# Services internally used by Metricbeat

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/services-internally-used-by-metricbeat/236811>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** metricbeat\
**Created:** [June 12, 2020, 4:40am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/services-internally-used-by-metricbeat/236811 "2020-06-12T04:40:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![sandeep\_reddy1](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/sandeep_reddy1/32/70206_2.png) [@sandeep\_reddy1](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/sandeep_reddy1)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2020, 4:40am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/services-internally-used-by-metricbeat/236811/1 "2020-06-12T04:40:52Z")

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Hi All,  
Can we know what the service or applications used by Metric beat to collect the system metrics. I am running metricbeat in windows with windows and system module and on Linux with system module. Can I know what are services that are internally used by metricbeat for collecting data in this module like WMI or any other services.

Thank you,  
sandeep Chaganti

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**Author:** ![ChrsMark](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/chrsmark/32/55858_2.png) [@ChrsMark](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ChrsMark)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2020, 7:34am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/services-internally-used-by-metricbeat/236811/2 "2020-06-12T07:34:30Z")

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Hi!

Some information can be found at [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), like permissions on specific system directories for instance. Other than this, I don't think there is a list for the exact resources used by the module right now, but you can always have a look into the code since this is an opensource project 😉.

C.

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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 10, 2020, 9:47am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/services-internally-used-by-metricbeat/236811/3 "2020-07-10T09:47:03Z")

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