# Elastic Observability

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/c/observability/82.md?page=121

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## [Can I add labels in a automatic generated span?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-i-add-labels-in-a-automatic-generated-span/229487)

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**Author:** [@Edgar\_Peixoto](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Edgar_Peixoto)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 24, 2020, 11:00am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-i-add-labels-in-a-automatic-generated-span/229487 "2020-04-24T11:00:35Z")

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I am making some tests using Java APM agent and Spring Boot. I used @CaptureTransaction in a Rest Controller method to get information about my RestAPI. My code does another Rest API call to a external service and I noti…

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## [Java methods not tracing in weblogic](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/java-methods-not-tracing-in-weblogic/229394)

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**Author:** [@chakravarthi](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/chakravarthi)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 24, 2020, 6:14am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/java-methods-not-tracing-in-weblogic/229394 "2020-04-24T06:14:07Z")

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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 and elastic-apm-agent-1.15.0.jar Browser version: Chrome 80.0.3987.163 (Official Build) (64-bit) O…

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## [HeaderInjector doesn't work](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/headerinjector-doesnt-work/229415)

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**Author:** [@hyhong](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/hyhong)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 24, 2020, 4:52am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/headerinjector-doesnt-work/229415 "2020-04-24T04:52:08Z")

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I use HeaderInjector for a rpc call,but it doesn't form a trace.The client code is: Transaction transaction = ElasticApm.currentTransaction(); Span span = transaction.startSpan("external", "tcp", null).setName…

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## [APM without "metrics"](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-without-metrics/229477)

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**Author:** [@Emanuel\_Velzi](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Emanuel_Velzi)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 23, 2020, 3:25pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-without-metrics/229477 "2020-04-23T15:25:53Z")

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Hi! Using Elastic Stack for Application Performance Management (APM) I want to take insights about "transactions" but not "metrics". I want to take insights about "transactions" like headers, custom fields, status, and…

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## [Elastic: How to enable autodetect on metadata like container id in Elastic APM Agent/APM Server?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-how-to-enable-autodetect-on-metadata-like-container-id-in-elastic-apm-agent-apm-server/227257)

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**Author:** [@elk51211](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/elk51211)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [April 23, 2020, 7:04am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-how-to-enable-autodetect-on-metadata-like-container-id-in-elastic-apm-agent-apm-server/227257 "2020-04-23T07:04:41Z")

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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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## [Elastic APM PHP Agent](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-apm-php-agent/229373)

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**Author:** [@Neha\_Duggal](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Neha_Duggal)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 23, 2020, 3:29am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-apm-php-agent/229373 "2020-04-23T03:29:58Z")

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We have some exciting news to share! We are working on a brand new APM agent for PHP, a complete open source solution for monitoring your PHP applications using Elastic APM. We'd love to hear more about your use case and…

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## [Create Transactions from logs in .net](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/create-transactions-from-logs-in-net/226862)

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**Author:** [@faizal](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/faizal)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [April 22, 2020, 5:21pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/create-transactions-from-logs-in-net/226862 "2020-04-22T17:21:22Z")

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Hello, I have a use case where we have logs generated in Azure blob from our deployments. Now we need to implement tracing for these requests. Since the architecture here is different we cannot directly add APM Library …

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## [Sending traces from the Jaeger hotrod app to Elastic APM on Openshift](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/sending-traces-from-the-jaeger-hotrod-app-to-elastic-apm-on-openshift/228227)

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**Author:** [@sayeedc](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/sayeedc)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [April 21, 2020, 9:55am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/sending-traces-from-the-jaeger-hotrod-app-to-elastic-apm-on-openshift/228227 "2020-04-21T09:55:20Z")

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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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## [Basic email / slack alerts?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/basic-email-slack-alerts/228834)

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**Author:** [@funk0id](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/funk0id)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 21, 2020, 9:11am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/basic-email-slack-alerts/228834 "2020-04-21T09:11:28Z")

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First off totally new to the platform and this sort of monitoring system so please go easy! I'm after configuring basic alerts for windows hosts with multiple disk drives, so for instance is the C drive over 90% user, i…

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## [Java APM agent not pushing CPU & Memory metric - IBM Java on WebSphere Liberty](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/java-apm-agent-not-pushing-cpu-memory-metric-ibm-java-on-websphere-liberty/228064)

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**Author:** [@grendel0](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/grendel0)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [April 20, 2020, 3:13pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/java-apm-agent-not-pushing-cpu-memory-metric-ibm-java-on-websphere-liberty/228064 "2020-04-20T15:13:16Z")

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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: 1.15.0 Browser version: Chrome Original install method (e.g. download page, yum, deb, from source, etc.) a…

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## [Distributed Tracing on .Net FullFramework](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/distributed-tracing-on-net-fullframework/228663)

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**Author:** [@rajivharris](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/rajivharris)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 20, 2020, 1:30pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/distributed-tracing-on-net-fullframework/228663 "2020-04-20T13:30:57Z")

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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 there any way to deploy the apm app/server for vary kibana spaces?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-there-any-way-to-deploy-the-apm-app-server-for-vary-kibana-spaces/228823)

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**Author:** [@elk51211](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/elk51211)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 20, 2020, 12:58pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-there-any-way-to-deploy-the-apm-app-server-for-vary-kibana-spaces/228823 "2020-04-20T12:58:20Z")

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I've implemented this https://www.elastic.co/de/blog/using-elastic-apm-java-agent-on-kubernetes-k8s blogpost for an example setup. I recieve my apm metrics for the service. If I create a new kibana space 'awesome space' …

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## [Elastic APM .net agent is not instrumenting methods](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-apm-net-agent-is-not-instrumenting-methods/228815)

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**Author:** [@ramkms6666](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ramkms6666)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [April 20, 2020, 12:55pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-apm-net-agent-is-not-instrumenting-methods/228815 "2020-04-20T12:55:36Z")

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Kibana 7.4.0: Elasticsearch 7.4.0: APM Server version 7.6.2: \*\*APM Agent language and version \*\*: Chrome 80: Original install method from download page 64bit .net agent: \*\*Fresh install \*\* Hi, I just set up Elast…

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## [ES Index Name based on global\_labels](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/es-index-name-based-on-global-labels/228692)

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**Author:** [@devopsify](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/devopsify)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 19, 2020, 2:51am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/es-index-name-based-on-global-labels/228692 "2020-04-19T02:51:55Z")

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I am trying to dynamically generate the apm indice based on global\_labels set in the apm agent, what's the best way to do it? I've tried ingest pipeline with script processor, I feel like it's over complicated any simpl…

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## [AIX or Solaris logs to Kafka](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/aix-or-solaris-logs-to-kafka/228725)

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**Author:** [@sunilmchaudhari](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/sunilmchaudhari)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 19, 2020, 11:17pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/aix-or-solaris-logs-to-kafka/228725 "2020-04-19T23:17:02Z")

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Hi, I want to ship logs to kafka from AIX/Solaris clients? Any good beat/shipper apart from logstash or LSF ? I need something which can send logs to Kafka brokers in load balancing, over SSL. Please help in this rega…

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## [APM Agent not able to send in logs to APM Server error: Connection refused](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-agent-not-able-to-send-in-logs-to-apm-server-error-connection-refused/228503)

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**Author:** [@devops-ps](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/devops-ps)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 17, 2020, 12:34pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-agent-not-able-to-send-in-logs-to-apm-server-error-connection-refused/228503 "2020-04-17T12:34:37Z")

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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 1.15.0 Browser version: Google Chrome Version 80.0.3987.122 (Official Build) (64-bit) Original instal…

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## [Restrict Kibana users to only see some APM service.environment in APM UI](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/restrict-kibana-users-to-only-see-some-apm-service-environment-in-apm-ui/227784)

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**Author:** [@Agzem](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Agzem)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 16, 2020, 4:06pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/restrict-kibana-users-to-only-see-some-apm-service-environment-in-apm-ui/227784 "2020-04-16T16:06:00Z")

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Hi, I would like to ask if there is a way to config Kibana's APM UI to restrict users to only see some environment in ELK 6.8? for example I have 3 APM indexes which are \*-apm-\* foo-bar-apm-\* jane-doe-apm-\* these ind…

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## [How to monitor a live site with APM Server?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-monitor-a-live-site-with-apm-server/227622)

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**Author:** [@rwalker573](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/rwalker573)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 16, 2020, 1:59pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-monitor-a-live-site-with-apm-server/227622 "2020-04-16T13:59:15Z")

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Hi All, I was wondering if anyone could offer me support on how to get APM Server to monitor a new website I have created. I am university student completing a project on how to monitor performance on websites. I have v…

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## [Why does apm-server not display frontend information on kibana if apm javascript agent accesses requests from ingress](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/why-does-apm-server-not-display-frontend-information-on-kibana-if-apm-javascript-agent-accesses-requests-from-ingress/225605)

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**Author:** [@wajika](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/wajika)\
**Replies:** 27\
**Last updated:** [April 16, 2020, 9:07am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/why-does-apm-server-not-display-frontend-information-on-kibana-if-apm-javascript-agent-accesses-requests-from-ingress/225605 "2020-04-16T09:07:22Z")

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request route RUM config If I filter dotnet (Backend), it's empty Did I ignore something?

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## [Logs REST API](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logs-rest-api/226068)

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**Author:** [@Dawood](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Dawood)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [April 15, 2020, 10:02am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logs-rest-api/226068 "2020-04-15T10:02:07Z")

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Hi, Is there a REST API to retrieve all logs(hits) by specific search ? Is there any examples? In elastic section i can not see that!! Thanks, Dawood

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## [Will APM java agent work for java serverless application?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/will-apm-java-agent-work-for-java-serverless-application/226617)

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**Author:** [@yelururao](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/yelururao)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 15, 2020, 8:58am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/will-apm-java-agent-work-for-java-serverless-application/226617 "2020-04-15T08:58:03Z")

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Kibana version: Elasticsearch version: APM Server version: APM Agent language and version: JAVA and 1.10 Browser version: Original install method (e.g. download page, yum, deb, from source, etc.) and version: Fresh…

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## [Java thread list](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/java-thread-list/226566)

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**Author:** [@multazim](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/multazim)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 15, 2020, 8:54am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/java-thread-list/226566 "2020-04-15T08:54:45Z")

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@felixbarny Using APM Java agent can we collect thread list at host level and some basic info (cpu time/user time) for each thread like java melody provides?

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## [Intrument some classes or methods instead of profiling sampling](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/intrument-some-classes-or-methods-instead-of-profiling-sampling/227735)

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**Author:** [@CoderLan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/CoderLan)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [April 15, 2020, 5:41am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/intrument-some-classes-or-methods-instead-of-profiling-sampling/227735 "2020-04-15T05:41:44Z")

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Java agent supports many technologies instrumentations , but not all. In the latest release version 1.15.0, creating spans for any method executions can be enabled, but the sampling is inaccurate because the interval …

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## [Create Elastic Maps for index pattern apm-\*](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/create-elastic-maps-for-index-pattern-apm/225463)

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**Author:** [@anjana1](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/anjana1)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [April 15, 2020, 5:11am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/create-elastic-maps-for-index-pattern-apm/225463 "2020-04-15T05:11:12Z")

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Kibana version : 7.6 Elasticsearch version : 7.6 APM Server version : 7.3.2 APM Agent language and version : java 1.9.0 Fresh install or upgraded from other version? fresh install Is there anything special in your s…

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## [Can't find Metricbeat log file](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cant-find-metricbeat-log-file/226525)

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**Author:** [@cylon86](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/cylon86)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 14, 2020, 4:52pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cant-find-metricbeat-log-file/226525 "2020-04-14T16:52:15Z")

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Hello, I'm trying to setup metricbeat to monitor my cluster but I have some trouble. The first one is that I can't find the metricbeat execution logs to debug the issue... When I run systemctl status metricbeat.servic…

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## [How to link to Error Group IDs](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-link-to-error-group-ids/227471)

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**Author:** [@Matthew\_Petrie](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Matthew_Petrie)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 14, 2020, 4:18pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-link-to-error-group-ids/227471 "2020-04-14T16:18:46Z")

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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 : Node.JS 3.3.0 Original install method : Elastic Cloud Is there anything special in your setup? No …

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## [Kibana infra/logs displaying "undefined" for ECS-formatted events](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-infra-logs-displaying-undefined-for-ecs-formatted-events/226137)

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**Author:** [@ceekay](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ceekay)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [April 14, 2020, 4:01pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-infra-logs-displaying-undefined-for-ecs-formatted-events/226137 "2020-04-14T16:01:40Z")

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I've spent quite a while reworking my apache/nginx Logstash filter to be ECS-compliant, mostly using the url and http field sets. The newly-formated events are indexing correctly and look fine in Kibana Discover, but in …

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## [Bug report: Refresh in Metrics app on host level is not working](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/bug-report-refresh-in-metrics-app-on-host-level-is-not-working/227249)

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**Author:** [@JPT](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/JPT)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 14, 2020, 2:03pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/bug-report-refresh-in-metrics-app-on-host-level-is-not-working/227249 "2020-04-14T14:03:33Z")

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Hello, we run a cluster on version 7.6.2 and discovered that the refresh as well as the auto refresh are not working if you select one host. Here is how you can retrace the error: In Kibana open Metrics App --\> click o…

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## [Customize number separator in APM](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/customize-number-separator-in-apm/226573)

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**Author:** [@Daniele\_Renda](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Daniele_Renda)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 14, 2020, 11:38am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/customize-number-separator-in-apm/226573 "2020-04-14T11:38:30Z")

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I'd like to know how to customize number separator in APM dashboard. I was able to do it in Kibana settings, but I didn't find anything for APM. In Italy thousands separator is the . and decimal separator is the , I'…

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## [Setting a "static" secret token](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/setting-a-static-secret-token/227196)

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**Author:** [@tsbayne](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/tsbayne)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 13, 2020, 3:22pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/setting-a-static-secret-token/227196 "2020-04-13T15:22:57Z")

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This might be a really stupid question, but I've wasted a lot of time trying to figure this out on my own. I struggle to translate the documentation. I don't speak elastic. I barely speak kubernetes. So I'll apologize …

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