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Add image that shows metricsets within a module (elastic#2911)
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* Add image that shows metricsets within a module
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dedemorton authored and ruflin committed Nov 2, 2016
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9 changes: 4 additions & 5 deletions metricbeat/docs/how-metricbeat-works.asciidoc
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Expand Up @@ -12,15 +12,14 @@ separate event, metricsets retrieve a list of multiple related metrics in a sing
to the remote system. So, for example, the Redis module provides an `info`
metricset that collects information and statistics from Redis by running the
http://redis.io/commands/INFO[`INFO`] command and parsing the returned result.

image:./images/module-overview.png[Modules and metricsets]

Likewise, the MySQL module provides a `status` metricset that collects data
from MySQL by running a http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.7/en/show-status.html[`SHOW GLOBAL STATUS`]
SQL query.

Metricsets make it easier for you by grouping sets of related metrics together
SQL query. Metricsets make it easier for you by grouping sets of related metrics together
in a single request returned by the remote server.

//TODO: ADD DIAGRAM HERE THAT SHOWS A COUPLE OF MODULES AND METRICSETS WITHIN THOSE MODULES.

Metricbeat retrieves metrics by periodically interrogating the host system based
on the `period` value that you specify when you configure the module. Because multiple
metricsets can send requests to the same service, Metricbeat reuses connections
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Expand Up @@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ and the following services:
* <<metricbeat-module-mongodb,MongoDB>>
* <<metricbeat-module-mysql,MySQL>>
* <<metricbeat-module-nginx,Nginx>>
* <<metricbeat-module-postgresql,PostgreSQL>>
* <<metricbeat-module-redis,Redis>>
* <<metricbeat-module-system,System>>
* <<metricbeat-module-zookeeper,Zookeeper>>
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