# Elastic Observability **URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/c/observability/82.md?page=134 [Latest](https://discuss.elastic.co/latest.md) · [Categories](https://discuss.elastic.co/categories.md) · [Tags](https://discuss.elastic.co/tags.md) **Page:** 135 --- ## [How to set a custom configuration reader?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-set-a-custom-configuration-reader/206443)
**Author:** [@alex\_w](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/alex_w)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 5, 2019, 2:02pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-set-a-custom-configuration-reader/206443 "2019-11-05T14:02:51Z")
In the APM dotnet agent 1.1.2 implementation, attempting to set a custom configuration reader using Agent.Setup() results in the following: "The singleton APM agent has already been instantiated and can no longer be con… --- ## [Customize APM JSON](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/customize-apm-json/206339)
**Author:** [@SheetalRIL](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/SheetalRIL)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 5, 2019, 10:30am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/customize-apm-json/206339 "2019-11-05T10:30:32Z")
Hi Team, We are using ELK 6.8.7 with APM tool for Application Dashboards. We want to create some custom dashboard which requires some application specific data , which is currently not available so is there any way to … --- ## [No data has been received from agents yet](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/no-data-has-been-received-from-agents-yet/206466)
**Author:** [@meiyuan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/meiyuan)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2019, 10:20pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/no-data-has-been-received-from-agents-yet/206466 "2019-11-04T22:20:35Z")
Hi, I'm having trouble getting the apm agent working. Thank you for any help. 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 diffe… --- ## [How to use "ECS logging Java"?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-use-ecs-logging-java/206348)
**Author:** [@wajika](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/wajika)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2019, 9:08am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-use-ecs-logging-java/206348 "2019-11-04T09:08:40Z")
I add log4j2-ecs-layout dependency to the application log4j2.xml COMMAND: ————————————————————— java -javaagent:/root/elastic-apm-agent-1.11.0.jar -Delastic.apm.service\_name=my-cool-service -Delastic.apm.enab… --- ## [Steps to reproduce](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/steps-to-reproduce/206163)
**Author:** [@Edi\_Mendes](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Edi_Mendes)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 1, 2019, 12:44pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/steps-to-reproduce/206163 "2019-11-01T12:44:54Z")
Hello! I really liked the elastic APM and I want to monitor my company's existing applications. I have no permissions to edit, just for viewing. how can i interconnect with kibana APM? Thank you! --- ## [APM config\_file location](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-config-file-location/203887)
**Author:** [@Svetlana\_Nikitina](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Svetlana_Nikitina)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 31, 2019, 2:24pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-config-file-location/203887 "2019-10-31T14:24:49Z")
Guys, I want to start APM upon Spring boot startup using: ElasticApmAttacher.attach(Collections.singletonMap("config\_file", elasticapm-dev.properties)); elasticapm-dev.properties is a properties file with the name oth… --- ## [APM's metrics tab doesn't show when using Kibana spaces](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apms-metrics-tab-doesnt-show-when-using-kibana-spaces/205983)
**Author:** [@Evgeni\_Dzhelyov](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Evgeni_Dzhelyov)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 31, 2019, 12:12pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apms-metrics-tab-doesnt-show-when-using-kibana-spaces/205983 "2019-10-31T12:12:18Z")
Kibana version: 7.4 APM Server version: 7.4 We have a different elastic cluster for each environment – staging, production, etc. Only one Kibana instance is used to visualize data from these clusters using Spaces for t… --- ## [APM On Grape API and Sidekiq](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-on-grape-api-and-sidekiq/206016)
**Author:** [@Oded\_Shafran](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Oded_Shafran)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 31, 2019, 11:26am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-on-grape-api-and-sidekiq/206016 "2019-10-31T11:26:06Z")
We are unable to see Grape APIs being monitored. Sidekiq is not reporting. How do we enable it? --- ## [Discuss: Instrumentation for NuxtJs](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/discuss-instrumentation-for-nuxtjs/203094)
**Author:** [@kevcodez](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kevcodez)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2019, 7:01pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/discuss-instrumentation-for-nuxtjs/203094 "2019-10-30T19:01:21Z")
Hey there, NuxtJS is a progressive VueJS framework that can be used for server side rendering (similar to NextJs/Gatsby). The routing in NuxtJs is defined by the folder structure (see routing). Dynamic routes are ident… --- ## [Logs in Logstash / archive](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logs-in-logstash-archive/205640)
**Author:** [@juuuhuuu](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/juuuhuuu)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2019, 12:24pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logs-in-logstash-archive/205640 "2019-10-30T12:24:00Z")
Hello, Im new in elastic. I would like to know, for how long the logs are "active " in logstash. Can I archive them, if yes how? Thank you --- ## [Child spans not aligned properly with parent](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/child-spans-not-aligned-properly-with-parent/205743)
**Author:** [@anjana1](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/anjana1)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2019, 3:54am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/child-spans-not-aligned-properly-with-parent/205743 "2019-10-30T03:54:51Z")
Kibana version : 7.3.2 Elasticsearch version : 7.3.2 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 yo… --- ## [Java APM agent cannot be added as a dependency](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/java-apm-agent-cannot-be-added-as-a-dependency/205762)
**Author:** [@Kartheek\_Mannepalli](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Kartheek_Mannepalli)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2019, 3:36am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/java-apm-agent-cannot-be-added-as-a-dependency/205762 "2019-10-30T03:36:39Z")
The kibana instructions for installing the java agent say download the jar file but do not add it as a maven dependency in your application. Is this still true? If yes is that temporary or will the java agent always be … --- ## [Keep ILM policy on upgrade](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/keep-ilm-policy-on-upgrade/205279)
**Author:** [@dnorth98](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dnorth98)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2019, 2:09pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/keep-ilm-policy-on-upgrade/205279 "2019-10-29T14:09:58Z")
Good day! So we recently updated our hosted Elastic Cloud deployment to 7.4.1 to resolve the issue discussed in 503 Queue is full. The fix worked so all happy there. However, I came in this morning to find the disk ne… --- ## [APM error: forbidden request: endpoint is disabled](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-error-forbidden-request-endpoint-is-disabled/205399)
**Author:** [@Sirius](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Sirius)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2019, 5:56pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-error-forbidden-request-endpoint-is-disabled/205399 "2019-10-28T17:56:12Z")
Hello, Can anyone help please on this APM error, below I am sharing the technical information and steps ... Kibana version:7.3.2 Elasticsearch version:7.3.2 APM Server version: 7.4 APM Agent language and version: el… --- ## [Handle Span drop message in APM Java agent](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/handle-span-drop-message-in-apm-java-agent/205414)
**Author:** [@rijash](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/rijash)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2019, 9:45am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/handle-span-drop-message-in-apm-java-agent/205414 "2019-10-28T09:45:37Z")
Kibana version: 7.4.0 Elasticsearch version: 7.4.0 APM Server version: 7.4.0 APM Agent language and version: Java and 1.9.0 Description of the problem including expected versus actual behavior. Please include screens… --- ## [Couldn't verify APM server status](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/couldnt-verify-apm-server-status/202511)
**Author:** [@KatiukOleg](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/KatiukOleg)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2019, 12:15pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/couldnt-verify-apm-server-status/202511 "2019-10-25T12:15:25Z")
Hi elatic team, I'm trying to use APM with such releases: Kibana version: 7.2.0 Elasticsearch version: 7.2.0 APM Server version: 7.2.0 APM Agent language and version: .Net APM Agent And have some problems, I couldn… --- ## [How to Group Spans, Metadata and Transactions Together for Visualization, Part 2](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-group-spans-metadata-and-transactions-together-for-visualization-part-2/204527)
**Author:** [@LordMathis](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/LordMathis)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2019, 7:07am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-group-spans-metadata-and-transactions-together-for-visualization-part-2/204527 "2019-10-25T07:07:13Z")
Kibana version: 7.3 Elasticsearch version: 7.3 APM Server version: 7.3 APM Agent language and version: Self created agent for Delphi 5 and above Hello, I have proposed this question before but the answer I got back … --- ## [While running the service after injecting nodejs agent wrapper, my metrics are seen on Discover tab, but does not shows on APM screen](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/while-running-the-service-after-injecting-nodejs-agent-wrapper-my-metrics-are-seen-on-discover-tab-but-does-not-shows-on-apm-screen/204575)
**Author:** [@Puneet\_Anand](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Puneet_Anand)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2019, 9:29pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/while-running-the-service-after-injecting-nodejs-agent-wrapper-my-metrics-are-seen-on-discover-tab-but-does-not-shows-on-apm-screen/204575 "2019-10-24T21:29:21Z")
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:6.4 E… --- ## [Look at more than one sampled trace](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/look-at-more-than-one-sampled-trace/203920)
**Author:** [@Evgeni\_Dzhelyov](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Evgeni_Dzhelyov)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2019, 7:26pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/look-at-more-than-one-sampled-trace/203920 "2019-10-24T19:26:37Z")
In the Kibana interface, is there a way to browse all traces for a given bucket? The only way to select individual traces, that I've found, is to filter by "transaction.id" and then select a specific ID from the autocom… --- ## ["TypeError: Cannot read property 'filter' of undefined" In elastic cloud APM](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/typeerror-cannot-read-property-filter-of-undefined-in-elastic-cloud-apm/205097)
**Author:** [@Oded\_Shafran](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Oded_Shafran)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2019, 7:02pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/typeerror-cannot-read-property-filter-of-undefined-in-elastic-cloud-apm/205097 "2019-10-24T19:02:45Z")
I have 7.4.1 cluster in the Elastic Cloud, enabled APM and when going to the APM tab in the management console - I am getting: Error TypeError: Cannot read property 'filter' of undefined at getDeploymentSize (https://… --- ## [APM From file](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-from-file/204806)
**Author:** [@cosmo](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/cosmo)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2019, 11:39am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-from-file/204806 "2019-10-24T11:39:41Z")
Hello So I have a PHP app, but it doesn't have access to my internal elasticsearch cluster. I'm wondering how feasible it would be to do something like the following; Custom PHP agent in app writes events to file Cus… --- ## [Do we have to use entity framework to monitor SQL on the C# agent](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/do-we-have-to-use-entity-framework-to-monitor-sql-on-the-c-agent/204958)
**Author:** [@LordMathis](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/LordMathis)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2019, 5:45am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/do-we-have-to-use-entity-framework-to-monitor-sql-on-the-c-agent/204958 "2019-10-24T05:45:36Z")
Kibana version: 7.3 Elasticsearch version: 7.3 APM Server version: 7.3 APM Agent language and version: C# The C# agent uses entity framework to monitor sql connections. All of our applications are currently using the… --- ## [LogsUI in kibana 7.4.0 getting error when trying to look at the logs with date\_nanos](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logsui-in-kibana-7-4-0-getting-error-when-trying-to-look-at-the-logs-with-date-nanos/204335)
**Author:** [@Alex-St](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Alex-St)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2019, 9:55pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logsui-in-kibana-7-4-0-getting-error-when-trying-to-look-at-the-logs-with-date-nanos/204335 "2019-10-23T21:55:25Z")
open logs UI - configure to use SourceTime which is in date\_nanos instead of @timestamp field, logsUI tries to load data for several seconds, then displays graphics on the left side (timeline), and briefly shows the logs… --- ## [APM: 503 Queue is full, server sleeping, nothing helps](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-503-queue-is-full-server-sleeping-nothing-helps/203180)
**Author:** [@lamka02sk](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/lamka02sk)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2019, 6:09pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-503-queue-is-full-server-sleeping-nothing-helps/203180 "2019-10-23T18:09:37Z")
Hello, We are trying to use APM to monitor our website but so far APM starts producing 503 Queue is full error after some time. After this happens it won't get back to normal, only restart of the APM service helps. The … --- ## [Capture all traces & spans and custom configuration doubt](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/capture-all-traces-spans-and-custom-configuration-doubt/204362)
**Author:** [@gopikrishnan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/gopikrishnan)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2019, 7:52am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/capture-all-traces-spans-and-custom-configuration-doubt/204362 "2019-10-23T07:52:31Z")
Hi All, Am totally new to elastic apm and elastic search as well and am trying to evaluate elastic apm and its capabilities. Can someone please help to answer below queries how to capture trace and spans for all the … --- ## [Monitoring GRPC servers on JVM (Kotlin)](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/monitoring-grpc-servers-on-jvm-kotlin/204392)
**Author:** [@PeterBecker](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/PeterBecker)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2019, 7:47am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/monitoring-grpc-servers-on-jvm-kotlin/204392 "2019-10-23T07:47:27Z")
Hello all, We are trying to monitor some services that are written in Kotlin and use GRPC as their API layer. Before I start adding manual traces everywhere: is there some way I could try and support that in a generic … --- ## [Capture method arguments and return value](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/capture-method-arguments-and-return-value/204360)
**Author:** [@gopikrishnan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/gopikrishnan)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2019, 1:00pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/capture-method-arguments-and-return-value/204360 "2019-10-22T13:00:05Z")
Hi All, Am totally new to elastic apm as well as elastic search and am trying to evaluate elastic apm and hence subscribed to trail version of elastic cloud. I want to understand whether i can capture any method argumen… --- ## [Elastic APM BT details not capture](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-apm-bt-details-not-capture/203644)
**Author:** [@gyanesh](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/gyanesh)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2019, 6:13am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-apm-bt-details-not-capture/203644 "2019-10-22T06:13:33Z")
Elastic APM BT details not capture Kibana 7.3: Elasticsearch 7.3: APM Server 7.3: \*\*APM Agent elastic-apm-agent-1.9.0 \*\*: Google Chrome Version 77.0.3865.90: Original install method (e.g. download page, yum, deb,… --- ## [Improving analysis of gaps between spans](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/improving-analysis-of-gaps-between-spans/204482)
**Author:** [@digitalron](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/digitalron)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 21, 2019, 4:30pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/improving-analysis-of-gaps-between-spans/204482 "2019-10-21T16:30:07Z")
Hi All, Elastic APM Stack 7.1.0 (APM Server, Logstash, Kibana, Elasticsearch), Java Agent 1.7.0 Application: Spring-Boot with JDBC After going live for several weeks with Elastic APM and getting lots of good insights,… --- ## [Reduce the amount of data for spans and transactions](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/reduce-the-amount-of-data-for-spans-and-transactions/204287)
**Author:** [@dnorth98](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dnorth98)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 21, 2019, 12:16pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/reduce-the-amount-of-data-for-spans-and-transactions/204287 "2019-10-21T12:16:19Z")
Hi folks, ES APM on Ruby v3.0.0. Wondering if it's possible to set the ELASTIC\_APM\_TRANSACTION\_SAMPLE\_RATE parameter to a lower value than 0.1 (say 0.05)? Reason is, our services generate a LOT of transactions (looks … [Previous page](https://discuss.elastic.co/c/observability/82.md?page=133) [Next page](https://discuss.elastic.co/c/observability/82.md?page=135)