# Vsphere \_metricbeat
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/vsphere-metricbeat/190918
**Category:** Beats
**Tags:** metricbeat
**Created:** [July 17, 2019, 8:23am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/vsphere-metricbeat/190918 "2019-07-17T08:23:34Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@Raj\_Kumar](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Raj_Kumar)
#### Post date: [July 17, 2019, 8:23am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/vsphere-metricbeat/190918/1 "2019-07-17T08:23:34Z")
Hi There,
I was looking at the vphere metribeat module, Iam bit confused , should we install the metribeat on vphere itself with vphere module enabled or should we install in another server where we install the metricbeat and enable the module and send it elasticsearch or how ?
metricbeat.modules:
- module: vsphere
enabled: true
metricsets: ["datastore", "host", "virtualmachine"]
period: 10s
hosts: ["[https://localhost/sdk](https://localhost/sdk)"]
what is this "[https://localhost/sdk](https://localhost/sdk)"] is it elasticsearch or logstash ?
Thanks,
Raj
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### Author:  [@jsoriano](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jsoriano)
#### Post date: [July 17, 2019, 11:12am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/vsphere-metricbeat/190918/2 "2019-07-17T11:12:57Z")
Hi @Raj_Kumar,
Beats are intended to be run on the same nodes where the monitored services are executed. If it is not possible, it can also work from another server. In any case, the addresses in `hosts` are the ones of the monitored service, for your case you should configure there the url of the vsphere API.
Elasticsearch, logstash and other [outputs are configured in the general settings](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/metricbeat/7.2/configuring-output.html).
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### Author:  [@Raj\_Kumar](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Raj_Kumar)
#### Post date: [July 17, 2019, 8:59pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/vsphere-metricbeat/190918/3 "2019-07-17T20:59:16Z")
Thank for the reply 🙂
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### Author:  [@Raj\_Kumar](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Raj_Kumar)
#### Post date: [August 1, 2019, 12:12pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/vsphere-metricbeat/190918/4 "2019-08-01T12:12:42Z")
Just one question ,as am not good in vmware tehnologies,
Is this intended to be installed at the vcenter server?
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [August 29, 2019, 12:12pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/vsphere-metricbeat/190918/5 "2019-08-29T12:12:43Z")
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