Product Information
What is Packetbeat?
Packetbeat is an open-source application monitoring and packet tracing (packet sniffer) system. It operates by sniffing traffic and analyzing network protocols such as HTTP, MySQL, and REDIS. The Packetbeat agent sniffs the traffic between application processes, parses dynamic protocols like HTTP, MySQL, or REDIS, and correlates messages into transactions.
For each transaction, the agent inserts a JSON document into Elasticsearch for storage and indexing.
The Kibana UI application offers advanced visualizations and ad-hoc queries. We have extended Kibana with our own panel types to visualize network topology.
How to use Packetbeat?
Packetbeat is an open-source application monitoring and packet tracking system that sniffs network traffic, analyzes protocols, and correlates messages into transactions for application performance visualization.
Core Functions of Packetbeat
Application Monitoring
Traffic monitoring
Traffic Analysis
Usage Scenarios of Packetbeat
- Sniff network traffic between application processes
- Analyze HTTP protocol data
- Analyze MySQL protocol data
- Analyze REDIS protocol data
- Correlate network messages into transactions
- Visualize network topology
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