# Elastic Agent

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## [AWS CloudWatch integration with Elastic using Elastic Agent On-premise](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/aws-cloudwatch-integration-with-elastic-using-elastic-agent-on-premise/318453)

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**Author:** [@Manikandan\_V](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Manikandan_V)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 8, 2022, 4:07pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/aws-cloudwatch-integration-with-elastic-using-elastic-agent-on-premise/318453 "2022-11-08T16:07:02Z")

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I am in need of configuring the elastic agent in on-premise and connect with cloud watch logs for multiple AWS accounts and multiple Cloud watch log groups. Any idea how to configure multiple log groups or automatically…

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## [No data straming](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/no-data-straming/318581)

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**Author:** [@mustafa.husny](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mustafa.husny)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 9, 2022, 6:38pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/no-data-straming/318581 "2022-11-09T18:38:24Z")

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I am trying to install elastic agent to ship logs and metrics from linux machine to Elastic (fleet server) Elastic version : 8.5 kibana version : 8.5 Elastic-agent version : 8.5 After logging in to kibana and navigati…

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## [\`Provided Grok expressions do not match field value:\` for logs ingested using nginx elastic agent integration](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/provided-grok-expressions-do-not-match-field-value-for-logs-ingested-using-nginx-elastic-agent-integration/318565)

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**Author:** [@jolt](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jolt)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 9, 2022, 4:24pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/provided-grok-expressions-do-not-match-field-value-for-logs-ingested-using-nginx-elastic-agent-integration/318565 "2022-11-09T16:24:53Z")

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We are seeing GROK errors when ingesting nginx logs using the elastic agent nginx integration. The nginx access & error logs are by default written out to stdout and stderr respectively. K8s picks these up and funnels …

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## [Help including host name in httpjson post request from UI](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/help-including-host-name-in-httpjson-post-request-from-ui/318456)

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**Author:** [@Mark\_Round](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Mark_Round)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 8, 2022, 4:12pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/help-including-host-name-in-httpjson-post-request-from-ui/318456 "2022-11-08T16:12:14Z")

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I am configuring an HTTPJSON Input from Fleet using the UI and doing a POST on a REST endpoint. I need to send a body in the request. If I hard code the body as json {'hostname': 'currenthostname'} with a host name it w…

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## [Elastic agent healthy but no logs sent](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-agent-healthy-but-no-logs-sent/318447)

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**Author:** [@mammodde](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mammodde)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 8, 2022, 3:49pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-agent-healthy-but-no-logs-sent/318447 "2022-11-08T15:49:11Z")

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Hi, I am trying to install Elastic Agents, they are labelled as healthy but I do not receive any log. I am pretty sure it has to do with certificates, as always. sorry for the image, but why I cannot choose a differ…

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## [Unable to install Fleet Server](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-install-fleet-server/318255)

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**Author:** [@themetman](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/themetman)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [November 8, 2022, 1:31pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-install-fleet-server/318255 "2022-11-08T13:31:01Z")

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I am new to Elastic Stack, but well over 20 years as a Linux (Gentoo) User. I have set up Elasticsearch, Kibana and Logstash using https on a Virtualbox system with 2 Linux Servers. I now have Elasticsearch and Kibana on…

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## [Cloudflare Integration problem with delayed ingestion](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cloudflare-integration-problem-with-delayed-ingestion/317381)

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**Author:** [@yago82](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/yago82)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [November 8, 2022, 10:01am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cloudflare-integration-problem-with-delayed-ingestion/317381 "2022-11-08T10:01:32Z")

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Hi everybody, using Cloduflare integration I noticed that if the machine where the elastic agent is installed falls for a certain period, Elastic is not able to recover the accumulated ingestion delay. I'm talking abou…

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## [No logs from Elastic Agent](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/no-logs-from-elastic-agent/318321)

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**Author:** [@EExisT](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/EExisT)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [November 7, 2022, 1:49pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/no-logs-from-elastic-agent/318321 "2022-11-07T13:49:42Z")

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Hello, I'm trying to ingest datas from elastic agents but I have no logs. This is the situation: Thank u

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## [Elastic Agents Unhealthy Status](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-agents-unhealthy-status/318310)

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**Author:** [@EExisT](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/EExisT)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 7, 2022, 9:56am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-agents-unhealthy-status/318310 "2022-11-07T09:56:45Z")

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Hello, I was trying Fleet and Elastic Agents. I enrolled a client, but the status is Unhealthy. Could u help me? Furthermore, I have no logs in the Kibana Dash. I gave this command for the Agent installation: .\\…

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## [Windows-agnet encrypted communication configuration](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/windows-agnet-encrypted-communication-configuration/318227)

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**Author:** [@monkey\_luffy](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/monkey_luffy)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [November 7, 2022, 3:21am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/windows-agnet-encrypted-communication-configuration/318227 "2022-11-07T03:21:46Z")

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How do I configure the certificate path for windows-agnet encrypted communication? I have tried to change the yml file, but the Error message is "Error: yaml: line 20: did not find expected hexdecimal number". Please tel…

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## [Error Indexing Logs generated by APM](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-indexing-logs-generated-by-apm/318135)

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**Author:** [@DougR](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/DougR)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 3, 2022, 7:18pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-indexing-logs-generated-by-apm/318135 "2022-11-03T19:18:09Z")

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I'm receiving the following error, whether I'm monitoring this application with a filebeat daemonset deployed to Kubernetes using autodiscovery or with Elastic Agent and the Kubernetes integration: Cannot index event pu…

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## [Elastic Agent installation error on Azure Windows VM](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-agent-installation-error-on-azure-windows-vm/318067)

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**Author:** [@mitchelldemol](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mitchelldemol)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 3, 2022, 6:28am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-agent-installation-error-on-azure-windows-vm/318067 "2022-11-03T06:28:30Z")

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I have come across a bug when trying to install the elastic agent (8.4.0) on Windows Server 2019 VMs on Azure via the instructions provided in the fleet documentation. The startup script on the VM runs the following co…

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## [Why My Elastic Agent status showing unhealthy? Assuming Elastic agent restarting itself](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/why-my-elastic-agent-status-showing-unhealthy-assuming-elastic-agent-restarting-itself/317950)

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**Author:** [@Vijaykumar\_Deshmukh1](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Vijaykumar_Deshmukh1)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 2, 2022, 6:50am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/why-my-elastic-agent-status-showing-unhealthy-assuming-elastic-agent-restarting-itself/317950 "2022-11-02T06:50:10Z")

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here are the logs \[elastic\_agent\]\[info\] operation 'operation-install' skipped for metricbeat.8.4.3 12:17:56.513 elastic\_agent \[elastic\_agent\]\[info\] operation 'operation-start' skipped for metricbeat.8.4.3 12:17:56.7…

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## [Issue with Elastic agent installation](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/issue-with-elastic-agent-installation/317830)

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**Author:** [@subash](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/subash)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [November 2, 2022, 2:03pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/issue-with-elastic-agent-installation/317830 "2022-11-02T14:03:47Z")

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We are using Elastic Cloud Enterprise 2.13. When installing the Elastic agents in windows PC, getting the below warnings. Info: Starting enrollment to URL: https://hostname:9243 Warn: Remote server is not ready to acc…

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## [Add custom headers to fleet-managed ActiveMQ integration](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/add-custom-headers-to-fleet-managed-activemq-integration/317925)

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**Author:** [@DougR](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/DougR)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [November 2, 2022, 1:36pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/add-custom-headers-to-fleet-managed-activemq-integration/317925 "2022-11-02T13:36:03Z")

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I am using a fleet-managed agent with the ActiveMQ integration to attempt to monitor ActiveMQ metrics. When I deploy, I get this error from the agent: \[elastic\_agent.metricbeat\]\[error\] Error fetching data for metricset …

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## [Metricbeat and Elastic agent configuration?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/metricbeat-and-elastic-agent-configuration/317987)

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**Author:** [@subash](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/subash)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 2, 2022, 1:19pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/metricbeat-and-elastic-agent-configuration/317987 "2022-11-02T13:19:55Z")

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We are using Fleet managed Elastic agents version 7.17.4 in ECE. Is it possible to edit the metricbeat.yml which is inside the elastic agent? I tried editing it but got "metricbeat corrupted" during the Elastic agent in…

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## [Is elastic agent running?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-elastic-agent-running/317927)

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**Author:** [@bigverm23](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/bigverm23)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 1, 2022, 11:33pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-elastic-agent-running/317927 "2022-11-01T23:33:54Z")

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I am trying to install fleet so after creating the policy and running the presented commands, the below is what I get. it fails. curl -L -O https://artifacts.elastic.co/downloads/beats/elastic-agent/elastic-agent-8.4.3…

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## [Fleet Server Not healthy](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/fleet-server-not-healthy/317877)

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**Author:** [@shuuny-matrix](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/shuuny-matrix)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [November 1, 2022, 11:40am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/fleet-server-not-healthy/317877 "2022-11-01T11:40:22Z")

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Hi, I tried to update the fleet server from 8.3.2 to 8.3.3 and now my fleet server is unhealthy. I t was working fine before that but somewhere I messed up. I reinstalled elastic agent but to no avail. I am running elast…

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## [Configuring Elastic Agent to access artifacts repository via proxy](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/configuring-elastic-agent-to-access-artifacts-repository-via-proxy/317415)

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**Author:** [@username11](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/username11)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [November 1, 2022, 4:09am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/configuring-elastic-agent-to-access-artifacts-repository-via-proxy/317415 "2022-11-01T04:09:55Z")

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Hi there. I am currently working on deploying Elastic Agent in our environment, where Elastic Agent hosts and Elastic Stack servers can be assumed to be directly accessible from each other, but internet access requires a…

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## [Fleet server unable to enroll with a provided CA certificate (Docker)](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/fleet-server-unable-to-enroll-with-a-provided-ca-certificate-docker/317680)

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**Author:** [@a.gavric](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/a.gavric)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 31, 2022, 7:21pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/fleet-server-unable-to-enroll-with-a-provided-ca-certificate-docker/317680 "2022-10-31T19:21:52Z")

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Good afternoon, we are attempting to deploy a Docker Container Based Elastic Stack, with a provided publicly signed CA certificate but on each enroll we are coming up with the following: BlockquoteError: enrollment fai…

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## [Agent Server - cannot enroll with user-provided certificates](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/agent-server-cannot-enroll-with-user-provided-certificates/317528)

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**Author:** [@vecjh](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/vecjh)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 31, 2022, 7:20pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/agent-server-cannot-enroll-with-user-provided-certificates/317528 "2022-10-31T19:20:36Z")

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Hi, I'm trying to enroll Agent Server with self-generated cerificates. I'm providing all paths as per this guide. However, the enrollment stops and the last lines in the log are as follows: {"log.level":"info","@timesta…

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## [Elastic Agent Might Not Be Running](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-agent-might-not-be-running/317535)

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**Author:** [@bigverm23](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/bigverm23)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 31, 2022, 2:21am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-agent-might-not-be-running/317535 "2022-10-31T02:21:45Z")

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{"log.level":"info","@timestamp":"2022-10-26T10:03:34.190-0400","log.origin":{"file.name":"cmd/enroll\_cmd.go","file.line":271},"message":"Elastic Agent might not be running; unable to trigger restart","ecs.version":"1.6.…

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## [Elastic agent and filebeat installation in windows PC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-agent-and-filebeat-installation-in-windows-pc/317720)

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**Author:** [@subash](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/subash)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 30, 2022, 9:54pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-agent-and-filebeat-installation-in-windows-pc/317720 "2022-10-30T21:54:59Z")

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Hello, We are using Elasticsearch 7.17.4. The objective is to collect the metrics and logs from Windows PC. Currently, using Elastic agents to send the logs and metrics to Elasticsearch. In one of the use cases, we ar…

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## [Elastic Agent vs Logstash/Elasticsearch output](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-agent-vs-logstash-elasticsearch-output/316345)

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**Author:** [@djkprojects](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/djkprojects)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 28, 2022, 3:46pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-agent-vs-logstash-elasticsearch-output/316345 "2022-10-28T15:46:46Z")

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Hello, We are thinking of replacing Beats with Elastic Agent and would like to send metrics to Elasticsearch directly and custom logs via Logstash. Is this even possible with Elastic Agent? Looking at Fleet settings the…

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## [State changed to FAILED: Missed two check-ins - type: 'ERROR' - sub\_type: 'FAILED'](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/state-changed-to-failed-missed-two-check-ins-type-error-sub-type-failed/317158)

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**Author:** [@safuanmansor](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/safuanmansor)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 28, 2022, 2:43am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/state-changed-to-failed-missed-two-check-ins-type-error-sub-type-failed/317158 "2022-10-28T02:43:02Z")

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Hi Elastic Team, Appreciate if you can point me the issue as my elastic-agent installed status change to unhealthy after couple of hours without any configuration change. The logs file are as per the link.

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## [How to Config Elastic Agent in Windows Form .NET framework 4.8 without System variables](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-config-elastic-agent-in-windows-form-net-framework-4-8-without-system-variables/317639)

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**Author:** [@AUnkownS](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/AUnkownS)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 27, 2022, 6:28pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-config-elastic-agent-in-windows-form-net-framework-4-8-without-system-variables/317639 "2022-10-27T18:28:14Z")

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Hello, I am trying to config a elastic agent in a windows desktop application(winforms) in the .NET framework 4.8. My goal is to change the Agents Url and Service name, without having to use environment variables. I tri…

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## [How can I set up autodiscovery for Dockerized mysql metrics and logs using Elastic Agent managed by Fleet?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-i-set-up-autodiscovery-for-dockerized-mysql-metrics-and-logs-using-elastic-agent-managed-by-fleet/317632)

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**Author:** [@jerrac](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jerrac)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 27, 2022, 5:14pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-i-set-up-autodiscovery-for-dockerized-mysql-metrics-and-logs-using-elastic-agent-managed-by-fleet/317632 "2022-10-27T17:14:08Z")

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Judging from Can I monitor apache inside a docker container? and Autodiscover | Metricbeat Reference \[8.4\] | Elastic there should be a way to configure autodiscovery of my MySQL/MariaDB containers. When I try adding a M…

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## [What is Elastic agent?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-is-elastic-agent/317087)

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**Author:** [@Kosala\_Randika\_Paran](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Kosala_Randika_Paran)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [October 27, 2022, 4:31am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-is-elastic-agent/317087 "2022-10-27T04:31:05Z")

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Hi everyone, I know this is going to very basic question but I am new to ELK stack, and I have so many things to learn. I have installed ELK stack (Logstash, Elasticsearch, and Kibana), and also I have configured the f…

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## [Docker - Elastic Agent - must be provided as an absolute path](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/docker-elastic-agent-must-be-provided-as-an-absolute-path/317523)

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**Author:** [@vecjh](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/vecjh)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 26, 2022, 1:29pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/docker-elastic-agent-must-be-provided-as-an-absolute-path/317523 "2022-10-26T13:29:46Z")

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Hi, this seems inconsistent. I can reference value for all variables in the docker compose using relative paths. Like in the official Elastic Docker guide: xpack.security.http.ssl.key=certs/es01/es01.key However, I can…

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## [Input multiple files using Elastic Agent](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/input-multiple-files-using-elastic-agent/317150)

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**Author:** [@shuuny-matrix](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/shuuny-matrix)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [October 25, 2022, 4:08pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/input-multiple-files-using-elastic-agent/317150 "2022-10-25T16:08:38Z")

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Hi, I wanted to input multiple files with same category from a directory to a same index into Kibana with Elasticsearch backend. I noticed that it could be done using Logstash but not clear documentation on how to do to…

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