the machine that it is installed onto? Information such as storage access for all connected hard drives, memory usage, processor usage, temperature or does it only read logs?

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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:** [June 1, 2016, 4:50pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/question-about-logstash/51593/2 "2016-06-01T16:50:28Z")

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Logstash can _process_ the kind of information you describe, but it doesn't _collect_ it from the operating system. Look into Topbeat/Metricbeat or collectd for that.

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**Author:** ![Espresso\_Machine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a587f6/32.png) [@Espresso\_Machine](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Espresso_Machine)\
**Post date:** [June 1, 2016, 5:38pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/question-about-logstash/51593/3 "2016-06-01T17:38:30Z")

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So if I just want to see the current system status and not the historical data I can use logstash correct?

Also isn't topbeat called Kibana now?

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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:** [June 1, 2016, 5:42pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/question-about-logstash/51593/4 "2016-06-01T17:42:30Z")

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> So if I just want to see the current system status and not the historical data I can use logstash correct?

No, Logstash does not collect system status.

> Also isn't topbeat called Kibana now?

No. Topbeat is, however, being replaced by Metricbeat. See recent blog post.

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**Author:** ![Espresso\_Machine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a587f6/32.png) [@Espresso\_Machine](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Espresso_Machine)\
**Post date:** [June 1, 2016, 7:08pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/question-about-logstash/51593/5 "2016-06-01T19:08:02Z")

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I cannot find any screenshots of Metricbeat can you please post a link to it?

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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:** [June 2, 2016, 3:41am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/question-about-logstash/51593/6 "2016-06-02T03:41:06Z")

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Metricbeat doesn't have any UI worth screenshotting. It just collects data. You'd use Kibana for visualizations. You can read more about Metricbeat on [elastic.co](http://elastic.co).

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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 6, 2017, 4:54am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/question-about-logstash/51593/7 "2017-07-06T04:54:54Z")

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Closed on July 6, 2017, 4:54am UTC