The System `network` metricset provides network IO metrics collected from the
operating system. One event is created for each network interface.

This metricset is available on:

- FreeBSD
- Linux
- macOS
- Windows

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=== Configuration

*`interfaces`*:: By default metrics are reported from all network interfaces.
To select which interfaces metrics are reported from, use the `interfaces`
configuration option. The value must be an array of interface names. For
example:

[source,yaml]
----------------------------
metricbeat.modules:
- module: system
  metricsets: [network]
  interfaces: [eth0]
----------------------------

