# README
Metricbeat
Metricbeat fetches a set of metrics on a predefined interval from the operating system and services such as Apache web server, Redis, and more and ships them to Elasticsearch or Logstash.
Getting started
Please follow the getting started guide from the docs.
Documentation
Please visit elastic.co for the documentation.
Bugs and feature requests
If you have an issue, please start by opening a topic on the forums. We'll help you troubleshoot and work with you on a solution.
If you are sure you found a bug or have a feature request, open an issue on Github.
Contributions
We love contributions from our community! Please read the CONTRIBUTING.md file.
# Packages
Package beater provides the implementation of the libbeat Beater interface for
Metricbeat and functions for running Metricbeat Modules on their own.
Package mb (short for Metricbeat) contains the public interfaces that are used
to implement Modules and their associated MetricSets.
Package module contains Metricbeat modules and their MetricSet implementations.