The System `core` metricset provides usage statistics for each CPU core.

This metricset is available on:

- FreeBSD
- Linux
- macOS
- OpenBSD
- Windows

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=== Configuration

*`core.metrics`*:: This option controls what metrics are reported for each CPU
core. The value is a list and two metric types are supported - `percentages` and
`ticks`. The default value is `core.metrics: [percentages]`.
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[source,yaml]
----
metricbeat.modules:
- module: system
  metricsets: [core]
  core.metrics: [percentages, ticks]
----
