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[role="xpack"]
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[testenv="gold"]
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[[collecting-monitoring-data]]
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== Collecting monitoring data using legacy collectors
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<titleabbrev>Legacy collection methods</titleabbrev>
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[IMPORTANT]
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=========================
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{metricbeat} is the recommended method for collecting and shipping monitoring
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data to a monitoring cluster.
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If you have previously configured legacy collection methods, you should migrate
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to using {metricbeat} collection methods. Use either {metricbeat} collection or
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legacy collection methods; do not use both.
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Learn more about <<configuring-metricbeat>>.
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=========================
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This method for collecting metrics about {es} involves sending the metrics to
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the monitoring cluster by using exporters. For the recommended method, see <<configuring-metricbeat>>.
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Advanced monitoring settings enable you to control how frequently data is
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collected, configure timeouts, and set the retention period for locally-stored
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monitoring indices. You can also adjust how monitoring data is displayed.
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To learn about monitoring in general, see <<monitor-elasticsearch-cluster>>.
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. Configure your cluster to collect monitoring data:
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.. Verify that the `xpack.monitoring.elasticsearch.collection.enabled` setting
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is `true`, which is its default value, on each node in the cluster.
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+
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--
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NOTE: You can specify this setting in either the `elasticsearch.yml` on each
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node or across the cluster as a dynamic cluster setting. If {es}
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{security-features} are enabled, you must have `monitor` cluster privileges to
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view the cluster settings and `manage` cluster privileges to change them.
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For more information, see <<monitoring-settings>> and <<cluster-update-settings>>.
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--
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.. Set the `xpack.monitoring.collection.enabled` setting to `true` on each
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node in the cluster. By default, it is is disabled (`false`).
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--
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NOTE: You can specify this setting in either the `elasticsearch.yml` on each
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node or across the cluster as a dynamic cluster setting. If {es}
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{security-features} are enabled, you must have `monitor` cluster privileges to
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view the cluster settings and `manage` cluster privileges to change them.
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For example, use the following APIs to review and change this setting:
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[source,console]
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GET _cluster/settings
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PUT _cluster/settings
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{
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"persistent": {
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"xpack.monitoring.collection.enabled": true
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}
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}
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----------------------------------
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Alternatively, you can enable this setting in {kib}. In the side navigation,
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click *Monitoring*. If data collection is disabled, you are prompted to turn it
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on.
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For more
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information, see <<monitoring-settings>> and <<cluster-update-settings>>.
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--
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.. Optional: Specify which indices you want to monitor.
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--
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By default, the monitoring agent collects data from all {es} indices.
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To collect data from particular indices, configure the
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`xpack.monitoring.collection.indices` setting. You can specify multiple indices
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as a comma-separated list or use an index pattern to match multiple indices. For
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example:
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[source,yaml]
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xpack.monitoring.collection.indices: logstash-*, index1, test2
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----------------------------------
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You can prepend `-` to explicitly exclude index names or
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patterns. For example, to include all indices that start with `test` except
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`test3`, you could specify `test*,-test3`. To include system indices such as
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.security and .kibana, add `.*` to the list of included names.
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For example `.*,test*,-test3`
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--
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.. Optional: Specify how often to collect monitoring data. The default value for
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the `xpack.monitoring.collection.interval` setting 10 seconds. See
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<<monitoring-settings>>.
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. Identify where to store monitoring data.
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--
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By default, the data is stored on the same cluster by using a
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<<local-exporter,`local` exporter>>. Alternatively, you can use an <<http-exporter,`http` exporter>> to send data to
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a separate _monitoring cluster_.
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IMPORTANT: The {es} {monitor-features} use ingest pipelines, therefore the
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cluster that stores the monitoring data must have at least one
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<<ingest,ingest node>>.
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For more information about typical monitoring architectures,
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see <<how-monitoring-works>>.
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--
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. If you choose to use an `http` exporter:
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.. On the cluster that you want to monitor (often called the _production cluster_),
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configure each node to send metrics to your monitoring cluster. Configure an
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HTTP exporter in the `xpack.monitoring.exporters` settings in the
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`elasticsearch.yml` file. For example:
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--
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[source,yaml]
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--------------------------------------------------
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xpack.monitoring.exporters:
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id1:
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type: http
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host: ["http://es-mon-1:9200", "http://es-mon2:9200"]
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--------------------------------------------------
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--
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.. If the Elastic {security-features} are enabled on the monitoring cluster, you
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must provide appropriate credentials when data is shipped to the monitoring cluster:
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... Create a user on the monitoring cluster that has the
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<<built-in-roles,`remote_monitoring_agent` built-in role>>.
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Alternatively, use the
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<<built-in-users,`remote_monitoring_user` built-in user>>.
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... Add the user ID and password settings to the HTTP exporter settings in the
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`elasticsearch.yml` file on each node. +
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--
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For example:
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[source,yaml]
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--------------------------------------------------
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xpack.monitoring.exporters:
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id1:
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type: http
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host: ["http://es-mon-1:9200", "http://es-mon2:9200"]
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auth.username: remote_monitoring_user
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auth.password: YOUR_PASSWORD
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--------------------------------------------------
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--
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.. If you configured the monitoring cluster to use
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<<configuring-tls,encrypted communications>>, you must use the HTTPS protocol in
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the `host` setting. You must also specify the trusted CA certificates that will
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be used to verify the identity of the nodes in the monitoring cluster.
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*** To add a CA certificate to an {es} node's trusted certificates, you can
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specify the location of the PEM encoded certificate with the
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`certificate_authorities` setting. For example:
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--
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[source,yaml]
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--------------------------------------------------
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xpack.monitoring.exporters:
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id1:
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type: http
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host: ["https://es-mon1:9200", "https://es-mon2:9200"]
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auth:
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username: remote_monitoring_user
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password: YOUR_PASSWORD
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ssl:
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certificate_authorities: [ "/path/to/ca.crt" ]
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--------------------------------------------------
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--
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*** Alternatively, you can configure trusted certificates using a truststore
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(a Java Keystore file that contains the certificates). For example:
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--
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[source,yaml]
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--------------------------------------------------
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xpack.monitoring.exporters:
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id1:
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type: http
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host: ["https://es-mon1:9200", "https://es-mon2:9200"]
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auth:
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username: remote_monitoring_user
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password: YOUR_PASSWORD
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ssl:
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truststore.path: /path/to/file
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truststore.password: password
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--------------------------------------------------
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--
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. Configure your cluster to route monitoring data from sources such as {kib},
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Beats, and {ls} to the monitoring cluster. For information about configuring
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each product to collect and send monitoring data, see <<monitor-elasticsearch-cluster>>.
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. If you updated settings in the `elasticsearch.yml` files on your production
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cluster, restart {es}. See <<stopping-elasticsearch>> and <<starting-elasticsearch>>.
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--
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TIP: You may want to temporarily {ref}/modules-cluster.html[disable shard
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allocation] before you restart your nodes to avoid unnecessary shard
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reallocation during the install process.
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--
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. Optional:
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<<config-monitoring-indices,Configure the indices that store the monitoring data>>.
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. {kibana-ref}/monitoring-data.html[View the monitoring data in {kib}].
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