install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%

brew install metricbeat

local Homebrew formula metadata

Linux

Nixverified · 92%

nix profile install nixpkgs#metricbeat

nixpkgs package indexes · metricbeat · source: raw.githubusercontent.com

Windows

Chocolateyverified · 92%

choco install metricbeat

Chocolatey community package catalog · metricbeat · source: community.chocolatey.org

overview

Package summary

Collect metrics from your systems and services

Project links

Commands and aliases

metricbeat

history

Project history and usage

Metricbeat is one of Elastic's Beats, the lightweight data shippers used with Elasticsearch, Logstash, and Kibana. Elastic documentation defines it as a shipper installed on servers to collect operating-system and service metrics and send them to outputs such as Elasticsearch or Logstash; the Beats platform describes the broader family as small agents for moving operational data from many machines.

Project history

Metricbeat entered the Elastic Stack 5.0 line as the successor to Topbeat. Elastic's 5.0.0 release material says Metricbeat replaced Topbeat as the primary metrics collection tool in the stack, preserving host and process resource statistics while adding modules for systems such as Apache, HAProxy, MongoDB, MySQL, Nginx, PostgreSQL, Redis, and ZooKeeper. A 5.0 alpha announcement introduced it as an extension of Topbeat for server-service metrics.

How it is used

In practice, Metricbeat is deployed as an agent on hosts, containers, or service nodes, with modules enabling metricsets for specific systems. It can send metrics directly to Elasticsearch or through Logstash, Redis, or Kafka, and it is often used to populate Elastic observability dashboards and stack monitoring indexes. In package-manager terms it is the metrics-focused Beat, adjacent to Filebeat for logs, Packetbeat for network data, Heartbeat for uptime, and Auditbeat for audit/security events.

Sources

security posture

Risk level: orange

formula declares a Homebrew service.

Risk classifier

orange risk · medium confidence · infrastructure

Why

formula declares a Homebrew service

Signals

metadata:service

Install behavior

No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
Formula metadata declares a service or daemon block.
Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 6 platform targets.
Build metadata lists 2 build dependencies.

Recommended review

Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.

local files

Configuration and credential file locations

These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval.

Configuration files

Config paths the tool may read or write during local use.

Linux: /etc/metricbeat/metricbeat.yml/etc/metricbeat/modules.d/*.yml
Unix: {path.home}/metricbeat.yml{path.config}/modules.d/*.yml
Windows: {path.home}\metricbeat.yml{path.config}\modules.d\*.yml

Credential files

Credential-bearing paths to review before unattended agent runs.

Linux: /var/lib/metricbeat/metricbeat.keystore
Unix: {path.data}/metricbeat.keystore
Windows: {path.data}\metricbeat.keystore

executables

Installed executables

Command	Kind	Exposure	Note
`metricbeat`	cli	global executable

freshness

Version and freshness

These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.

page generated2026-07-08

manager version9.4.3

manager updated2026-06-30

local dataok

upstreamnot checked

latest detectednot detected

https://github.com/elastic/beats

infoNo cached GitHub release or tag data was available.https://github.com/elastic/beatsnone confidence

install metadata

Package metadata

Package key	brew:metricbeat
Version	9.4.3
Package manager	Homebrew
Package manager page	https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/metricbeat
Homepage	https://www.elastic.co/beats/metricbeat
Repository	https://github.com/elastic/beats
Upstream docs	https://www.elastic.co/docs/reference/beats/metricbeat
License	Apache-2.0
Source archive	https://github.com/elastic/beats.git
Last updated	2026-06-30T18:45:32Z
Pulse	updated
Build dependencies	go, mage
Bottle	available (on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-install	not defined
Service	declared

registry facts

Source database details

Source Database	Homebrew formula API
Tap	homebrew/core
Full Name	metricbeat
Version Scheme	0
Revision	0
Head Version	HEAD
Bottle Stable Root URL	https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecated	no
Disabled	no
Keg Only	no
URL Keys	head stable

source database matches

Other package-manager records

Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.

Nix95%

metricbeat

nix profile install nixpkgs#metricbeat

normalized package name match
Matched by: Metricbeat

nixpkgs package indexes · raw.githubusercontent.com · nixpkgs package indexes: metricbeat from https://raw.githubusercontent.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/master/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix

Chocolatey95%

metricbeat

choco install metricbeat

normalized package name match
Matched by: Metricbeat

Chocolatey community package catalog · community.chocolatey.org · Chocolatey community package catalog: metricbeat from http://community.chocolatey.org/api/v2/Packages?$filter=IsLatestVersion&$select=Id&$top=1000&$skiptoken='11','meshlab'

package graph

Links come from deterministic package relationships, av.db category and tag curation, ecosystem matches, and package hub membership.

source trail

Generated from repository data

This page is generated by av-web from the private package SQLite artifact built by scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py.

Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub.

combined/metricbeat.yml

Used sources

Geiger risk classifier
Nucleus package database
av.db category and tag curation
cross-ecosystem install command graph
curated configuration and credential file locations
curated package history
external package-manager database matches
package relationship graph
package version freshness
package-page enrichment

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