Collect compute metrics from Google Cloud Platform (GCP) with Elastic Agent
What is an Elastic integration?
This integration is powered by Elastic Agent. Elastic Agent is a single, unified way to add monitoring for logs, metrics, and other types of data to a host. It can also protect hosts from security threats, query data from operating systems, forward data from remote services or hardware, and more. Refer to our documentation for a detailed comparison between Beats and Elastic Agent.
Prefer to use Beats for this use case? See Filebeat modules for logs or Metricbeat modules for metrics.
See the integrations quick start guides to get started:
The compute
dataset is designed to fetch metrics for Compute Engine Virtual Machines in Google Cloud Platform. It contains all metrics exported from the GCP Cloud Monitoring API.
Extra labels and metadata are also extracted using the Compute API. This is enough to get most of the info associated with a metric like Compute labels and metadata and metric specific Labels.
An example event for compute
looks as following:
{
"@timestamp": "2017-10-12T08:05:34.853Z",
"cloud": {
"account": {
"id": "elastic-obs-integrations-dev",
"name": "elastic-obs-integrations-dev"
},
"instance": {
"id": "4751091017865185079",
"name": "gke-cluster-1-default-pool-6617a8aa-5clh"
},
"machine": {
"type": "e2-medium"
},
"provider": "gcp",
"availability_zone": "us-central1-c",
"region": "us-central1"
},
"event": {
"dataset": "gcp.compute",
"duration": 115000,
"module": "gcp"
},
"gcp": {
"compute": {
"firewall": {
"dropped": {
"bytes": 421
},
"dropped_packets_count": {
"value": 4
}
},
"instance": {
"cpu": {
"reserved_cores": {
"value": 1
},
"usage": {
"pct": 0.07259952346383708
},
"usage_time": {
"sec": 4.355971407830225
}
},
"memory": {
"balloon": {
"ram_size": {
"value": 4128378880
},
"ram_used": {
"value": 2190848000
},
"swap_in": {
"bytes": 0
},
"swap_out": {
"bytes": 0
}
}
},
"uptime": {
"sec": 60.00000000000091
}
}
},
"labels": {
"user": {
"goog-gke-node": ""
}
}
},
"host": {
"id": "4751091017865185079",
"name": "gke-cluster-1-default-pool-6617a8aa-5clh"
},
"metricset": {
"name": "compute",
"period": 10000
},
"service": {
"type": "gcp"
}
}
Exported fields
Field | Description | Type |
---|---|---|
@timestamp | Event timestamp. | date |
cloud | Fields related to the cloud or infrastructure the events are coming from. | group |
cloud.account.id | The cloud account or organization id used to identify different entities in a multi-tenant environment. Examples: AWS account id, Google Cloud ORG Id, or other unique identifier. | keyword |
cloud.account.name | The cloud account name or alias used to identify different entities in a multi-tenant environment. Examples: AWS account name, Google Cloud ORG display name. | keyword |
cloud.availability_zone | Availability zone in which this host, resource, or service is located. | keyword |
cloud.image.id | Image ID for the cloud instance. | keyword |
cloud.instance.id | Instance ID of the host machine. | keyword |
cloud.instance.name | Instance name of the host machine. | keyword |
cloud.machine.type | Machine type of the host machine. | keyword |
cloud.project.id | Name of the project in Google Cloud. | keyword |
cloud.provider | Name of the cloud provider. Example values are aws, azure, gcp, or digitalocean. | keyword |
cloud.region | Region in which this host, resource, or service is located. | keyword |
container.id | Unique container id. | keyword |
container.image.name | Name of the image the container was built on. | keyword |
container.labels | Image labels. | object |
container.name | Container name. | keyword |
data_stream.dataset | Data stream dataset. | constant_keyword |
data_stream.namespace | Data stream namespace. | constant_keyword |
data_stream.type | Data stream type. | constant_keyword |
ecs.version | ECS version this event conforms to. ecs.version is a required field and must exist in all events. When querying across multiple indices -- which may conform to slightly different ECS versions -- this field lets integrations adjust to the schema version of the events. | keyword |
error | These fields can represent errors of any kind. Use them for errors that happen while fetching events or in cases where the event itself contains an error. | group |
error.message | Error message. | match_only_text |
event.dataset | Event dataset | constant_keyword |
event.module | Event module | constant_keyword |
gcp.compute.firewall.dropped.bytes | Incoming bytes dropped by the firewall | long |
gcp.compute.firewall.dropped_packets_count.value | Incoming packets dropped by the firewall | long |
gcp.compute.instance.cpu.reserved_cores.value | Number of cores reserved on the host of the instance | double |
gcp.compute.instance.cpu.usage.pct | The fraction of the allocated CPU that is currently in use on the instance | double |
gcp.compute.instance.cpu.usage_time.sec | Usage for all cores in seconds | double |
gcp.compute.instance.disk.read.bytes | Count of bytes read from disk | long |
gcp.compute.instance.disk.read_ops_count.value | Count of disk read IO operations | long |
gcp.compute.instance.disk.write.bytes | Count of bytes written to disk | long |
gcp.compute.instance.disk.write_ops_count.value | Count of disk write IO operations | long |
gcp.compute.instance.memory.balloon.ram_size.value | The total amount of memory in the VM. This metric is only available for VMs that belong to the e2 family. | long |
gcp.compute.instance.memory.balloon.ram_used.value | Memory currently used in the VM. This metric is only available for VMs that belong to the e2 family. | long |
gcp.compute.instance.memory.balloon.swap_in.bytes | The amount of memory read into the guest from its own swap space. This metric is only available for VMs that belong to the e2 family. | long |
gcp.compute.instance.memory.balloon.swap_out.bytes | The amount of memory written from the guest to its own swap space. This metric is only available for VMs that belong to the e2 family. | long |
gcp.compute.instance.network.egress.bytes | Count of bytes sent over the network | long |
gcp.compute.instance.network.egress.packets.count | Count of packets sent over the network | long |
gcp.compute.instance.network.ingress.bytes | Count of bytes received from the network | long |
gcp.compute.instance.network.ingress.packets.count | Count of packets received from the network | long |
gcp.compute.instance.uptime.sec | Number of seconds the VM has been running. | long |
gcp.compute.instance.uptime_total.sec | Elapsed time since the VM was started, in seconds. Sampled every 60 seconds. After sampling, data is not visible for up to 120 seconds. | long |
gcp.labels.metadata.* | object | |
gcp.labels.metrics.* | object | |
gcp.labels.resource.* | object | |
gcp.labels.system.* | object | |
gcp.labels.user.* | object | |
gcp.metrics.*.*.*.* | Metrics that returned from Google Cloud API query. | object |
host.architecture | Operating system architecture. | keyword |
host.containerized | If the host is a container. | boolean |
host.domain | Name of the domain of which the host is a member. For example, on Windows this could be the host's Active Directory domain or NetBIOS domain name. For Linux this could be the domain of the host's LDAP provider. | keyword |
host.hostname | Hostname of the host. It normally contains what the hostname command returns on the host machine. | keyword |
host.id | Unique host id. As hostname is not always unique, use values that are meaningful in your environment. Example: The current usage of beat.name . | keyword |
host.ip | Host ip addresses. | ip |
host.mac | Host mac addresses. | keyword |
host.name | Name of the host. It can contain what hostname returns on Unix systems, the fully qualified domain name, or a name specified by the user. The sender decides which value to use. | keyword |
host.os.build | OS build information. | keyword |
host.os.codename | OS codename, if any. | keyword |
host.os.family | OS family (such as redhat, debian, freebsd, windows). | keyword |
host.os.kernel | Operating system kernel version as a raw string. | keyword |
host.os.name | Operating system name, without the version. | keyword |
host.os.name.text | Multi-field of host.os.name . | text |
host.os.platform | Operating system platform (such centos, ubuntu, windows). | keyword |
host.os.version | Operating system version as a raw string. | keyword |
host.type | Type of host. For Cloud providers this can be the machine type like t2.medium . If vm, this could be the container, for example, or other information meaningful in your environment. | keyword |
service.type | The type of the service data is collected from. The type can be used to group and correlate logs and metrics from one service type. Example: If logs or metrics are collected from Elasticsearch, service.type would be elasticsearch . | keyword |
Version | Details |
---|---|
2.20.0 | Enhancement View pull request Update package to ECS 8.7.0. |
2.19.1 | Enhancement View pull request Migrate compute dashboard to lens and add datastream filter. |
2.19.0 | Enhancement View pull request Add Cloud Run metrics datastream. |
2.18.0 | Enhancement View pull request Support subscription_num_goroutines and subscription_max_outstanding_messages for GCP PubSub input |
2.17.2 | Bug fix View pull request Fix IP Convert processor in Audit ingest pipeline. |
2.17.1 | Enhancement View pull request Added categories and/or subcategories. |
2.17.0 | Enhancement View pull request Add Audit Log Overview dashboard Enhancement View pull request Add GKE Overview dashboard Enhancement View pull request Add PubSub Overview dashboard Enhancement View pull request Add Storage Overview dashboard |
2.16.2 | Bug fix View pull request Add logic to handle scalar request.policy values on audit |
2.16.1 | Bug fix View pull request Replace missing input control panel with new-style control. |
2.16.0 | Enhancement View pull request Update package to ECS 8.6.0. |
2.15.2 | Enhancement View pull request Update documentation. |
2.15.1 | Enhancement View pull request Add GCP Compute pipeline test. |
2.15.0 | Enhancement View pull request Remove support for Kibana 7.17.x Enhancement View pull request Support multiple regions for metrics data streams |
2.14.0 | Enhancement View pull request Update package to ECS 8.5.0. |
2.13.0 | Enhancement View pull request Migrate dashboard by values |
2.12.1 | Bug fix View pull request Remove duplicate fields. |
2.12.0 | Enhancement View pull request Add GCP Redis |
2.11.12 | Bug fix View pull request Add GKE ingest pipeline. |
2.11.11 | Bug fix View pull request Fix type of dns.answers.ttl. |
2.11.10 | Enhancement View pull request Add ingest pipeline for dataproc. Enhancement View pull request Add GCP loadbalancing ingest pipeline Enhancement View pull request Add GCP PubSub ingest pipeline Enhancement View pull request Add GCP Storage ingest pipeline Enhancement View pull request Add GCP Firestore ingest pipeline Enhancement View pull request Add GCP Compute ingest pipeline |
2.11.10-beta.6 | Enhancement View pull request Add ingest pipeline for dataproc. |
2.11.10-beta.5 | Enhancement View pull request Add GCP loadbalancing ingest pipeline |
2.11.10-beta.4 | Enhancement View pull request Add GCP PubSub ingest pipeline |
2.11.10-beta.3 | Enhancement View pull request Add GCP Storage ingest pipeline |
2.11.10-beta.2 | Enhancement View pull request Add GCP Firestore ingest pipeline |
2.11.10-beta.1 | Enhancement View pull request Add GCP Compute ingest pipeline |
2.11.9 | Bug fix View pull request Fix GKE kubernetes.io indentation. |
2.11.8 | Enhancement View pull request Remove duplicate fields. |
2.11.7 | Enhancement View pull request Move Dataproc lightweight module config into integration |
2.11.6 | Enhancement View pull request Move LoadBalancing lightweight module config into integration |
2.11.5 | Enhancement View pull request Move Storage lightweight module config into integration |
2.11.4 | Enhancement View pull request Move PubSub lightweight module config into integration |
2.11.3 | Enhancement View pull request Move GKE lightweight module config into integration |
2.11.2 | Enhancement View pull request Move Firestore lightweight module config into integration |
2.11.1 | Enhancement View pull request Use ECS geo.location definition. |
2.11.0 | Enhancement View pull request Move Compute lightweight module config into integration |
2.10.0 | Enhancement View pull request Add GCP PubSub Data stream |
2.9.0 | Enhancement View pull request Add GCP Dataproc Data stream |
2.8.0 | Enhancement View pull request Add GCP GKE Data Stream |
2.7.0 | Enhancement View pull request Add GCP Storage Data Stream |
2.6.0 | Enhancement View pull request Add Load Balancing logs datastream |
2.5.0 | Enhancement View pull request Add GCP Load Balancing Metricset Bug fix View pull request Fix credentials_json escaping in loadbalancing_metrics Bug fix View pull request Update loadbalancing_metrics default period to 60s Bug fix View pull request Fix event.dataset for loadbalancing_metrics Enhancement View pull request Add loadbalancing_metrics distribution fields |
2.4.0 | Enhancement View pull request Update package to ECS 8.4.0 |
2.3.0 | Enhancement View pull request Add additional parsing for DNS Public Zone Query Logs |
2.2.1 | Enhancement View pull request Fix Billing policy template title and default period for gcp.compute |
2.2.0 | Enhancement View pull request Remove fields duplicated in ECS fields |
2.1.0 | Enhancement View pull request restore compatibility with 7.17 release track |
2.0.0 | Breaking change View pull request Move configurations to support metrics. This change is breaking, as it moves |
some configuration from the top level variables to data stream variables. |
This change involves project_id
, credentials_file
and credentials_json
variables that are moved from input level configuration to package level
configuration (as those variables are reused across all inputs/data streams).
Users with GCP integration enabled will need to input values for these
variables again when upgrading the policies to this version.
Enhancement View pull request
Add GCP Billing Data Stream
Enhancement View pull request
Add GCP Compute Data Stream
Enhancement View pull request
Add GCP Firestore Data stream |
| 1.10.0 | Enhancement View pull request
Update package to ECS 8.3.0. |
| 1.9.2 | Bug fix View pull request
Fix GCP auditlog parsing issue on response status |
| 1.9.1 | Enhancement View pull request
Update readme |
| 1.9.0 | Enhancement View pull request
Preserve request and response in flattened fields. |
| 1.8.0 | Enhancement View pull request
Add missing cloud.provider
field. |
| 1.7.0 | Enhancement View pull request
Add dashboards for firewall and vpc flow logs.
Bug fix View pull request
Add missing mappings for several event.*
fields. |
| 1.6.1 | Enhancement View pull request
Clarify the GCP privileges required by the Pub/Sub input. |
| 1.6.0 | Enhancement View pull request
Update to ECS 8.2 |
| 1.5.1 | Enhancement View pull request
Add documentation for multi-fields |
| 1.5.0 | Enhancement View pull request
Improve Google Cloud Platform docs. |
| 1.4.2 | Bug fix View pull request
Remove emtpy values, names with only dots, and invalid client IPs. |
| 1.4.1 | Bug fix View pull request
Fix quoting of the credentials_json value in policy templates. |
| 1.4.0 | Enhancement View pull request
Add gcp.dns integration |
| 1.3.1 | Bug fix View pull request
Add Ingest Pipeline script to map IANA Protocol Numbers |
| 1.3.0 | Enhancement View pull request
Update to ECS 8.0 |
| 1.2.2 | Bug fix View pull request
Regenerate test files using the new GeoIP database |
| 1.2.1 | Bug fix View pull request
Change test public IPs to the supported subset |
| 1.2.0 | Enhancement View pull request
Add 8.0.0 version constraint |
| 1.1.2 | Enhancement View pull request
Update Title and Description. |
| 1.1.1 | Bug fix View pull request
Fix logic that checks for the 'forwarded' tag |
| 1.1.0 | Enhancement View pull request
Update to ECS 1.12.0 |
| 1.0.0 | Enhancement View pull request
Move from experimental to GA
Enhancement View pull request
remove experimental from data_sets |
| 0.3.3 | Enhancement View pull request
Convert to generated ECS fields |
| 0.3.2 | Enhancement View pull request
update to ECS 1.11.0 |
| 0.3.1 | Enhancement View pull request
Escape special characters in docs |
| 0.3.0 | Enhancement View pull request
Update integration description |
| 0.2.0 | Enhancement View pull request
Set "event.module" and "event.dataset" |
| 0.1.0 | Enhancement View pull request
update to ECS 1.10.0 and adding event.original options |
| 0.0.2 | Enhancement View pull request
update to ECS 1.9.0 |
| 0.0.1 | Enhancement View pull request
initial release |