The `beat` module collects metrics about any Beat or other software based on libbeat.

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=== Compatibility

The `beat` module works with {beats} 7.3.0 and later.

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=== Usage for {stack} Monitoring

The `beat` module can be used to collect metrics shown in our {stack-monitor-app}
UI in {kib}. To enable this usage, set `xpack.enabled: true` and remove any `metricsets`
from the module's configuration. Alternatively, run `metricbeat modules disable beat` and
`metricbeat modules enable beat-xpack`.

NOTE: When this module is used for {stack} Monitoring, it sends metrics to the
monitoring index instead of the default index typically used by {metricbeat}.
For more details about the monitoring index, see
{ref}/config-monitoring-indices.html[Configuring indices for monitoring].