# Elastic Observability

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/c/observability/82.md?page=114

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## [Synthetic Monitoring](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/synthetic-monitoring/238851)

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**Author:** [@ksaha](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ksaha)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 26, 2020, 11:56am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/synthetic-monitoring/238851 "2020-06-26T11:56:54Z")

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Can we do synthetic monitoring using ELK stack? Can anybody please explain, is there any difference between Monitoring using APM in ELK and Synthetic Monitoring?

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## [Web Vitals Support](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/web-vitals-support/240515)

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**Author:** [@Mark\_Smithson](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Mark_Smithson)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [July 9, 2020, 1:08pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/web-vitals-support/240515 "2020-07-09T13:08:12Z")

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Are there any plans to capture and display Web Vitals Metrics? (https://web.dev/vitals/) - this is how Google rates site performance. Some of these seem to be shown in the trace views in Kibana, but it is not clear if t…

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## [Service map (error 500)](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/service-map-error-500/239067)

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**Author:** [@Kirtash](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Kirtash)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [July 9, 2020, 12:07pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/service-map-error-500/239067 "2020-07-09T12:07:05Z")

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Good morning, I have installed APM and now I have been inserting transactions but when I want see the option service map it returns 500 error and i don't know how can I discover the reason. I suppose that the creation o…

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## [Support for multiple elasticsearch server configuration in apm server yml file](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/support-for-multiple-elasticsearch-server-configuration-in-apm-server-yml-file/240311)

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**Author:** [@bimanarajesh](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/bimanarajesh)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [July 9, 2020, 11:43am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/support-for-multiple-elasticsearch-server-configuration-in-apm-server-yml-file/240311 "2020-07-09T11:43:45Z")

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Elasticsearch version: 6.8.4 APM Server version: 7.6.0 Original install method (e.g. download page, yum, deb, from source, etc.) and version: Download page Is there anything special in your setup? For example, are …

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## [Uptime not showing UP Down Monitors](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/uptime-not-showing-up-down-monitors/240349)

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**Author:** [@Ameyamacha](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ameyamacha)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [July 9, 2020, 2:48am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/uptime-not-showing-up-down-monitors/240349 "2020-07-09T02:48:12Z")

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Hello We are using Elasticsearch cloud 7.8 with kibana 7.8 versions. I set up Heartbeat (using docker) and configured the heartbeat.yml properly. The configuration is setup to send the data directly to logstash. I see …

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## [Network latency during database access](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/network-latency-during-database-access/239830)

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**Author:** [@xitaocrazy](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/xitaocrazy)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [July 9, 2020, 12:41am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/network-latency-during-database-access/239830 "2020-07-09T00:41:10Z")

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Using the .Net agent I can check the time spent with database access. But, nowadays my database are placed in a different server that my application, and I want to know if there is some way to separate the time really sp…

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## [Instrumentation for ConnectionPool](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/instrumentation-for-connectionpool/239942)

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**Author:** [@CoderLan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/CoderLan)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [July 8, 2020, 4:03pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/instrumentation-for-connectionpool/239942 "2020-07-08T16:03:46Z")

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Connection Pool , including JDBC and redis, i think it's necessary to record that how long it takes to get a connection from connection pool. What's more, metrics about connection pool, for example active connection num,…

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## [Subpackages and Oracle metadata not getting captured when using APM in Tomcat 7](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/subpackages-and-oracle-metadata-not-getting-captured-when-using-apm-in-tomcat-7/240345)

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**Author:** [@Bhavani\_Ananth](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Bhavani_Ananth)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [July 8, 2020, 3:11pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/subpackages-and-oracle-metadata-not-getting-captured-when-using-apm-in-tomcat-7/240345 "2020-07-08T15:11:58Z")

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Kibana version: 7.7.1 Elasticsearch version: 7.7.1 APM Server version: 7.7.1 APM Agent language and version: Java, elastic-apm-agent-1.16.0.jar Browser version: Original install method (e.g. download page, yum, deb,…

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## [Does Java APM sample rate affect exceptions?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/does-java-apm-sample-rate-affect-exceptions/239695)

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**Author:** [@nikita2206](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/nikita2206)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [July 8, 2020, 7:38am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/does-java-apm-sample-rate-affect-exceptions/239695 "2020-07-08T07:38:59Z")

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The documentation doesn't state it and I'd by default assume that APM's sample rate would only affect spans but not errors. But what I've recently observed was that a NullPointerException was thrown by JVM when trying to…

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## [APM span min duration in Kibana](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-span-min-duration-in-kibana/239693)

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**Author:** [@Vladimiro](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Vladimiro)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [July 7, 2020, 2:42pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-span-min-duration-in-kibana/239693 "2020-07-07T14:42:03Z")

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Hi, I run Kibana 7.7.0 and in the APM central configuration (https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/7.7/agent-configuration.html) I do not have the span\_min\_duration property (https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/apm/agent/j…

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## [APM transaction for Postgres only showing Begin and Commit statements, why I can't I see the statements in between?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-transaction-for-postgres-only-showing-begin-and-commit-statements-why-i-cant-i-see-the-statements-in-between/239201)

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**Author:** [@bcollins](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/bcollins)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [July 7, 2020, 1:51pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-transaction-for-postgres-only-showing-begin-and-commit-statements-why-i-cant-i-see-the-statements-in-between/239201 "2020-07-07T13:51:55Z")

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All of my transactions that include sql queries are only showing the begin and commit messages.... Is it supposed to display the actual commands that were executed in between?

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## [Unable to see Transaction with APM for Nodejs](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-see-transaction-with-apm-for-nodejs/239852)

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**Author:** [@Sagar\_Dalvi](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Sagar_Dalvi)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [July 7, 2020, 12:55pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-see-transaction-with-apm-for-nodejs/239852 "2020-07-07T12:55:28Z")

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We are using ELK APM server where we have seen all the nodejs apps are properly reporting except one nodejs app. We have configured heartbeat with "/status" endpoint for all Nodejs apps. In APM we are able to see this …

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## [Error in APM agent during startup](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-in-apm-agent-during-startup/239832)

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**Author:** [@jibitgeorge](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jibitgeorge)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [July 7, 2020, 7:32am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-in-apm-agent-during-startup/239832 "2020-07-07T07:32:58Z")

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Kibana version: 7.6.2 Elasticsearch version: 7.6.2 APM Server version: 7.6.2 APM Agent language and version: Java 1.12.0 Browser version: Original install method (e.g. download page, yum, deb, from source, etc.) and…

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## [How to Use .Net Agent with Sharepoint on Win Svr 2019](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-use-net-agent-with-sharepoint-on-win-svr-2019/238961)

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**Author:** [@ckough](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ckough)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [July 7, 2020, 12:16am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-use-net-agent-with-sharepoint-on-win-svr-2019/238961 "2020-07-07T00:16:01Z")

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Hi there I'm new to Elastic APM and I'm using ELK and App server 7.7. I've managed to get APM to talk to ELK. I'm tasked to install APM agent on my Sharepoint server running on Windows Svr 2019. Sharepoint Web and Appl…

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## [APM Server achieve High availablity](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-server-achieve-high-availablity/239991)

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**Author:** [@Ahmed\_Abdulaleem](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ahmed_Abdulaleem)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 6, 2020, 11:00am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-server-achieve-high-availablity/239991 "2020-07-06T11:00:11Z")

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how can I use elasticsearch-certutil to generate CSR if I have two APM servers behind the load balancer? unfortunately, the documentation does not clear in this point how to use one DNS for two different instances. \`…

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## [Adjusting Show metrics in a host](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/adjusting-show-metrics-in-a-host/239249)

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**Author:** [@Roalt](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Roalt)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [July 6, 2020, 7:05am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/adjusting-show-metrics-in-a-host/239249 "2020-07-06T07:05:53Z")

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I started experimenting with the Metrics stuff in 7.8 and added an Nginx server to metricbeat which is also doing haproxy. Now I expected to show up in the Host details too as does the Nginx Request Rate and active conn…

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## [If the output of apmserver is not elasticsearch, will the kibana apm ui be empty?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/if-the-output-of-apmserver-is-not-elasticsearch-will-the-kibana-apm-ui-be-empty/237735)

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**Author:** [@wajika](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/wajika)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [July 3, 2020, 9:49am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/if-the-output-of-apmserver-is-not-elasticsearch-will-the-kibana-apm-ui-be-empty/237735 "2020-07-03T09:49:45Z")

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apm-error.conf apm-metric.conf apm-onboarding.conf apm-span.conf apm-transaction.conf I have 5 conf files with contents similar to the following input { kafka { topics =\> "apm-transaction" group\_id =\> "apm\_grou…

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## [Log Messages despite recording=false and instrument=false](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/log-messages-despite-recording-false-and-instrument-false/238475)

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**Author:** [@sopgreg](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/sopgreg)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [July 3, 2020, 6:24am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/log-messages-despite-recording-false-and-instrument-false/238475 "2020-07-03T06:24:07Z")

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APM Agent language and version: Java, 1.17 Description of the problem including expected versus actual behavior. Please include screenshots (if relevant): Starting JBoss with -javaagent with recording = false and instr…

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## [No JMX metrics in JBoss EAP 7.3.0](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/no-jmx-metrics-in-jboss-eap-7-3-0/238438)

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**Author:** [@sopgreg](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/sopgreg)\
**Replies:** 14\
**Last updated:** [July 3, 2020, 6:10am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/no-jmx-metrics-in-jboss-eap-7-3-0/238438 "2020-07-03T06:10:40Z")

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Kibana version: 7.7.1 Elasticsearch version: 7.7.1 APM Server version: 7.7.1 APM Agent language and version: Java, 1.17 Browser version: not relevant Original install method (e.g. download page, yum, deb, from sourc…

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## [How to disable exporting user.email or mask it](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-disable-exporting-user-email-or-mask-it/239529)

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**Author:** [@Rohit\_Shrivastava](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Rohit_Shrivastava)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [July 2, 2020, 10:35pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-disable-exporting-user-email-or-mask-it/239529 "2020-07-02T22:35:09Z")

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I am using Elastic APM 7.8 with .net core agent. Is there a way to disable certain exported fields? I noticed that by default its logs user.email https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/apm/server/current/exported-fields-apm.ht…

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## [Continuous monitoring using APM](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/continuous-monitoring-using-apm/239492)

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**Author:** [@ksaha](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ksaha)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [July 1, 2020, 9:13pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/continuous-monitoring-using-apm/239492 "2020-07-01T21:13:05Z")

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Hello, I am exploring elastic APM to use it to monitor an application. I am having one query, Can we use Elastic APM to monitor the application continuously after a regular time interval? Suppose, every 20 sec the APM…

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## [Elastic APM Java - Transactions & Spans are recorded but not reported to Elastic APM Server or Kibana](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-apm-java-transactions-spans-are-recorded-but-not-reported-to-elastic-apm-server-or-kibana/239505)

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**Author:** [@Debashish\_BHARALI](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Debashish_BHARALI)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [July 1, 2020, 4:55pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-apm-java-transactions-spans-are-recorded-but-not-reported-to-elastic-apm-server-or-kibana/239505 "2020-07-01T16:55:05Z")

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I have a standalone JAVA application. And have integrated it successfully with Elastic APM (+ElasticSearch +Kibana) for capturing telemetries. Java Version: 8 - OpenJDK Elastic Agent & Library Version: 1.16 Elast…

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## [Is it possible to disable sending metrics for specific transactions/endpoints?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-possible-to-disable-sending-metrics-for-specific-transactions-endpoints/239205)

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**Author:** [@adnanrh](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/adnanrh)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 30, 2020, 12:18am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-possible-to-disable-sending-metrics-for-specific-transactions-endpoints/239205 "2020-06-30T00:18:00Z")

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If you are asking about a problem you are experiencing, please use the following template, as it will help us help you. If you have a different problem, please delete all of this text :slight\_smile: Kibana version : 7.6…

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## [Is it possible to get stack trace info on SQL spans from ruby agents?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-possible-to-get-stack-trace-info-on-sql-spans-from-ruby-agents/235829)

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**Author:** [@adnanrh](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/adnanrh)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 30, 2020, 12:12am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-possible-to-get-stack-trace-info-on-sql-spans-from-ruby-agents/235829 "2020-06-30T00:12:15Z")

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If you are asking about a problem you are experiencing, please use the following template, as it will help us help you. If you have a different problem, please delete all of this text :slight\_smile: Kibana version: 7.6…

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## [Heartbeat POD crashes - Why?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/heartbeat-pod-crashes-why/238457)

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**Author:** [@vdelcampo](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/vdelcampo)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 29, 2020, 11:58am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/heartbeat-pod-crashes-why/238457 "2020-06-29T11:58:43Z")

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Hi. Im trying to run heartbeat on kubernetes. When i create the pod, it crashes and show this message: /usr/local/bin/docker-entrypoint: line 8: exec: heartbeat: not found This is my yml file: apiVersion: v1 kind: Po…

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## [Service Name is still showing after deletion in APM](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/service-name-is-still-showing-after-deletion-in-apm/238994)

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**Author:** [@Pankaj\_Navneet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Pankaj_Navneet)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [June 29, 2020, 9:04am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/service-name-is-still-showing-after-deletion-in-apm/238994 "2020-06-29T09:04:25Z")

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Hi team, I have deleted a service name in APM using below query from console, but still after few minutes the service name again pop-ups in APM section. I even tried to delete all the apm indexes from Management section…

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## [Cannot find module 'elastic-apm-node'](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cannot-find-module-elastic-apm-node/239017)

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**Author:** [@ckough](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ckough)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 28, 2020, 2:09pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cannot-find-module-elastic-apm-node/239017 "2020-06-28T14:09:37Z")

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Hi there I'm new to Elastic APM and I'm using ELK and App server 7.7. I've managed to get APM to talk to ELK. I've been tasked to monitor Node.JS and I thought I'll start by simply monitoring a simple 'Hello World' cod…

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## [Error on instrumenting Weblogic Server with APM Agent Client 1.16.0](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-on-instrumenting-weblogic-server-with-apm-agent-client-1-16-0/238990)

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**Author:** [@ParashB](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ParashB)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 28, 2020, 9:25am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-on-instrumenting-weblogic-server-with-apm-agent-client-1-16-0/238990 "2020-06-28T09:25:52Z")

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I am trying to instrument application running on Weblogic 12.2. My APM client jar is 1.16.0.jar. It is able to connect to APM server as I can see the below line in the log 2020-06-27 13:50:11.749 \[elastic-apm-server-hea…

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## [APM Server breaking on startup](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-server-breaking-on-startup/238032)

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**Author:** [@dlalex83](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dlalex83)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 27, 2020, 3:05pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-server-breaking-on-startup/238032 "2020-06-27T15:05:39Z")

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Hi all, having an issue starting an apm-server on an ubuntu vm. See details below. Kibana version: 7.4.0 Elasticsearch version: 7.4.0 APM Server version: 7.4.0 APM Agent language and version: N/A Browser version: V…

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## [Missing Metric Data (gargbage collection in some cases)](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/missing-metric-data-gargbage-collection-in-some-cases/237461)

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**Author:** [@FlorianBeck](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/FlorianBeck)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 27, 2020, 8:05am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/missing-metric-data-gargbage-collection-in-some-cases/237461 "2020-06-27T08:05:34Z")

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I am running Elastic-Stack 7.7.0 with an dotnet APM-Client. On normal dev workstations we have the all metric-Data about GarbageCollection via the APM-Client. If we deploy this on our Server and run the code with IIS th…

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