# Elastic Observability

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/c/observability/82.md?page=10

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## [Synthetic monitoring issue](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/synthetic-monitoring-issue/373723)

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**Author:** [@Amol\_Nagotkar](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Amol_Nagotkar)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [February 26, 2025, 11:35am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/synthetic-monitoring-issue/373723 "2025-02-26T11:35:50Z")

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Hi all, currently i am using elk version 7.17.27(self-managed). installed elastic, kibana, apm, heartbeat, fleet server (Add a Fleet Server | Fleet and Elastic Agent Guide \[7.17\] | Elastic) but not able to see syntheti…

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## [Monitor synthetics in status "Pending" v8.14.0](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/monitor-synthetics-in-status-pending-v8-14-0/368152)

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**Author:** [@Cristian\_Pereyra](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Cristian_Pereyra)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [February 26, 2025, 10:14am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/monitor-synthetics-in-status-pending-v8-14-0/368152 "2025-02-26T10:14:05Z")

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Hi I'm trying to use monitor type browser in Synthetics monitors but when creating the monitor it gets stuck in "pending" indefinitely. i Using private locations but don´t works My architecture is: version: 8.14.0 ec…

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## [How to Instrument Custom Methods in .NET with Elastic APM (Like New Relic XML Configuration)](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-instrument-custom-methods-in-net-with-elastic-apm-like-new-relic-xml-configuration/374879)

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**Author:** [@Mehedy\_Hasan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Mehedy_Hasan)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 25, 2025, 12:04pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-instrument-custom-methods-in-net-with-elastic-apm-like-new-relic-xml-configuration/374879 "2025-02-25T12:04:23Z")

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Hi everyone, We are migrating to Elastic APM and trying to achieve custom method instrumentation for our .NET application. In New Relic, we used XML configuration to declare specific methods for instrumentation (as desc…

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## [APM sourcemap is not displayed in exception stack trace](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-sourcemap-is-not-displayed-in-exception-stack-trace/374729)

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**Author:** [@Anton\_Grishin](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Anton_Grishin)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 19, 2025, 8:08am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-sourcemap-is-not-displayed-in-exception-stack-trace/374729 "2025-02-19T08:08:14Z")

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Kibana version: 8.17.1 Elasticsearch version: 8.17.1 APM Agent language and version: @elastic/apm-rum-vue 2.1.9 Hello, I have an issue with displaying the Sourcemap in the APM Interface. I don't see the stack trace. …

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## [Request for sample questions for Elastic Certified Observability Engineer Exam](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/request-for-sample-questions-for-elastic-certified-observability-engineer-exam/374937)

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**Author:** [@yago82](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/yago82)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 24, 2025, 1:51pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/request-for-sample-questions-for-elastic-certified-observability-engineer-exam/374937 "2025-02-24T13:51:05Z")

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Hi Community, I am planning to take the Elastic Certified Observability Engineer Exam in a few weeks and am seeking sample questions or practice exercises to aid in my preparation. While I have reviewed the official res…

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## [Unable to create alert rule under synthetics and uptime](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-create-alert-rule-under-synthetics-and-uptime/374424)

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**Author:** [@AVarkey\_athene](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/AVarkey_athene)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 24, 2025, 1:41pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-create-alert-rule-under-synthetics-and-uptime/374424 "2025-02-24T13:41:24Z")

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unable to create new alert rule in under synthetics and uptime showing following error. "security\_exception Caused by: illegal\_argument\_exception: expected ')' at position 24 Root causes: security\_exception: The set …

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## [How to monitor JDK 1.6 apps :)](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-monitor-jdk-1-6-apps/374910)

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**Author:** [@Gelinski](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Gelinski)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 24, 2025, 10:04am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-monitor-jdk-1-6-apps/374910 "2025-02-24T10:04:40Z")

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Hello folks, I'm opening this topic to collect some ideas on how to monitor apps that are running on JDK 1.6 and integrate their APM data with the Elastic APM solution. Have you guys ever faced this scenario and could …

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## [Connection between APM-Server and Elasticsearch seems not to be established](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/connection-between-apm-server-and-elasticsearch-seems-not-to-be-established/374919)

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**Author:** [@dhwo0787](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dhwo0787)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 24, 2025, 6:33am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/connection-between-apm-server-and-elasticsearch-seems-not-to-be-established/374919 "2025-02-24T06:33:17Z")

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elasticsearch and kibana setting is done. But, APM-Server is getting an error when it starts. error : unable to authenticate user \[kinana\_system\] for REST request API key: unable to find apikey with id elastic precon…

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## [Log Threshold missing from Alerts](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/log-threshold-missing-from-alerts/374890)

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**Author:** [@Journald-user](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Journald-user)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [February 24, 2025, 1:23am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/log-threshold-missing-from-alerts/374890 "2025-02-24T01:23:02Z")

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I need to make a Log Threshold rule and the option is completely gone. I tried Custom Threshold, but it isn't firing properly. Where did Log Threshold go? Old UI: But now I now see a completely separate new UI with …

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## [Journald integration not working](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/journald-integration-not-working/374886)

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**Author:** [@Journald-user](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Journald-user)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 24, 2025, 1:00am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/journald-integration-not-working/374886 "2025-02-24T01:00:34Z")

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Elastic Agent version: elastic-agent-8.17.2 OS: 24.04 Integration: journald-1.1.2 I am installing this on my machine with the default settings for everything, but nothing comes through when I try to explore the logs o…

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## [ How to Instrument Custom Methods in .NET with Elastic APM (Like New Relic XML Configuration)](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-instrument-custom-methods-in-net-with-elastic-apm-like-new-relic-xml-configuration/374883)

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**Author:** [@DevOps\_OSL](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/DevOps_OSL)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 22, 2025, 2:44pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-instrument-custom-methods-in-net-with-elastic-apm-like-new-relic-xml-configuration/374883 "2025-02-22T14:44:41Z")

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Hi everyone, We are migrating to Elastic APM and trying to achieve custom method instrumentation for our .NET application. In New Relic, we used XML configuration to declare specific methods for instrumentation (as desc…

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## [Elastic APM not showing debug logs](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-apm-not-showing-debug-logs/374843)

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**Author:** [@Milcho](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Milcho)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 21, 2025, 8:16am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-apm-not-showing-debug-logs/374843 "2025-02-21T08:16:47Z")

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We are using Serilog but have recently added Elastic APM as we will be logging to Kibana. But with the addition of Elastic APM we can no longer view logs with log level debug. This goes for the local txt log file, the co…

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## [Grouping of Monitors](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/grouping-of-monitors/374841)

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**Author:** [@vharish0596](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/vharish0596)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 21, 2025, 5:30am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/grouping-of-monitors/374841 "2025-02-21T05:30:34Z")

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I have monitors which are spread across multiple spaces each are tagged with the respective app names. Is it possible to group all monitors across spaces based on the app name tag. Let's say I have 10 monitors for app1 …

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## [Disable sqleventlistener in AspNetFullFramework](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/disable-sqleventlistener-in-aspnetfullframework/374760)

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**Author:** [@ashok4v](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ashok4v)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 19, 2025, 12:09pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/disable-sqleventlistener-in-aspnetfullframework/374760 "2025-02-19T12:09:00Z")

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APM Agent language and version: Elastic APM .Net 1.28.0 Original install method and version: Nuget package Elastic.Apm 1.28.0 Elsatic.Apm.AspNetFullFramework 1.28.0 We are using Elastic.Apm.AspNetFullFramework in our…

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## [APM server does not working](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-server-does-not-working/374726)

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**Author:** [@dhwo0787](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dhwo0787)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 19, 2025, 7:50am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-server-does-not-working/374726 "2025-02-19T07:50:20Z")

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I install Fleet-managed APM-Server. It seems active, but show error codes and doesn't work as a service. error : "message":"failed to clear scroll: context deadline exceeded","service.name":"apm-server","ecs.version":…

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## [Clarification on log format used by Elastic's NGINX Integration](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/clarification-on-log-format-used-by-elastics-nginx-integration/374586)

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**Author:** [@yago82](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/yago82)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [February 18, 2025, 11:42am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/clarification-on-log-format-used-by-elastics-nginx-integration/374586 "2025-02-18T11:42:44Z")

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Hi, I'm currently utilizing Elastic's NGINX integration to collect and analyze my server logs. Could someone clarify which log format this integration expects by default? Is it compatible with NGINX's default "combined"…

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## [APM Setup Method](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-setup-method/374556)

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**Author:** [@madhavsankarg](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/madhavsankarg)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 17, 2025, 6:26am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-setup-method/374556 "2025-02-17T06:26:17Z")

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Kibana version:8.14.1 Elasticsearch version:8.14.1 APM Server version: 8.14.1 APM Agent language and version: Browser version: Original install method (e.g. download page, yum, deb, from source, etc.) and version: F…

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## [Monitor.fields ignored for browser monitors and monitor.tags are not merged](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/monitor-fields-ignored-for-browser-monitors-and-monitor-tags-are-not-merged/374559)

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**Author:** [@barcus](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/barcus)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [February 17, 2025, 7:02pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/monitor-fields-ignored-for-browser-monitors-and-monitor-tags-are-not-merged/374559 "2025-02-17T19:02:32Z")

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Hello, I try to add labels to my monitors using the project setting monitor.fields in synthetics.config.ts file. When i push all my monitors, labels are added only to lightweight monitors. Let's check my setup below. …

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## [Alert rule with relative threshold](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/alert-rule-with-relative-threshold/374598)

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**Author:** [@Elastikey](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Elastikey)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [February 17, 2025, 2:22pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/alert-rule-with-relative-threshold/374598 "2025-02-17T14:22:26Z")

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Hi, I'm new to elasticsearch and would appreciate your help setting up the following alert rule: I have a metric counter named "DuckError". I want to have an alert when its sum over one interval is over X% than its sum …

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## [Uptime monitor status showing zero monitors](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/uptime-monitor-status-showing-zero-monitors/355647)

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**Author:** [@RichiCoder](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/RichiCoder)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 17, 2025, 10:38am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/uptime-monitor-status-showing-zero-monitors/355647 "2025-02-17T10:38:38Z")

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I'm trying to create a new alarm (and filter some old alarms), but for some reason when I go to create a new "Uptime monitor status" alarm it's showing zero monitors when there should be 8.

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## [APM Java agent read elasticapm.properties, resulting in application startup failure](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-java-agent-read-elasticapm-properties-resulting-in-application-startup-failure/374538)

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**Author:** [@arT1](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/arT1)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 17, 2025, 10:35am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-java-agent-read-elasticapm-properties-resulting-in-application-startup-failure/374538 "2025-02-17T10:35:24Z")

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Elastic stack v8.13.3 JVM: -Xms2g -Xmx2g -XX:MetaspaceSize=512m -XX:MaxMetaspaceSize=512m -javaagent:/opt/apm/elastic-apm-agent-1.52.1.jar -Delastic.apm.config\_file=/opt/apm/elasticapm.properties elasticapm.properties …

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## [\[PHP APM Agent\] - span support for SOAP APIs?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/php-apm-agent-span-support-for-soap-apis/358152)

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**Author:** [@nhowe1991](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/nhowe1991)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 16, 2025, 3:24pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/php-apm-agent-span-support-for-soap-apis/358152 "2025-02-16T15:24:34Z")

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We just started leveraging some of APM on our Elastic cluster, and it is going well so far except for one thing. We have multiple services that interact with different APIs via the SOAPClient class that is built into PH…

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## [Cannot view traces using OpenTelemetry Collector in APM](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cannot-view-traces-using-opentelemetry-collector-in-apm/374545)

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**Author:** [@Pwnts](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Pwnts)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 14, 2025, 8:22am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cannot-view-traces-using-opentelemetry-collector-in-apm/374545 "2025-02-14T08:22:33Z")

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Hi, I have struggled many hours trying to use the following setup for monitoring traces in Kibana. \[Java application\] --\> \[OpenTelemetry Collector\] --\> \[Elasticsearch\] --\> \[Kibana APM\] I want to use a minimal setup an…

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## [HTTP and gRPC spans in the same trace](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/http-and-grpc-spans-in-the-same-trace/374508)

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**Author:** [@rauan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/rauan)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 13, 2025, 2:28pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/http-and-grpc-spans-in-the-same-trace/374508 "2025-02-13T14:28:36Z")

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\[Following up on closed topic: https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-http-context-transferred-to-grpc-context/231421\] My backend is in golang and I'm using regular opentelemetry tooling: http://go.opentelemetry.io/otel (v1.3…

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## [Preferred way to set the 'final\_pipeline' back to '\_none' for all indices](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/preferred-way-to-set-the-final-pipeline-back-to-none-for-all-indices/374450)

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**Author:** [@ameindel](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ameindel)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 13, 2025, 1:44pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/preferred-way-to-set-the-final-pipeline-back-to-none-for-all-indices/374450 "2025-02-13T13:44:15Z")

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Hello, Elastic! As the title implies, I was wondering if there's a preferred way to set the 'final\_pipeline' back to '\_none' for all indices. Originally, I set the final pipeline to point at an Ingest Pipeline that use…

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## [Exiting: couldn't connect to any of the configured Elasticsearch hosts. 503 Service Unavailable: \<html\>\<body\>\<h1\>503 Service Unavailable\</h1\>](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/exiting-couldnt-connect-to-any-of-the-configured-elasticsearch-hosts-503-service-unavailable-html-body-h1-503-service-unavailable-h1/374443)

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**Author:** [@Ranjith\_Kumar](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ranjith_Kumar)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 12, 2025, 8:04pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/exiting-couldnt-connect-to-any-of-the-configured-elasticsearch-hosts-503-service-unavailable-html-body-h1-503-service-unavailable-h1/374443 "2025-02-12T20:04:10Z")

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I have an ELK stack (8.17.0) configured with ECK operator in my on premise K8s Cluster. I have a web server with apache, and im trying to visualize the apache logs on Kibana. But the filebeats is showing 503 service…

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## [Integration between RUM traces and backend traces (distributed tracing)](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/integration-between-rum-traces-and-backend-traces-distributed-tracing/373739)

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**Author:** [@zvazquez](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/zvazquez)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [February 12, 2025, 9:48am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/integration-between-rum-traces-and-backend-traces-distributed-tracing/373739 "2025-02-12T09:48:16Z")

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Hi, We have started our journey to implement RUM using rum-js 5.16.3 and we have been able to implemented in our UI where we can capture user interactions and capture HTTP requests Certainly the trace.id is included…

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## [Playwright fixtures enquiry](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/playwright-fixtures-enquiry/374414)

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**Author:** [@xyngfei](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/xyngfei)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 12, 2025, 9:44am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/playwright-fixtures-enquiry/374414 "2025-02-12T09:44:29Z")

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Is the current elastic agent image supported by the fixtures scripting?

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## [MDC.get("trace.id") always null in code](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/mdc-get-trace-id-always-null-in-code/374230)

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**Author:** [@gordon18](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/gordon18)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 12, 2025, 8:49am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/mdc-get-trace-id-always-null-in-code/374230 "2025-02-12T08:49:58Z")

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Hello, I am using elk 8.15.x and apm-agent 1.52.1, and springboot 3.4.2. apm-agent is in classpath and i use programmatically : ElasticApmAttacher.attach(); I use ecs json output to a file and trace.id is present. No…

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## [APM Request Count](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-request-count/374358)

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**Author:** [@Tural\_Mirzayev](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Tural_Mirzayev)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 11, 2025, 11:37am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-request-count/374358 "2025-02-11T11:37:35Z")

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Hi.i want to see request count for per minute. but as you see in picture i can only see tpm transaction per minute.I need total request count .

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