The System `cpu` metricset provides CPU statistics.

This metricset is available on:

- FreeBSD
- Linux
- macOS
- OpenBSD
- Windows

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=== Configuration

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