# Community Ecosystem **URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/c/announcements/community-ecosystem/26.md [Latest](https://discuss.elastic.co/latest.md) · [Categories](https://discuss.elastic.co/categories.md) · [Tags](https://discuss.elastic.co/tags.md) --- ## [About the Community Ecosystem category](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/about-the-community-ecosystem-category/398)
**Author:** [@shaunak](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/shaunak)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2016, 7:25pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/about-the-community-ecosystem-category/398 "2016-02-26T19:25:45Z")
Use this sub-category for making announcements about community-contributed plugins for the Elastic stack. Please note that the top-level Announcements category will be used for official announcements from Elastic. --- ## [Elasticsearch monitoring tool - A chrome extension](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-monitoring-tool-a-chrome-extension/388969)
**Author:** [@Musab\_Dogan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Musab_Dogan)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2026, 7:29am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-monitoring-tool-a-chrome-extension/388969 "2026-09-28T07:29:15Z")
Hey guys, I've been debugging Elasticsearch clusters for years, and I got tired of jumping between \_cat APIs, and terminal tabs just to check cluster health. So I built a lightweight Chrome extension that surfaces the m… --- ## [\[ANNOUNCEMENT\] - FSCrawler 3.0 released](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/announcement-fscrawler-3-0-released/389938)
**Author:** [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2026, 4:20pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/announcement-fscrawler-3-0-released/389938 "2026-08-26T16:20:04Z")
The FSCrawler team is pleased to announce the FSCrawler 3.0 release! FSCrawler is a crawler for Elasticsearch that helps to index binary documents such as PDF, MS Office, and more. Usage Download FSCrawler 3.0: wge… --- ## [9.4.4 tag but no 9.4.4 release](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/9-4-4-tag-but-no-9-4-4-release/388655)
**Author:** [@Michka](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Michka)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2026, 8:42pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/9-4-4-tag-but-no-9-4-4-release/388655 "2026-07-23T20:42:08Z")
Hello Homebrew maintainer here. We noticed that there is no 9.4.4 release on Github, but a 9.4.4 tag. Is this expected? In general the latest tag is also marked as official release for Elastic, so we want to make sure … --- ## [I would like to join the elasticsearch community](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/i-would-like-to-join-the-elasticsearch-community/385085)
**Author:** [@vmm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/vmm)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2026, 12:10am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/i-would-like-to-join-the-elasticsearch-community/385085 "2026-02-25T00:10:27Z")
Hello, nice to meet you. I am a young software engineer and IT engineering student, and I would like to contribute to this opensource project. I have been writing code for projects sold to the national Public Administra… --- ## [What Is the Best Way to Export MBOX to PDF With Attachments?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-is-the-best-way-to-export-mbox-to-pdf-with-attachments/384927)
**Author:** [@Brant\_anson](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Brant_anson)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2026, 10:04am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-is-the-best-way-to-export-mbox-to-pdf-with-attachments/384927 "2026-02-05T10:04:17Z")
I am working in a small organization, and we have several important email mailboxes saved in MBOX format from an old email client. Now, due to audit and legal documentation requirements, we need to convert MBOX files int… --- ## [Elasticsearch MCP Server for 5.x 6.x 7.x 8.x 9.x](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-mcp-server-for-5-x-6-x-7-x-8-x-9-x/384705)
**Author:** [@azmatjan139](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/azmatjan139)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2026, 6:55am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-mcp-server-for-5-x-6-x-7-x-8-x-9-x/384705 "2026-01-23T06:55:47Z")
Elasticsearch MCP Server: Complete Cluster Management Through Natural Language Background Elasticsearch 9.2 introduced native MCP (Model Context Protocol) support, enabling direct integration with AI assistants like Clau… --- ## [\[New\] DevTools in VSCode Elasticsearch Extension (and more)](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/new-devtools-in-vscode-elasticsearch-extension-and-more/381241)
**Author:** [@Itamar\_Syn-Hershko](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Itamar_Syn-Hershko)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2025, 12:05pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/new-devtools-in-vscode-elasticsearch-extension-and-more/381241 "2025-08-22T12:05:54Z")
We released a new VS Code extension, especially for engineers building with Elasticsearch; or looking for easier way to maintain Elasticsearch in production. This extension brings a supercharged Kibana DevTools-like fun… --- ## [Share your feedback & help improve the Elastic Documentation!](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/share-your-feedback-help-improve-the-elastic-documentation/379812)
**Author:** [@Elizabeth\_ML](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Elizabeth_ML)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2025, 1:17pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/share-your-feedback-help-improve-the-elastic-documentation/379812 "2025-07-04T13:17:35Z")
Hi folks! I'm Elizabeth, a User Experience (UX) Researcher at Elastic. We're looking for users that frequently use or recently have used the Elastic Documentation to share their experience with us -- we want your unfil… --- ## [\[ANNOUNCEMENT\] - Elasticsearch Beyonder 9.0 released](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/announcement-elasticsearch-beyonder-9-0-released/379098)
**Author:** [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2025, 2:28pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/announcement-elasticsearch-beyonder-9-0-released/379098 "2025-06-11T14:28:52Z")
The Elasticsearch Beyonder team is pleased to announce the elasticsearch-beyonder-9.0 release! Elasticsearch beyonder provides automatic index, mapping, alias, template creation, index lifecycle policies and data when … --- ## [New training course - Relevant Search Masterclass (early bird ends this week)](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/new-training-course-relevant-search-masterclass-early-bird-ends-this-week/378796)
**Author:** [@softwaredoug](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/softwaredoug)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2025, 1:32pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/new-training-course-relevant-search-masterclass-early-bird-ends-this-week/378796 "2025-06-02T13:32:59Z")
Hey all I'm Doug Turnbull. Folks might know me from such books as Relevant Search and AI Powered Search. Relevant Search the book focuses on Elasticsearch. And this training class - building on the book - will focus on … --- ## [We built simple, scalable, real-time Postgres to Elasticsearch sink](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/we-built-simple-scalable-real-time-postgres-to-elasticsearch-sink/378667)
**Author:** [@Eric\_Goldman](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Eric_Goldman)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2025, 3:24am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/we-built-simple-scalable-real-time-postgres-to-elasticsearch-sink/378667 "2025-06-01T03:24:39Z")
Hi everyone :waving\_hand:, I’m Eric, one of the maintainers of Sequin—an open‑source Change Data Capture (CDC) engine for Postgres. We recently shipped an Elasticsearch sink and wanted to share the approach (and answer … --- ## ["I have two Filebeat configuration files](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/i-have-two-filebeat-configuration-files/378637)
**Author:** [@Thirupathi](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Thirupathi)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 28, 2025, 1:16pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/i-have-two-filebeat-configuration-files/378637 "2025-05-28T13:16:27Z")
I have two Filebeat configuration files — filebeat-elastic.yml (with Elasticsearch output) and filebeat-kafka.yml (with Kafka output). I need to run both configurations simultaneously as long-running services using syste… --- ## [Kibana documentation search is not working](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-documentation-search-is-not-working/377334)
**Author:** [@alextg](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/alextg)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2025, 8:44am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-documentation-search-is-not-working/377334 "2025-05-25T08:44:08Z")
Hi, While using the Kibana documentation link from the Help button on the upper right side of the elastic page, I noticed the search functionality is not working as before, in other words it sent me to unrelated links o… --- ## [Air-gapped environments](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/air-gapped-environments/378460)
**Author:** [@Phat\_Tu\_n](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Phat_Tu_n)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2025, 7:24am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/air-gapped-environments/378460 "2025-05-23T07:24:23Z")
Currently, I want to use the Air-gapped environments feature and host my own Elastic Package Registry on ELK because my ELK stack is deployed in an environment isolated from the internet. However, when I followed the ins… --- ## [Netflow plugin not showing data only DNS cache showing data other tabs are empy](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/netflow-plugin-not-showing-data-only-dns-cache-showing-data-other-tabs-are-empy/378131)
**Author:** [@JunaidAhmedKhan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/JunaidAhmedKhan)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2025, 10:58am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/netflow-plugin-not-showing-data-only-dns-cache-showing-data-other-tabs-are-empy/378131 "2025-05-14T10:58:21Z")
Netflow plugin not showing data only DNS cache showing data other tabs are empy. --- ## [\[ANNOUNCEMENT\] - Elasticsearch Beyonder 8.17 released](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/announcement-elasticsearch-beyonder-8-17-released/375555)
**Author:** [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2025, 11:17am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/announcement-elasticsearch-beyonder-8-17-released/375555 "2025-03-07T11:17:23Z")
The Elasticsearch Beyonder team is pleased to announce the elasticsearch-beyonder-8.17 release! Elasticsearch Beyonder Elasticsearch beyonder provides automatic index, mapping, alias, template creation, index lifecycle … --- ## [Logstash syslog input from two sources](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-syslog-input-from-two-sources/374561)
**Author:** [@WisemanIT](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/WisemanIT)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2025, 6:48pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-syslog-input-from-two-sources/374561 "2025-02-14T18:48:08Z")
Hi All I am trying to ingest syslog from two separate sources (one firewall and one Linux based appliance) and forward to log analytics workspace in Azure. I was able to achieve this using two separate conf files each … --- ## [Authentication Error for User \[elastic\] When Accessing Elasticsearch from Kibana](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/authentication-error-for-user-elastic-when-accessing-elasticsearch-from-kibana/374251)
**Author:** [@TYQ33](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/TYQ33)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2025, 1:45am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/authentication-error-for-user-elastic-when-accessing-elasticsearch-from-kibana/374251 "2025-02-10T01:45:09Z")
Hi everyone, I'm encountering an authentication issue between Kibana and Elasticsearch. Upon starting Kibana, I receive the following error indicating that Kibana cannot obtain license information from Elasticsearch due… --- ## [Can cloudflare R2 be used as a frozen tier in onprem set up](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-cloudflare-r2-be-used-as-a-frozen-tier-in-onprem-set-up/374173)
**Author:** [@searchwithme](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/searchwithme)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2025, 6:53pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-cloudflare-r2-be-used-as-a-frozen-tier-in-onprem-set-up/374173 "2025-02-06T18:53:57Z")
Hi Team! Cancloudflare r2 be used for the frozen tier with elastic? Please help --- ## [Filtering logs thorugh fleet server](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filtering-logs-thorugh-fleet-server/373795)
**Author:** [@Mohit\_Verma1](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Mohit_Verma1)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2025, 5:19pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filtering-logs-thorugh-fleet-server/373795 "2025-01-29T17:19:34Z")
I have installed Elastic Agent on multiple servers to collect logs and send them to Elasticsearch via Fleet Server. I want to filter logs at the source so that only error-level logs are collected and sent, instead of col… --- ## [Sales wont contact me](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/sales-wont-contact-me/365776)
**Author:** [@karunakarac](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/karunakarac)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2024, 3:30pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/sales-wont-contact-me/365776 "2024-08-29T15:30:11Z")
Been trying to reach sales for a couple of weeks now. This is my last attempt before I move on to something else. I have gotten nothing back from the sales team (and yes I monitor my spam just in case). I have a budget a… --- ## [Elastic Security Multi tenant for on premises setup](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-security-multi-tenant-for-on-premises-setup/365618)
**Author:** [@amitsail](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/amitsail)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2024, 2:15pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-security-multi-tenant-for-on-premises-setup/365618 "2024-08-27T14:15:52Z")
Hello Members, As a new member of this community, I am seeking your expert advice and guidance on a pressing issue I'm facing. I am looking to set up an Elastic SIEM (Security Information and Event Management) solution … --- ## [Elasticsearch master pods failing master not discovered or elected yet, an election requires at least 2 nodes](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-master-pods-failing-master-not-discovered-or-elected-yet-an-election-requires-at-least-2-nodes/365591)
**Author:** [@gaurav671](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/gaurav671)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2024, 12:49pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-master-pods-failing-master-not-discovered-or-elected-yet-an-election-requires-at-least-2-nodes/365591 "2024-08-27T12:49:59Z")
Hello, I'm facing an issue with my elasticsearch cluster. I have 15 pods running in multiple nodes on my kubernetes cluster. 3 elasticsearch master pod, 12 elasticsearch-data pods are running . We are facing issue with … --- ## [Issue with Logging lighttpd Logs from OPNsense](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/issue-with-logging-lighttpd-logs-from-opnsense/361839)
**Author:** [@Hsing](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Hsing)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2024, 9:30am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/issue-with-logging-lighttpd-logs-from-opnsense/361839 "2024-06-21T09:30:30Z")
Hello Community, I have a question regarding OPNsense logging. I'm currently referencing two documents from the "Kali Purple SOC-IAB - Overview": Elastic-Agent Beats My current issue is that I want to log my lighttpd… --- ## [Error when restoring snapshots on ES8](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-when-restoring-snapshots-on-es8/361467)
**Author:** [@dxygit1](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dxygit1)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2024, 7:50am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-when-restoring-snapshots-on-es8/361467 "2024-06-14T07:50:21Z")
When using the \_restore API for recovery, no error occurs, but the index appears empty without data. Checking via the API does not show the index, but it appears in Kibana. curl -X POST "localhost:9200/\_snapshot/es-bac… --- ## [Elastic Agent vs Beats](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-agent-vs-beats/360078)
**Author:** [@NasrJBr](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/NasrJBr)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2024, 2:24pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-agent-vs-beats/360078 "2024-05-23T14:24:17Z")
Hello, please i want to know, what are the differences between elastic agent and Beats and which one to use ? --- ## [DEBUG | does logstash supports startup debug? just like idea tools did? How should I do that?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/debug-does-logstash-supports-startup-debug-just-like-idea-tools-did-how-should-i-do-that/357469)
**Author:** [@LiYuzhuo2020](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/LiYuzhuo2020)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2024, 2:33am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/debug-does-logstash-supports-startup-debug-just-like-idea-tools-did-how-should-i-do-that/357469 "2024-04-16T02:33:13Z")
I want to debug the logstash startup process, does anyone knows how to do that? --- ## [Logstash 8.12.2 restart many times may encounter string index out of range -1 error](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-8-12-2-restart-many-times-may-encounter-string-index-out-of-range-1-error/356849)
**Author:** [@LiYuzhuo2020](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/LiYuzhuo2020)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2024, 10:11am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-8-12-2-restart-many-times-may-encounter-string-index-out-of-range-1-error/356849 "2024-04-09T10:11:56Z")
Hi , last time I restart the logstash 8.12.2 many times (5 - 10 +) may encounter the plugin load errror, so I change mutate { rename =\> {"\[host\]\[name\]" =\> "\[host\]"} } to mutate { remove\_field =\> \["host"\] } and there's no… --- ## [Logstash how to force to use particular jruby version?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-how-to-force-to-use-particular-jruby-version/356447)
**Author:** [@LiYuzhuo2020](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/LiYuzhuo2020)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2024, 9:04am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-how-to-force-to-use-particular-jruby-version/356447 "2024-03-29T09:04:52Z")
I'm upgrading the logstash and encountered plugin load error when restart many times, I think this is caused by the jruby version so how can I force the logstash to use particular jruby version and is there any impact wi… [Next page](https://discuss.elastic.co/c/announcements/community-ecosystem/26.md?page=1)