# Elastic Observability **URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/c/observability/82.md?page=12 [Latest](https://discuss.elastic.co/latest.md) · [Categories](https://discuss.elastic.co/categories.md) · [Tags](https://discuss.elastic.co/tags.md) **Page:** 13 --- ## [APM transaction.custom](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-transaction-custom/373600)
**Author:** [@spaulovich](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/spaulovich)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2025, 6:40pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-transaction-custom/373600 "2025-01-24T18:40:46Z")
I've seen that using OTEL stores transaction.custom as a flattened field, where using an elastic agent stores the content to unmapped fields. I'm using elastic agents and would like to store transaction.custom as a flat… --- ## [Service map - port number](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/service-map-port-number/373626)
**Author:** [@searchwithme](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/searchwithme)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2025, 10:37am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/service-map-port-number/373626 "2025-01-24T10:37:55Z")
Hi I see the service map in the documentation and I’d like to know why some services have port number next to them, some don’t. How to configure the port number for the services? --- ## [Which particular elastic API is underneath the APM Health status flag underneath the Application Service Inventory?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/which-particular-elastic-api-is-underneath-the-apm-health-status-flag-underneath-the-application-service-inventory/373633)
**Author:** [@girishkalamatHenkel](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/girishkalamatHenkel)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2025, 12:58pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/which-particular-elastic-api-is-underneath-the-apm-health-status-flag-underneath-the-application-service-inventory/373633 "2025-01-24T12:58:39Z")
Which elastic API is underneath the APM Health status flag underneath the Application Service Inventory? 1st Question - What empowers the health status flag in the observability APM service inventory UI view? DO the dep… --- ## [Uptime heartbeat service is failing](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/uptime-heartbeat-service-is-failing/373558)
**Author:** [@Amol\_Nagotkar](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Amol_Nagotkar)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2025, 1:49pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/uptime-heartbeat-service-is-failing/373558 "2025-01-24T13:49:27Z")
Hi all, I am trying observability uptime monitoring. elastic .17.1 kibana .17.1 heartbeat 7.17.1 ############################# Heartbeat ###################################### # Directory to load monitor definition… --- ## [Send traces from nginx to elastic (observability)](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/send-traces-from-nginx-to-elastic-observability/373628)
**Author:** [@searchwithme](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/searchwithme)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2025, 12:18pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/send-traces-from-nginx-to-elastic-observability/373628 "2025-01-24T12:18:50Z")
In the list of applications I can instrument, I see a few: Instrument applications with APM | Observability Guide \[7.17\] | Elastic However, I do not see html. What if I have a nginx reverse proxy set up. all requests go… --- ## [Looking for an dashboard for service/api failure with reason](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/looking-for-an-dashboard-for-service-api-failure-with-reason/373578)
**Author:** [@Amol\_Nagotkar](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Amol_Nagotkar)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2025, 12:00pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/looking-for-an-dashboard-for-service-api-failure-with-reason/373578 "2025-01-23T12:00:07Z")
Hi all, we are looking overall observability solution dashboard, like APM which will give success/failure request counts, error message in case of failure. Is there any integration which will help us to do so. is there… --- ## [Failed to index documents in 'traces-apm-default' (resource\_not\_found\_exception) after recreating integration](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/failed-to-index-documents-in-traces-apm-default-resource-not-found-exception-after-recreating-integration/373331)
**Author:** [@zvazquez](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/zvazquez)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2025, 10:54pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/failed-to-index-documents-in-traces-apm-default-resource-not-found-exception-after-recreating-integration/373331 "2025-01-21T22:54:30Z")
Hi, We are trying to configure one of our Elasticsearch to receive APM traces, the expectation is that after the configuration of APM integration it will create all the required data stream to ingest traces into this el… --- ## [Making span names bold & linking transactions](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/making-span-names-bold-linking-transactions/373357)
**Author:** [@ca-schue](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ca-schue)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2025, 12:16pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/making-span-names-bold-linking-transactions/373357 "2025-01-21T12:16:21Z")
Still exploring how capable elasic apm is of integrating manual instrumentation. Looking at some examples, I could see the name some spans written bold - mostly HTTP related spans, like shown here: Is there any way o… --- ## [Off load protobuf payload to Kafka](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/off-load-protobuf-payload-to-kafka/373307)
**Author:** [@anoobagain](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/anoobagain)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2025, 11:32am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/off-load-protobuf-payload-to-kafka/373307 "2025-01-21T11:32:01Z")
Problem Our company wants to manage traces using APM, but the flow for publishing traces is a bit different. Currently, we use OpenTelemetry to capture traces for our application, but we don't want to use a collector. I… --- ## [Azure Functions nodejs not showing transaction samples](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/azure-functions-nodejs-not-showing-transaction-samples/364373)
**Author:** [@shevkaboss](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/shevkaboss)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2025, 9:22am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/azure-functions-nodejs-not-showing-transaction-samples/364373 "2025-01-21T09:22:02Z")
Good day, I'm new to ELK stack and trying to setup APM transactions on my BE application. We are using serverless infrastructure with Azure Functions and nodejs. I cannot see any transaction samples in APM view: St… --- ## [GoLang - Lambda Randomly Sends Traces and Metrics to Elastic APM](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/golang-lambda-randomly-sends-traces-and-metrics-to-elastic-apm/373423)
**Author:** [@andre\_assis\_appmax](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/andre_assis_appmax)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2025, 9:27pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/golang-lambda-randomly-sends-traces-and-metrics-to-elastic-apm/373423 "2025-01-20T21:27:56Z")
Hello :smile: I have a GoLang application that uses the Elastic APM Go Agent v2 and runs on AWS Lambda The app runs as expected When I test the integration between the app and Elastic APM using my local environment ev… --- ## [Does Custom spans takes latency?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/does-custom-spans-takes-latency/372988)
**Author:** [@Amol\_Nagotkar](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Amol_Nagotkar)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2025, 8:33am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/does-custom-spans-takes-latency/372988 "2025-01-20T08:33:51Z")
Hi all, i am using elk version 7.17.1. i have to add custom span for redis, rabbitmq and mongodb in code(express nodejs application). does enterprise edition provide this feature automatically? how much latency it tak… --- ## [\[Python\] How to send logs to Elasticsearch?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/python-how-to-send-logs-to-elasticsearch/373376)
**Author:** [@Shane\_Chang](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Shane_Chang)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2025, 6:53am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/python-how-to-send-logs-to-elasticsearch/373376 "2025-01-20T06:53:03Z")
Hi Guys, I got some questions. Here is my use case to be solved. Python version: 3.11.4 Elastic version: 8.11.3 Python packages: fastapi = "0.103.1" elastic-apm = "6.23.0" I am maintaining a Python FastAPI server w… --- ## [Failed to handle event of type ERROR with this error: null](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/failed-to-handle-event-of-type-error-with-this-error-null/372908)
**Author:** [@Nicolae\_Nicora](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Nicolae_Nicora)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2025, 10:32am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/failed-to-handle-event-of-type-error-with-this-error-null/372908 "2025-01-17T10:32:26Z")
Need you help on this null pointer exception! APM Agent used as layers to AWS Lambda: arn:aws:lambda:eu-west-1:267093732750:layer:elastic-apm-extension-ver-1-5-7-arm64:1 arn:aws:lambda:eu-west-1:267093732750:layer… --- ## [How to maintain apm agent in Micro Frontend Architecture](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-maintain-apm-agent-in-micro-frontend-architecture/373314)
**Author:** [@dv970406](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dv970406)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2025, 6:02am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-maintain-apm-agent-in-micro-frontend-architecture/373314 "2025-01-17T06:02:26Z")
I want to trace it while implementing social login, but I have some concerns in the process My service is supposed to go to a third-party site by pressing the social login button on page A, and there is page B that land… --- ## [A fatal error by co.elastic.apm.agent.process.ProcessHelper.startProcess](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/a-fatal-error-by-co-elastic-apm-agent-process-processhelper-startprocess/372039)
**Author:** [@PK\_GOSP24](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/PK_GOSP24)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 16, 2025, 8:53am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/a-fatal-error-by-co-elastic-apm-agent-process-processhelper-startprocess/372039 "2025-01-16T08:53:08Z")
Our production Java applications on Spring Boot 3 + Java 21 Azul running on Tomcat 10.1.24. suddenly turned off completely after few days of running without problem caused by: co.elastic.apm.agent.process.ProcessHelper.s… --- ## [Filebeat vs Elastic.Serilog.Sinks and docker container](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-vs-elastic-serilog-sinks-and-docker-container/373160)
**Author:** [@pampua84](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/pampua84)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 16, 2025, 7:50am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-vs-elastic-serilog-sinks-and-docker-container/373160 "2025-01-16T07:50:26Z")
Hi everyone, I'm migrating from an on-premises application to a cloud infrastructure using Docker containers. Previously, I wrote my logs to files and used Filebeat to send them to an EventHub. In a containerized enviro… --- ## [Spans won't be shown in APM -\> Services/Traces](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/spans-wont-be-shown-in-apm-services-traces/371826)
**Author:** [@at\_andreas](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/at_andreas)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2024, 10:51am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/spans-wont-be-shown-in-apm-services-traces/371826 "2024-12-11T10:51:01Z")
I'm working on a Framework 4.8 web application (C#) and using the latest NuGet packages: Elastic.Apm.AspNetFullFramework Elastic.Apm.NetCoreAll I start new spans via Transaction.StartSpan (Agent.Tracer.CurrentTransact… --- ## [Solace transactions are not visible in open open-telementry traces](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/solace-transactions-are-not-visible-in-open-open-telementry-traces/373061)
**Author:** [@nishatalreja](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/nishatalreja)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 15, 2025, 10:08am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/solace-transactions-are-not-visible-in-open-open-telementry-traces/373061 "2025-01-15T10:08:21Z")
We are not able to see received and sent solace messages in apm traces and transactions: Kibana version:NA Elasticsearch version:1.33.4 APM Server version:1.33.4 APM Agent language and version: Jdk8 Browser version … --- ## [Why is my dependency showing as unknown](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/why-is-my-dependency-showing-as-unknown/372376)
**Author:** [@arT1](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/arT1)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 15, 2025, 7:34am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/why-is-my-dependency-showing-as-unknown/372376 "2025-01-15T07:34:14Z")
Elastic Stack 8.13.3 Java agent：apm-agent-attach-cli-1.52.0.jar How does apm-agent obtain dependencies? Why can't this DB get the dependency name? --- ## [ How to Customize the service.name Field in Elastic Agent](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-customize-the-service-name-field-in-elastic-agent/373164)
**Author:** [@marload1](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/marload1)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2025, 10:36am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-customize-the-service-name-field-in-elastic-agent/373164 "2025-01-14T10:36:22Z")
Hello, In Elastic Agent, it seems that logs are collected, transformed into documents, and then converted to the Elastic Common Schema (ECS). During this process, the service.name field is populated by parsing the value… --- ## [Some advice?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/some-advice/373123)
**Author:** [@catn0b0t](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/catn0b0t)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 13, 2025, 6:19pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/some-advice/373123 "2025-01-13T18:19:35Z")
Hi, we have +300 servers that we have enrolled with a fleet-policy. We would like to rollout monitors to these servers to check on uptime of local services. However, we have this going now for 1 service, and it is a bit … --- ## [ElasticClient (Network traffic)](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticclient-network-traffic/372953)
**Author:** [@Yechezkal\_Gutfreund](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Yechezkal_Gutfreund)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 13, 2025, 4:11pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticclient-network-traffic/372953 "2025-01-13T16:11:16Z")
Can the Windows Elastic Client capture Network traffic (IP and Domain destination, response time, ports, protocol, codes, bytes, etc) by APPLICATION? Currently I have the systems, and windows and apm integrations, but I… --- ## [APM RUM JS Does not capture the errors](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-rum-js-does-not-capture-the-errors/365291)
**Author:** [@kishorkumar](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kishorkumar)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 13, 2025, 1:04pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-rum-js-does-not-capture-the-errors/365291 "2025-01-13T13:04:32Z")
i am using latest version of rum js front end . I have create simple rum js front end and try to set the labels to the if transaction exist then added the label in try {} and in catch(error) if and set the label only . … --- ## [Disabling Traces in Elastic APM While Retaining Metrics](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/disabling-traces-in-elastic-apm-while-retaining-metrics/372262)
**Author:** [@Raushan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Raushan)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 13, 2025, 8:24am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/disabling-traces-in-elastic-apm-while-retaining-metrics/372262 "2025-01-13T08:24:35Z")
We are using the Elastic APM agent to monitor our applications. However, we only want to collect metrics and do not want to capture traces for the transactions. Is there a way to disable trace collection while retaining… --- ## [Request for Detailed Guide on Implementing Custom Metrics in Python APM](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/request-for-detailed-guide-on-implementing-custom-metrics-in-python-apm/366853)
**Author:** [@Divyanshu\_Sharma](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Divyanshu_Sharma)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2025, 6:04pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/request-for-detailed-guide-on-implementing-custom-metrics-in-python-apm/366853 "2025-01-10T18:04:21Z")
Hello Elastic Team, I hope this message finds you well. I’m currently exploring the implementation of custom metrics using the Elastic APM Python agent, as outlined in the documentation here. While the existing documen… --- ## [APM ServiceMap, missing connection between 2 services](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-servicemap-missing-connection-between-2-services/372950)
**Author:** [@fabry\_00](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/fabry_00)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2025, 4:59pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-servicemap-missing-connection-between-2-services/372950 "2025-01-08T16:59:11Z")
Hello, we have an ELK cluster deployed on premise 8.16.2 and a 2 fleetservers that are collecting the traces coming from Opentelemetry collectors. We have a simple scenario (#1) where our gateway (Service A) calls a ba… --- ## [Open Telemetry Java agent with Elastic APM - verify\_server\_cert=false](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/open-telemetry-java-agent-with-elastic-apm-verify-server-cert-false/372980)
**Author:** [@dave.richards](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dave.richards)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2025, 12:58pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/open-telemetry-java-agent-with-elastic-apm-verify-server-cert-false/372980 "2025-01-09T12:58:52Z")
Hi Does anyone know what the equivalent setting for verify\_server\_cert=false is in Open Telemetry Java Agent config ? We want to run an OTEL Java agent without certs in place but cannot find any documentation that clea… --- ## [Synthetic Browser Timings](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/synthetic-browser-timings/372815)
**Author:** [@Yechezkal\_Gutfreund](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Yechezkal_Gutfreund)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2025, 7:43pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/synthetic-browser-timings/372815 "2025-01-05T19:43:44Z")
We setup a synthetic monitor with a single page HTTP call. Did it for all 10 locations (US, Pacific, Australia, etc.). Question 1: Where can I find authoritative documentation of how DNS, SSL, payload.timings.total, et… --- ## [Cadence of telemetry from ElasticClient](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cadence-of-telemetry-from-elasticclient/372954)
**Author:** [@Yechezkal\_Gutfreund](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Yechezkal_Gutfreund)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2025, 6:20pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cadence-of-telemetry-from-elasticclient/372954 "2025-01-08T18:20:34Z")
We have an ElasticClient (APM, Windows, System) integration running on a win11 box. The windows box does go to sleep after 15 minutes. What is disturbing is that I am seeing the memory charts go to zero for those period… [Previous page](https://discuss.elastic.co/c/observability/82.md?page=11) [Next page](https://discuss.elastic.co/c/observability/82.md?page=13)