# Elastic Agent

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## [Fleet-server FAILED Error - x509 : certificate signed by unknown authority](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/fleet-server-failed-error-x509-certificate-signed-by-unknown-authority/382673)

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**Author:** [@Mauro\_929292](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Mauro_929292)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 14, 2025, 7:49am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/fleet-server-failed-error-x509-certificate-signed-by-unknown-authority/382673 "2025-10-14T07:49:09Z")

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I'm having a problem with fleet-server on elastic-agent. My certificate has expired, but I can't figure out where to update the new certificates I created, which are trusted by a domain CA. Can you help me??

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## [Entity content is too long \[111285333\] for the configured buffer limit \[104857600\]](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/entity-content-is-too-long-111285333-for-the-configured-buffer-limit-104857600/382577)

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**Author:** [@ajaya\_panda](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ajaya_panda)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 10, 2025, 8:00am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/entity-content-is-too-long-111285333-for-the-configured-buffer-limit-104857600/382577 "2025-10-10T08:00:51Z")

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while fetching the documents from elasticsearch we are getting below error: entity content is too long \[111285333\] for the configured buffer limit \[104857600\] we are fetching the records using scroll. Why this is faili…

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## [Wrong prefix for SQL Server integration fields](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/wrong-prefix-for-sql-server-integration-fields/382388)

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**Author:** [@hermlam](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/hermlam)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [October 9, 2025, 12:32pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/wrong-prefix-for-sql-server-integration-fields/382388 "2025-10-09T12:32:52Z")

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I am using the elastic agent SQL Server integration. And the performance index and dashboard. The dashboard expects fields with a prefix: ‘mssql’. And according to the templates this prefix should be ‘mssql.’ But in my d…

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## [Accessing Default agent](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/accessing-default-agent/382527)

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**Author:** [@Sivaprakash\_Shanmuga](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Sivaprakash_Shanmuga)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 8, 2025, 5:40pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/accessing-default-agent/382527 "2025-10-08T17:40:14Z")

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Hello Im following I'm trying to access the Elastic AI Agent Builder via Kibana, but I'm getting a 404 error when visiting this POST kbn://api/agent\_builder/converse { "input": "what is our top portfolio account…

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## [System Integration Windows Security Logs no Log Enhancements after v. 8.19](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/system-integration-windows-security-logs-no-log-enhancements-after-v-8-19/381943)

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**Author:** [@Joshua\_H](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Joshua_H)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [October 8, 2025, 3:15pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/system-integration-windows-security-logs-no-log-enhancements-after-v-8-19/381943 "2025-10-08T15:15:39Z")

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Hello all, I have been running into the issue, that after updating my On-Prem Elastic-Stack (Single-node cluster) from v. 8.18 to 8.19 and the system integration for fleet as well, that the Windows security logs are mis…

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## [Open Telemetry - flush failed (502)](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/open-telemetry-flush-failed-502/382442)

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**Author:** [@Karol\_Niema](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Karol_Niema)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 7, 2025, 2:38pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/open-telemetry-flush-failed-502/382442 "2025-10-07T14:38:55Z")

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Hello, I am trying to use Elastic Agent in Open Telemetry collector mode, after configure and started I receive error 2025-10-06T15:18:04.190+0300 error elasticsearchexporter@v0.121.0/bulkindexer.go:346 bu…

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## [Getting no data with custom integration](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/getting-no-data-with-custom-integration/382457)

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**Author:** [@sfoster](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/sfoster)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 6, 2025, 5:15pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/getting-no-data-with-custom-integration/382457 "2025-10-06T17:15:18Z")

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I am building and integration I can install and it seems to run with no issues but I am not getting any data. I am not sure where I am going wrong. This is running on version 8.19.4. I see this in the messages. "mess…

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## [IIS Integration - metrics datasets (app pools and websites)](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/iis-integration-metrics-datasets-app-pools-and-websites/382464)

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**Author:** [@erikg](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/erikg)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 6, 2025, 6:20pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/iis-integration-metrics-datasets-app-pools-and-websites/382464 "2025-10-06T18:20:54Z")

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Hello, We have an IIS server hosting several app pools. The IIS dataset retrieves websites, web servers, and application pools. I was wondering how I can correlate the website with its associated app pool to provide a b…

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## [Windows Logs via Elastic Agent](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/windows-logs-via-elastic-agent/382350)

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**Author:** [@Sam11](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Sam11)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [October 2, 2025, 2:18pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/windows-logs-via-elastic-agent/382350 "2025-10-02T14:18:19Z")

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Hello, I am facing an issue with Windows logs when using Elastic Agent: the logs are not being sent to Kibana. However, Winlogbeat works correctly and is able to send the logs. This is my elastic-agent configuration a…

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## [Metricbeat vs elastic agent](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/metricbeat-vs-elastic-agent/376663)

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**Author:** [@Dth\_Revan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Dth_Revan)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 2, 2025, 7:56am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/metricbeat-vs-elastic-agent/376663 "2025-10-02T07:56:26Z")

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Hello, everyone! Not so long ago i decided to try elastic agent+system integration instead of metricbeat with system module (which i have used for a very long time). the problem i faced is i can't make SOME graphs in gr…

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## [Cannot install elastic agent on window server](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cannot-install-elastic-agent-on-window-server/382364)

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**Author:** [@Hoai\_Thanh\_Do](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Hoai_Thanh_Do)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 2, 2025, 12:38am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cannot-install-elastic-agent-on-window-server/382364 "2025-10-02T00:38:09Z")

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Hi All, I'm new to Elastic and recently attempted to install Elastic Agent on my Azure VMs. Unfortunately, the installation failed. One strange thing I noticed is that although the result indicates failure, the Elastic …

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## [Elastic Agent not sending kubernetes.pod.name field](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-agent-not-sending-kubernetes-pod-name-field/382351)

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**Author:** [@babban](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/babban)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 1, 2025, 12:09pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-agent-not-sending-kubernetes-pod-name-field/382351 "2025-10-01T12:09:45Z")

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Hi, We have elastic agent APM server configured on application. Since the last upgrade the fields “kubernetes.pod.name”/”host.name”/”host.hostname”, none of these fields are being produced. We have the flow where, the …

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## [SQL\_input lack of documentation and non working integration (version 9.1.4)](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/sql-input-lack-of-documentation-and-non-working-integration-version-9-1-4/382326)

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**Author:** [@dao](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dao)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 30, 2025, 3:11pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/sql-input-lack-of-documentation-and-non-working-integration-version-9-1-4/382326 "2025-09-30T15:11:47Z")

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I am trying to log all the new lines coming from a postgres database. I want to use the SQL\_input integration, but I cannot achieve what I want. The documentation is not complete, so that I cannot figure out how to do. H…

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## [Custom File stream Integration - Network Shares](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/custom-file-stream-integration-network-shares/382288)

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**Author:** [@erikg](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/erikg)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 29, 2025, 5:49pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/custom-file-stream-integration-network-shares/382288 "2025-09-29T17:49:18Z")

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Hello, I am using v1.2.0 of the Custom Logs (Filestream). Normally this integration works for collecting from a local folder, but I can’t seem to grab the logs from a network share. My first assumption is that perhaps …

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## [Some Agent Do Not Send Data Custom Logs (Filestream)](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/some-agent-do-not-send-data-custom-logs-filestream/382112)

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**Author:** [@lomar](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/lomar)\
**Replies:** 16\
**Last updated:** [September 26, 2025, 3:19pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/some-agent-do-not-send-data-custom-logs-filestream/382112 "2025-09-26T15:19:32Z")

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I've created a cronjob that runs a script and outputs ndjson to a file. Then I've created a integration policy that reads the log file using Custom Logs Filestream integration and add it to agent policies. Some of the a…

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## [Windows Based Kubernetes](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/windows-based-kubernetes/382199)

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**Author:** [@Jesselastic](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Jesselastic)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 24, 2025, 2:58pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/windows-based-kubernetes/382199 "2025-09-24T14:58:29Z")

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Since I didn’t see it documented anywhere else, one way to get the Elastic Fleet integration to work with Windows OCS (Kubernetes) and successfully capture the logs in ECS is to install the agent at the node level, then …

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## [Running Fleet Server on localhost](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/running-fleet-server-on-localhost/382174)

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**Author:** [@primote](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/primote)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 24, 2025, 9:36am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/running-fleet-server-on-localhost/382174 "2025-09-24T09:36:02Z")

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Is it possible to run a Fleet Server on the same host as Elastic and Kibana? I\`m using basic Elasticsearch and Kibana on my VM and I would like to setup Fleet and Agents for use with Elastic Security How can i configur…

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## [Elastic Agent MSI – Is INSTALLDIR supported for custom installation directory?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-agent-msi-is-installdir-supported-for-custom-installation-directory/381998)

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**Author:** [@josh\_tran](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/josh_tran)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 17, 2025, 4:10am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-agent-msi-is-installdir-supported-for-custom-installation-directory/381998 "2025-09-17T04:10:00Z")

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Hi all, I am installing Elastic Agent 9.0.4 using the MSI package and I would like to place it in a custom directory. According to the official elastic documentation, it seems possible to specify a custom installation …

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## [Elastic Agent version not updating in Windows Apps & Features](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-agent-version-not-updating-in-windows-apps-features/381871)

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**Author:** [@etrevino-lumificyber](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/etrevino-lumificyber)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 13, 2025, 4:01am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-agent-version-not-updating-in-windows-apps-features/381871 "2025-09-13T04:01:07Z")

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Hey everyone, I’m running into an issue where Windows Installed Apps is not reporting the actual version of the installed elastic agent. This is problematic because from a compliance baseline perspective, what appears i…

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## [Elastic Agent and Endpoint](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-agent-and-endpoint/381879)

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**Author:** [@Staff\_Integral](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Staff_Integral)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 11, 2025, 4:57pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-agent-and-endpoint/381879 "2025-09-11T16:57:32Z")

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Hola, una disculpa no dejar el comentario en ingles. Espero hacerme entender; en la empresa donde actual se instalaron lo servicios, hasta hace poco se desinstalaron, y tenemos problemas con varios equipos ya que estos …

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## [Unable to initialize fleet](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-initialize-fleet/381838)

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**Author:** [@Thom.cr](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Thom.cr)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 10, 2025, 2:24pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-initialize-fleet/381838 "2025-09-10T14:24:33Z")

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Hi, i just installed kibana and elasticsearch (last stable version) but everytime i try to go to fleet i get an error : Thanks for your help

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## [Standalone Elastic Agent Winlog System Input](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/standalone-elastic-agent-winlog-system-input/381693)

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**Author:** [@s.buksa](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/s.buksa)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [September 7, 2025, 11:10pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/standalone-elastic-agent-winlog-system-input/381693 "2025-09-07T23:10:38Z")

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I am trying to collect System logs from Windows Servers with Standalone Elastic Agent. While necessary System logs are being correctly picked up and indexed into Elasticsearch with Winlogbeat, Elastic Agent causes some i…

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## [Elastic agent with fleet no collect metric](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-agent-with-fleet-no-collect-metric/381626)

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**Author:** [@hanhee](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/hanhee)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 5, 2025, 8:26am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-agent-with-fleet-no-collect-metric/381626 "2025-09-05T08:26:05Z")

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We’re running Elastic Agent on Kubernetes as a DaemonSet and currently collecting metrics from kubelet. However, when pods get rescheduled or move, log collection stops and only some pods are picked up. If we restart the…

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## [Fleet agent policies - low priority](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/fleet-agent-policies-low-priority/381599)

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**Author:** [@aab163](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/aab163)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 4, 2025, 3:13pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/fleet-agent-policies-low-priority/381599 "2025-09-04T15:13:51Z")

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Agent 8.6.x. Just wondering if the elastic team just ran out of descriptive categories / headlines. The difference between “Agent logging number of files” and “Agent logging number of files” is for sure hard to guess ju…

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## [Fleet server installation error](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/fleet-server-installation-error/381600)

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**Author:** [@SamehSaeed](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/SamehSaeed)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 4, 2025, 9:32am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/fleet-server-installation-error/381600 "2025-09-04T09:32:22Z")

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Hello, I’m trying to install fleet server on windows but im running into an error Running on policy with Fleet Server integration: fleet-server-policy; missing config fleet.agent.id (expected during bootstrap process) …

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## [Fleet server went offline](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/fleet-server-went-offline/380343)

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**Author:** [@sreya\_14](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/sreya_14)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 2, 2025, 2:06pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/fleet-server-went-offline/380343 "2025-09-02T14:06:52Z")

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Fleet agent went offline after adding elasticsearch ,kibana integration to the fleet server policy. But while trying to add server after uninstalling the agent but it is not uninstalling and giving error 2025-07-19T…

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## [Strange ElasticAgent config path bug](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/strange-elasticagent-config-path-bug/381443)

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**Author:** [@dot-mike](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dot-mike)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 29, 2025, 11:40am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/strange-elasticagent-config-path-bug/381443 "2025-08-29T11:40:55Z")

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Hi community, I observed a strang bug with the fleet managed elasticagent install on one of my servers. The agent would not start and would always spit out the error below. Note that the agent had been running for over …

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## [Deprecated index lifecycle policies](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/deprecated-index-lifecycle-policies/381373)

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**Author:** [@sszabo](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/sszabo)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 27, 2025, 2:01pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/deprecated-index-lifecycle-policies/381373 "2025-08-27T14:01:41Z")

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I’m using the elastic agent to load pod logs from kubernetes: - id: container-log-${kubernetes.pod.name}-${kubernetes.container.id} type: filestream use\_output: default meta: package: …

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## [Custom Filestream Integration - Adding mappings](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/custom-filestream-integration-adding-mappings/381316)

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**Author:** [@erikg](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/erikg)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [August 26, 2025, 5:17pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/custom-filestream-integration-adding-mappings/381316 "2025-08-26T17:17:16Z")

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Hello, I am having trouble with adding custom mapping to my data stream built from custom filestream input. It appears that once the data comes in and build the data stream, the data stream is “managed”. It doesn’t al…

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## [LogicMonitor to Elastic](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logicmonitor-to-elastic/381327)

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**Author:** [@danN](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/danN)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [August 26, 2025, 12:50pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logicmonitor-to-elastic/381327 "2025-08-26T12:50:18Z")

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Hello, I am currently working on sending alert data from our LogicMonitor tenant to Elastic but i’m running into a few issues that I could use help with. To start, I selected the “Custom HTTP Endpoint Logs” integration o…

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