# Elastic Agent

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## [Elastic Agent Unhealthy - 504 Gateway Timeout - net/hxxp: TLS handshake timeout](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-agent-unhealthy-504-gateway-timeout-net-hxxp-tls-handshake-timeout/341325)

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**Author:** [@Shinej](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Shinej)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 24, 2023, 4:23am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-agent-unhealthy-504-gateway-timeout-net-hxxp-tls-handshake-timeout/341325 "2023-08-24T04:23:26Z")

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Hi, Elastic agent is un healthy and not send logs -- Logs below -- appreciate any help. \[elastic\_agent.filebeat\]\[warn\] WinEventLog\[winlog-winlog.winlog-c97bd33a-1398-47bc-88a7-284efdb43f68\] error salvaging message (eve…

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## [Elastic Agent stopped sending ssh failed logs](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-agent-stopped-sending-ssh-failed-logs/341369)

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**Author:** [@hoomant](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/hoomant)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [August 23, 2023, 6:04pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-agent-stopped-sending-ssh-failed-logs/341369 "2023-08-23T18:04:32Z")

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Hi I have setup elastic agent in an elasticsearch 8.7 environment and up to a few days ago everything was working fine but now it is not sending the ssh failed events to the elasticsearch which was a no problem in previo…

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## [Fleet: Logstash Load Balancing?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/fleet-logstash-load-balancing/341479)

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**Author:** [@DefensiveDepth](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/DefensiveDepth)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [August 23, 2023, 1:44pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/fleet-logstash-load-balancing/341479 "2023-08-23T13:44:03Z")

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I don't see this documented anywhere. For Fleet-managed Logstash Output, is there a way to loadbalance among the Logstash endpoints specified?

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## [Metricbeat Perfmon Counters Stop Ingesting](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/metricbeat-perfmon-counters-stop-ingesting/341412)

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**Author:** [@erikg](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/erikg)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 22, 2023, 10:11pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/metricbeat-perfmon-counters-stop-ingesting/341412 "2023-08-22T22:11:51Z")

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Hello, Need help understanding why perfmon works but eventually stops working after awhile, Using Elastic Agent - Windows Integration to collect windows perfmon counters, the data comes in but then stops ingesting afte…

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## [Fleet Server Cluster](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/fleet-server-cluster/341326)

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**Author:** [@Mohsin\_Ashraf](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Mohsin_Ashraf)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [August 22, 2023, 9:29am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/fleet-server-cluster/341326 "2023-08-22T09:29:54Z")

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Hi, I want to set up a fleet server cluster for high availability purposes. but I got nothing related to this. please help me in this regard.

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## [How to specify ILM policies in Elastic agent policy config?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-specify-ilm-policies-in-elastic-agent-policy-config/341296)

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**Author:** [@Craig\_Rodrigues](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Craig_Rodrigues)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [August 21, 2023, 10:48pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-specify-ilm-policies-in-elastic-agent-policy-config/341296 "2023-08-21T22:48:50Z")

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I have about 2000 Elastic agents (version 8.9.0) connected to a system with 3 Fleet servers (version 8.9.0). We have about 20 different agent policies, because the various Elastic agents are sending slightly different …

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## [Configure Elasticsearch monitoring integration 8.9.0](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/configure-elasticsearch-monitoring-integration-8-9-0/341231)

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**Author:** [@aaszxc](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/aaszxc)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 21, 2023, 11:56am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/configure-elasticsearch-monitoring-integration-8-9-0/341231 "2023-08-21T11:56:27Z")

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I am trying to configure Elasticsearch Elastic Agent integration to monitor the elasticsearch cluster as specified here: Collecting Elasticsearch monitoring data with Elastic Agent | Elasticsearch Guide \[8.11\] | Elastic …

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## [Elastic Agent integration for Azure IoT log events forwarding to Elasticsearch](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-agent-integration-for-azure-iot-log-events-forwarding-to-elasticsearch/341144)

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**Author:** [@s.buksa](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/s.buksa)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 19, 2023, 7:36am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-agent-integration-for-azure-iot-log-events-forwarding-to-elasticsearch/341144 "2023-08-19T07:36:34Z")

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Hello, everyone! Looking for some help. Need to forward Azure IoT Hub log events to Elasticsearch using Elastic Agent integration. Does anyone has any suggestion? For similar cases good solution is Diagnostic settings +…

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## [Logstash Output for Fleet Managed Elastic Agent](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-output-for-fleet-managed-elastic-agent/341117)

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**Author:** [@elastic\_n00b](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/elastic_n00b)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 18, 2023, 5:08pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-output-for-fleet-managed-elastic-agent/341117 "2023-08-18T17:08:22Z")

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Configure SSL/TLS for the Logstash output | Fleet and Elastic Agent Guide \[8.8\] | Elastic I am looking at these instructions for configuring logstash as an output for elastic agent and I am a bit confused about the clien…

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## [INFO logs being sent as error logs](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/info-logs-being-sent-as-error-logs/341101)

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**Author:** [@marcoaleixo](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/marcoaleixo)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 18, 2023, 2:08pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/info-logs-being-sent-as-error-logs/341101 "2023-08-18T14:08:40Z")

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hey team, I have my Fleet configured using ElasticCloud and I need to configure the elastic-agent on my Django project where I'm configuring my logging like: ELASTIC\_APM = { 'SERVICE\_NAME': 'alan-backend', 'SERVE…

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## [Errors from fleet managed elastic agents](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/errors-from-fleet-managed-elastic-agents/339083)

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**Author:** [@Jitendra1](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Jitendra1)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [August 18, 2023, 10:43am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/errors-from-fleet-managed-elastic-agents/339083 "2023-08-18T10:43:14Z")

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Hi, I am getting few errors from fleet-managed elastic agents, which are listed below as- Please suggest me how to resolve these.

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## [APM java agent dynamic configs not working](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-java-agent-dynamic-configs-not-working/340936)

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**Author:** [@senyam08](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/senyam08)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 16, 2023, 2:42pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-java-agent-dynamic-configs-not-working/340936 "2023-08-16T14:42:53Z")

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We have elastic stack 8.6.3 with java agent version 1.36.0. Trying to dynamically add few custom traces via trace\_methods config property. Created configuration in UI with changes. I dont see custom trace methods are …

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## [Ingesting Data using Agent (SQL Input Integration)](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ingesting-data-using-agent-sql-input-integration/340820)

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**Author:** [@ksaimohan2k](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ksaimohan2k)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 15, 2023, 8:58am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ingesting-data-using-agent-sql-input-integration/340820 "2023-08-15T08:58:29Z")

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We just tried to ingest SQL data into Elasticsearch using Agent (SQL Input Integration). What I observed is that it stores the same set of data repeatedly. For Example, if I have 5 rows in the SQL table, the first time…

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## [Remove obsolete fleet Server policies on the same host](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/remove-obsolete-fleet-server-policies-on-the-same-host/340804)

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**Author:** [@GKre](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/GKre)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 15, 2023, 4:11am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/remove-obsolete-fleet-server-policies-on-the-same-host/340804 "2023-08-15T04:11:51Z")

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Hi, guess as i am still a new user my question might be "stupid". But give it a try. I have 3 entries in "fleet" for "fleet server policy" on the same host. Guessthis is due some problems setting it up. only one of th…

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## [Elastic Cloud APM - agent configuration](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-cloud-apm-agent-configuration/340792)

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**Author:** [@SaEd](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/SaEd)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 15, 2023, 12:38am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-cloud-apm-agent-configuration/340792 "2023-08-15T00:38:45Z")

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Hello, I'm trying to debug an issue we see in production where the server the elastic agent is running on seem to freeze. During this period all windows services stop responding and admins lose the ability to login forc…

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## [Is it possible to add multiple clusters for elastic agents?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-possible-to-add-multiple-clusters-for-elastic-agents/340762)

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**Author:** [@burhankaraman](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/burhankaraman)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 14, 2023, 2:26pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-possible-to-add-multiple-clusters-for-elastic-agents/340762 "2023-08-14T14:26:45Z")

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We have 2 elasticsearch clusters 3 elasticsearch nodes each. Both clusters have bi-directional cross-cluster replication with each other. If the first cluster goes down is there a way for elastic agent to automatically s…

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## [Excessive 4673 events due to chromium](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/excessive-4673-events-due-to-chromium/340643)

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**Author:** [@Nightingale\_John](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Nightingale_John)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 11, 2023, 2:20pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/excessive-4673-events-due-to-chromium/340643 "2023-08-11T14:20:45Z")

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Hi All, We're seeing excessive 4673 events which appear to be linked to the chromium issue causing failures against SeProfileSingleProcessPrivilege; this appears to be well know by Microsoft. Ideally we would like to e…

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## [How to pass variables to filebeat through the Elastic-Agent?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-pass-variables-to-filebeat-through-the-elastic-agent/340031)

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**Author:** [@Bryan\_Hamilton](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Bryan_Hamilton)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 11, 2023, 6:34am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-pass-variables-to-filebeat-through-the-elastic-agent/340031 "2023-08-11T06:34:27Z")

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Hi, We currently use stand-alone filebeat running as a systemd service to shipt cusom application logs to elasticsearch. On each application server, the main application creates/updates a file at boot time and populate …

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## [Custom integration for a KVM](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/custom-integration-for-a-kvm/340483)

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**Author:** [@divygobi](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/divygobi)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 9, 2023, 5:30pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/custom-integration-for-a-kvm/340483 "2023-08-09T17:30:14Z")

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If I want to monitor user info(through ecs and kibana) from a KVM instance without installing anything on the KVM, would making a custom integration be the right way to do it? If so, how would we get started on that?

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## [Backfill old data for integration in elastic-agent integration](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/backfill-old-data-for-integration-in-elastic-agent-integration/340387)

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**Author:** [@liquidkite](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/liquidkite)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [August 8, 2023, 5:16pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/backfill-old-data-for-integration-in-elastic-agent-integration/340387 "2023-08-08T17:16:13Z")

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Hello all, I've been using elastic agent to fetch logs from a variety of data sources. We ran into an issue where there was a misconfiguration with the pipeline and that caused to drop logs for that timeframe. Once the …

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## [Elastic Package custom integration testing network issues](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-package-custom-integration-testing-network-issues/340372)

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**Author:** [@popeio](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/popeio)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [August 8, 2023, 1:02pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-package-custom-integration-testing-network-issues/340372 "2023-08-08T13:02:36Z")

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Hey Community, I'm facing some issues with testing a simple integration for ingesting logs from a peculiar service into the stack via a custom Elastic Agent integration. I've followed all recommendations, and my custom…

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## [What is status of the logs in case of agents unavailability](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-is-status-of-the-logs-in-case-of-agents-unavailability/340111)

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**Author:** [@ankitha\_sn](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ankitha_sn)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [August 7, 2023, 7:29am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-is-status-of-the-logs-in-case-of-agents-unavailability/340111 "2023-08-07T07:29:59Z")

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Hi Team, I have some queries. If the agent is down, what is the status of the logs? Will it send the logs to Elastic DB once it is up? Here logs mean agent downtime logs. Thanks, Ankitha

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## [Include logs with custom logs](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/include-logs-with-custom-logs/340231)

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**Author:** [@shubham.s](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/shubham.s)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 7, 2023, 7:01am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/include-logs-with-custom-logs/340231 "2023-08-07T07:01:33Z")

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Hi, I have successfully integrated logs with the help of elastic-agent and integrated custom logs. Now I want elastic agent to process only logs from the file which contains specific keyword. I want elastic agent to exc…

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## [No dashboard is created when adding integrations](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/no-dashboard-is-created-when-adding-integrations/340051)

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**Author:** [@hoomant](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/hoomant)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [August 3, 2023, 5:32pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/no-dashboard-is-created-when-adding-integrations/340051 "2023-08-03T17:32:52Z")

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Hi I have setup Fleet in my cluster & installed elastic agent on one of my servers & it is sending metrics to elasticsearch & it is showing up in Discover in kibana. The thing is, when I am adding integrations no dashbo…

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## [Elastic-Agent - Collect Custom \[Linux\] text file logs](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-agent-collect-custom-linux-text-file-logs/339593)

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**Author:** [@Bryan\_Hamilton](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Bryan_Hamilton)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 2, 2023, 9:39pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-agent-collect-custom-linux-text-file-logs/339593 "2023-08-02T21:39:08Z")

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Hi, I have created a github issue for this question (Support for Custom \[Linux\] text file logs · Issue #7186 · elastic/integrations · GitHub), but I am also adding it here for greater visibility. We have custom applica…

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## [Fleet Self Sign Certficiate in Certificate Chain](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/fleet-self-sign-certficiate-in-certificate-chain/339949)

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**Author:** [@amarcelq](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/amarcelq)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 2, 2023, 2:19pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/fleet-self-sign-certficiate-in-certificate-chain/339949 "2023-08-02T14:19:22Z")

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Hi, unfortunatly I encounter the following error. I don't have any clue which certificate is needed to be added. request to https://epr.elastic.co/categories?kibana.version=8.9.0 failed, reason: self signed certificate…

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## [Fleet Server does not come up - ECK](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/fleet-server-does-not-come-up-eck/338966)

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**Author:** [@VVK](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/VVK)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [August 1, 2023, 12:31pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/fleet-server-does-not-come-up-eck/338966 "2023-08-01T12:31:15Z")

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My problem is similar to below. Failed to deploy fleet-server via eck in kubernetes. My K8S Environment: kubectl version command output is here. clientVersion: buildDate: "2022-08-23T17:44:59Z" compiler: gc git…

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## [Issues configuring SSL TCP Syslog Collection - Palo Alto Integration](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/issues-configuring-ssl-tcp-syslog-collection-palo-alto-integration/339572)

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**Author:** [@elasticnub](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/elasticnub)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [July 30, 2023, 6:01pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/issues-configuring-ssl-tcp-syslog-collection-palo-alto-integration/339572 "2023-07-30T18:01:35Z")

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I am new to the Elastic ecosystem and looking for assistance...trying to configure tcp SSL collection for palo logs from cortex datalake... this cert worked fine with our previous solution so I know nothing is wrong with…

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## [Kafka Integration Installation Error - "Limit of total dimension fields \[16\] has been exceeded"](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kafka-integration-installation-error-limit-of-total-dimension-fields-16-has-been-exceeded/339052)

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**Author:** [@Moaath](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Moaath)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [July 30, 2023, 6:46am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kafka-integration-installation-error-limit-of-total-dimension-fields-16-has-been-exceeded/339052 "2023-07-30T06:46:29Z")

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Hi Everyone, I am currently trying to install the Kafka integration via the Fleet UI in Kibana, but I've encountered an issue that I hope someone can shed some light on. The error message I'm receiving is as follows: E…

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## [Elastic Agent GUI Installation](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-agent-gui-installation/334780)

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**Author:** [@xqaiviwjxzw](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/xqaiviwjxzw)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [May 31, 2023, 10:50pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-agent-gui-installation/334780 "2023-05-31T22:50:56Z")

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Elastic Will the elastic agent be installed in a way that supports gui in the future?

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