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[DOCS] Clarifies reason for disabling module
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docs/reference/monitoring/configuring-metricbeat.asciidoc

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. {metricbeat-ref}/metricbeat-installation.html[Install {metricbeat}] on each
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{es} node in the production cluster.
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.. Optional: Disable the system module in {metricbeat}.
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// tag::disable-system-module[]
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Run the following command:
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["source","sh",subs="attributes,callouts"]
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metricbeat modules disable system
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For more information, see
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{metricbeat-ref}/configuration-metricbeat.html[Specify which modules to run] and
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{metricbeat-ref}/metricbeat-module-system.html[System module].
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// end::disable-system-module[]
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. Enable the {es} {xpack} module in {metricbeat} on each {es} node. +
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// end::remote-monitoring-user[]
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. Optional: Disable the system module in {metricbeat}.
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// tag::disable-system-module[]
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By default, the {metricbeat-ref}/metricbeat-module-system.html[system module] is
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enabled. The information it collects, however, does not get used on the
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*Monitoring* page in {kib}. Unless you want to use that information for other
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purposes, run the following command:
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["source","sh",subs="attributes,callouts"]
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metricbeat modules disable system
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// end::disable-system-module[]
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. Identify where to send the monitoring data. +
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