[role="xpack"]
[[monitoring-settings]]
=== Monitoring settings in {es}
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<titleabbrev>Monitoring settings</titleabbrev>
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By default, {es} {monitor-features} are enabled but data collection is disabled.
To enable data collection, use the `xpack.monitoring.collection.enabled` setting.

Except where noted otherwise, these settings can be dynamically updated on a
live cluster with the <<cluster-update-settings,cluster-update-settings>> API.

To adjust how monitoring data is displayed in the monitoring UI, configure
{kibana-ref}/monitoring-settings-kb.html[`xpack.monitoring` settings] in
`kibana.yml`. To control how monitoring data is collected from {ls},
configure monitoring settings in `logstash.yml`.

For more information, see <<monitor-elasticsearch-cluster>>.

[discrete]
[[general-monitoring-settings]]
==== General monitoring settings

`xpack.monitoring.enabled`::
deprecated:[7.8.0,Basic License features should always be enabled]
(<<static-cluster-setting,Static>>) This deprecated setting has no effect.

[discrete]
[[monitoring-collection-settings]]
==== Monitoring collection settings

[[monitoring-settings-description]]
// tag::monitoring-settings-description-tag[]
The `xpack.monitoring.collection` settings control how data is collected from
your {es} nodes.
// end::monitoring-settings-description-tag[]

`xpack.monitoring.collection.enabled`::
(<<cluster-update-settings,Dynamic>>) Set to `true` to enable the collection of
monitoring data. When this setting is `false` (default), {es} monitoring data is
not collected and all monitoring data from other sources such as {kib}, Beats,
and {ls} is ignored.

[[xpack-monitoring-collection-interval]]
// tag::monitoring-collection-interval-tag[]
`xpack.monitoring.collection.interval` {ess-icon}::
deprecated:[6.3.0,"Use `xpack.monitoring.collection.enabled` set to `false` instead."] 
(<<cluster-update-settings,Dynamic>>) Setting to `-1` to disable data collection
is no longer supported beginning with 7.0.0.
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Controls how often data samples are collected. Defaults to `10s`. If you
modify the collection interval, set the `xpack.monitoring.min_interval_seconds`
option in `kibana.yml` to the same value.
// end::monitoring-collection-interval-tag[]

`xpack.monitoring.elasticsearch.collection.enabled`::
(<<cluster-update-settings,Dynamic>>) Controls whether statistics about your
{es} cluster should be collected. Defaults to `true`. This is different from 
`xpack.monitoring.collection.enabled`, which allows you to enable or disable all
monitoring collection. However, this setting simply disables the collection of
{es} data while still allowing other data (e.g., {kib}, {ls}, Beats, or APM
Server monitoring data) to pass through this cluster.

`xpack.monitoring.collection.cluster.stats.timeout`::
(<<cluster-update-settings,Dynamic>>) Timeout for collecting the cluster
statistics, in <<time-units,time units>>. Defaults to `10s`.

`xpack.monitoring.collection.node.stats.timeout`::
(<<cluster-update-settings,Dynamic>>) Timeout for collecting the node statistics,
in <<time-units,time units>>. Defaults to `10s`.

`xpack.monitoring.collection.indices`::
(<<cluster-update-settings,Dynamic>>) Controls which indices the
{monitor-features} collect data from. Defaults to all indices. Specify the index
names as a comma-separated list, for example `test1,test2,test3`. Names can
include wildcards, for example `test*`. You can explicitly exclude indices by
prepending `-`. For example `test*,-test3` will monitor all indexes that start
with `test` except for `test3`. System indices like .security* or .kibana*
always start with a `.` and generally should be monitored. Consider adding `.*`
to the list of indices ensure monitoring of system indices. For example:
`.*,test*,-test3`

`xpack.monitoring.collection.index.stats.timeout`::
(<<cluster-update-settings,Dynamic>>) Timeout for collecting index statistics,
in <<time-units,time units>>. Defaults to `10s`.

`xpack.monitoring.collection.index.recovery.active_only`::
(<<cluster-update-settings,Dynamic>>) Controls whether or not all recoveries are
collected. Set to `true` to collect only active recoveries. Defaults to `false`.

`xpack.monitoring.collection.index.recovery.timeout`::
(<<cluster-update-settings,Dynamic>>) Timeout for collecting the recovery
information, in <<time-units,time units>>. Defaults to `10s`.

[[xpack-monitoring-history-duration]]
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`xpack.monitoring.history.duration` {ess-icon}::
(<<cluster-update-settings,Dynamic>>) Retention duration beyond which the
indices created by a monitoring exporter are automatically deleted, in
<<time-units,time units>>. Defaults to `7d` (7 days).
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This setting has a minimum value of `1d` (1 day) to ensure that something is
being monitored and it cannot be disabled.

IMPORTANT: This setting currently impacts only `local`-type exporters. Indices
created using the `http` exporter are not deleted automatically.

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// end::monitoring-history-duration-tag[]

`xpack.monitoring.exporters`::
(<<static-cluster-setting,Static>>) Configures where the agent stores monitoring
data. By default, the agent uses a local exporter that indexes monitoring data
on the cluster where it is installed. Use an HTTP exporter to send data to a
separate monitoring cluster. For more information, see
<<local-exporter-settings,Local exporter settings>>,
<<http-exporter-settings,HTTP exporter settings>>, and <<how-monitoring-works>>.

[discrete]
[[local-exporter-settings]]
==== Local exporter settings

The `local` exporter is the default exporter used by {monitor-features}. As the
name is meant to imply, it exports data to the _local_ cluster, which means that
there is not much needed to be configured.

If you do not supply _any_ exporters, then the {monitor-features} automatically
create one for you. If any exporter is provided, then no default is added.

[source,yaml]
----------------------------------
xpack.monitoring.exporters.my_local:
  type: local
----------------------------------

`type`::
The value for a Local exporter must always be `local` and it is required.

`use_ingest`::
Whether to supply a placeholder pipeline to the cluster and a pipeline processor
with every bulk request. The default value is `true`. If disabled, then it means
that it will not use pipelines, which means that a future release cannot
automatically upgrade bulk requests to future-proof them.

`cluster_alerts.management.enabled`::

Whether to create cluster alerts for this cluster. The default value is `true`.
To use this feature, {watcher} must be enabled.  If you have a basic license,
cluster alerts are not displayed.

`wait_master.timeout`::
Time to wait for the master node to setup `local` exporter for monitoring, in
<<time-units,time units>>. After that wait period, the non-master nodes warn the
user for possible missing configuration. Defaults to `30s`.

[discrete]
[[http-exporter-settings]]
==== HTTP exporter settings

The following lists settings that can be supplied with the `http` exporter.
All settings are shown as what follows the name you select for your exporter:

[source,yaml]
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xpack.monitoring.exporters.my_remote:
  type: http
  host: ["host:port", ...]
----------------------------------

`type`::
The value for an HTTP exporter must always be `http` and it is required.

`host`::
Host supports multiple formats, both as an array or as a single value. Supported
formats include `hostname`, `hostname:port`,
`http://hostname` `http://hostname:port`, `https://hostname`, and
`https://hostname:port`. Hosts cannot be assumed. The default scheme is always
`http` and the default port is always `9200` if not supplied as part of the
`host` string.
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[source,yaml]
----------------------------------
xpack.monitoring.exporters:
  example1:
    type: http
    host: "10.1.2.3"
  example2:
    type: http
    host: ["http://10.1.2.4"]
  example3:
    type: http
    host: ["10.1.2.5", "10.1.2.6"]
  example4:
    type: http
    host: ["https://10.1.2.3:9200"]
----------------------------------

`auth.username`::
The username is required if `auth.secure_password` or `auth.password` is
supplied.

`auth.secure_password`::
(<<secure-settings,Secure>>, <<reloadable-secure-settings,reloadable>>) The
password for the `auth.username`. Takes precedence over `auth.password` if it is
also specified.

`auth.password`::
deprecated:[7.7.0,"Use `auth.secure_password` instead."] The password for the
`auth.username`. If `auth.secure_password` is also specified, this setting is
ignored.

`connection.timeout`::
Amount of time that the HTTP connection is supposed to wait for a socket to open
for the request, in <<time-units,time units>>. The default value is `6s`.

`connection.read_timeout`::
Amount of time that the HTTP connection is supposed to wait for a socket to
send back a response, in <<time-units,time units>>. The default value is
`10 * connection.timeout` (`60s` if neither are set).

`ssl`::
Each HTTP exporter can define its own TLS / SSL settings or inherit them. See
<<ssl-monitoring-settings>>.

`proxy.base_path`::
The base path to prefix any outgoing request, such as `/base/path` (e.g., bulk
requests would then be sent as `/base/path/_bulk`). There is no default value.

`headers`::
Optional headers that are added to every request, which can assist with routing
requests through proxies.
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[source,yaml]
----------------------------------
xpack.monitoring.exporters.my_remote:
  headers:
    X-My-Array: [abc, def, xyz]
    X-My-Header: abc123
----------------------------------
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Array-based headers are sent `n` times where `n` is the size of the array.
`Content-Type` and `Content-Length` cannot be set. Any headers created by the
monitoring agent will override anything defined here.

`index.name.time_format`::
A mechanism for changing the default date suffix for the, by default, daily
monitoring indices. The default value is `yyyy.MM.dd`, which is why the indices
are created daily.

`use_ingest`::
Whether to supply a placeholder pipeline to the monitoring cluster and a
pipeline processor with every bulk request. The default value is `true`. If
disabled, then it means that it will not use pipelines, which means that a
future release cannot automatically upgrade bulk requests to future-proof them.

`cluster_alerts.management.enabled`::
Whether to create cluster alerts for this cluster. The default value is `true`.
To use this feature, {watcher} must be enabled. If you have a basic license,
cluster alerts are not displayed.

`cluster_alerts.management.blacklist`::
Prevents the creation of specific cluster alerts. It also removes any applicable
watches that already exist in the current cluster.
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--
You can add any of the following watch identifiers to the list of blocked alerts:

* `elasticsearch_cluster_status`
* `elasticsearch_version_mismatch`
* `elasticsearch_nodes`
* `kibana_version_mismatch`
* `logstash_version_mismatch`
* `xpack_license_expiration`

For example: `["elasticsearch_version_mismatch","xpack_license_expiration"]`.
--

[[ssl-monitoring-settings]]
:ssl-prefix:             xpack.monitoring.exporters.$NAME
:component:              {monitoring}
:verifies:
:server!:
:ssl-context:            monitoring

include::ssl-settings.asciidoc[]
