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Process Fields

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Process Fields

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These fields contain information about a process.

These fields can help you correlate metrics information with a process id/name from a log message. The process.pid often stays in the metric itself and is copied to the global field for correlation.

Process Field Details

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Field	Description	Level
process.args	Array of process arguments, starting with the absolute path to the executable. May be filtered to protect sensitive information. type: keyword example: `['/usr/bin/ssh', '-l', 'user', '10.0.0.16']`	extended
process.args_count	Length of the process.args array. This field can be useful for querying or performing bucket analysis on how many arguments were provided to start a process. More arguments may be an indication of suspicious activity. type: long example: `4`	extended
process.command_line	Full command line that started the process, including the absolute path to the executable, and all arguments. Some arguments may be filtered to protect sensitive information. type: keyword example: `/usr/bin/ssh -l user 10.0.0.16`	extended
process.executable	Absolute path to the process executable. type: keyword example: `/usr/bin/ssh`	extended
process.exit_code	The exit code of the process, if this is a termination event. The field should be absent if there is no exit code for the event (e.g. process start). type: long example: `137`	extended
process.name	Process name. Sometimes called program name or similar. type: keyword example: `ssh`	extended
process.parent.args	Array of process arguments. May be filtered to protect sensitive information. type: keyword example: `['ssh', '-l', 'user', '10.0.0.16']`	extended
process.parent.args_count	Length of the process.args array. This field can be useful for querying or performing bucket analysis on how many arguments were provided to start a process. More arguments may be an indication of suspicious activity. type: long example: `4`	extended
process.parent.command_line	Full command line that started the process, including the absolute path to the executable, and all arguments. Some arguments may be filtered to protect sensitive information. type: keyword example: `/usr/bin/ssh -l user 10.0.0.16`	extended
process.parent.executable	Absolute path to the process executable. type: keyword example: `/usr/bin/ssh`	extended
process.parent.exit_code	The exit code of the process, if this is a termination event. The field should be absent if there is no exit code for the event (e.g. process start). type: long example: `137`	extended
process.parent.name	Process name. Sometimes called program name or similar. type: keyword example: `ssh`	extended
process.parent.pgid	Identifier of the group of processes the process belongs to. type: long	extended
process.parent.pid	Process id. type: long example: `4242`	core
process.parent.ppid	Parent process' pid. type: long example: `4241`	extended
process.parent.start	The time the process started. type: date example: `2016-05-23T08:05:34.853Z`	extended
process.parent.thread.id	Thread ID. type: long example: `4242`	extended
process.parent.thread.name	Thread name. type: keyword example: `thread-0`	extended
process.parent.title	Process title. The proctitle, some times the same as process name. Can also be different: for example a browser setting its title to the web page currently opened. type: keyword	extended
process.parent.uptime	Seconds the process has been up. type: long example: `1325`	extended
process.parent.working_directory	The working directory of the process. type: keyword example: `/home/alice`	extended
process.pgid	Identifier of the group of processes the process belongs to. type: long	extended
process.pid	Process id. type: long example: `4242`	core
process.ppid	Parent process' pid. type: long example: `4241`	extended
process.start	The time the process started. type: date example: `2016-05-23T08:05:34.853Z`	extended
process.thread.id	Thread ID. type: long example: `4242`	extended
process.thread.name	Thread name. type: keyword example: `thread-0`	extended
process.title	Process title. The proctitle, some times the same as process name. Can also be different: for example a browser setting its title to the web page currently opened. type: keyword	extended
process.uptime	Seconds the process has been up. type: long example: `1325`	extended
process.working_directory	The working directory of the process. type: keyword example: `/home/alice`	extended

Field Reuse

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Field sets that can be nested under Process

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Nested fields	Description
process.hash.*	Hashes, usually file hashes.

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