# Elastic Observability

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## [Elastic node apm not adding hooks for express](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-node-apm-not-adding-hooks-for-express/192833)

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**Author:** [@pksinghal](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/pksinghal)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [July 30, 2019, 7:51am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-node-apm-not-adding-hooks-for-express/192833 "2019-07-30T07:51:22Z")

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Hi, I am using express 4.16.2 version. To use node APM , we added following line at the start of code in index.js server file. Code : import apm from 'elastic-apm-node/start'; When we run, node APM not sending any da…

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## [Does the transation propagate from the server to the browser when loading a webpage?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/does-the-transation-propagate-from-the-server-to-the-browser-when-loading-a-webpage/192524)

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**Author:** [@Nicolas\_Labrot](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Nicolas_Labrot)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [July 30, 2019, 7:43am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/does-the-transation-propagate-from-the-server-to-the-browser-when-loading-a-webpage/192524 "2019-07-30T07:43:29Z")

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Hello, I'm trying to figure out if when the browser load a new page, so make an HTTP query to the server, if the transaction propagates from the server to the browser. Currently I have setup-ed the RUM agent and the Ja…

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## [3/6 shards failing when trying to visualize on Kibana](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/3-6-shards-failing-when-trying-to-visualize-on-kibana/191857)

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**Author:** [@sarahvo](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/sarahvo)\
**Replies:** 14\
**Last updated:** [July 29, 2019, 6:41pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/3-6-shards-failing-when-trying-to-visualize-on-kibana/191857 "2019-07-29T18:41:50Z")

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Hi, I'm currently trying to do a simple POC for a potential monitoring system for my company using the Elastic stack. I have metricbeat & winlogbeat going through Logstash, which ships to Elasticsearch. I'm currently onl…

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## [Custom transaction for single page applications route changes](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/custom-transaction-for-single-page-applications-route-changes/190585)

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**Author:** [@jesusgarcia](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jesusgarcia)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [July 29, 2019, 7:04am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/custom-transaction-for-single-page-applications-route-changes/190585 "2019-07-29T07:04:10Z")

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Hi, We want to use custom transactions for client side navigations in a single page application, as suggested by the documentation. However, we found that the RUM agent is already creating automatically transactions for…

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## [Unable to start apm-server](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-start-apm-server/192570)

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**Author:** [@rahulnama](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/rahulnama)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [July 29, 2019, 6:57am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-start-apm-server/192570 "2019-07-29T06:57:21Z")

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Hello Team Installed apm-server 7.2.0 on RHEL(Amazon EC2). Unable to start the service. When I checked with apm-server test config the output is Also, I don't find any log file inside log/apm-server/

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## [How do we instrument application which uses LMAX Disruptor](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-do-we-instrument-application-which-uses-lmax-disruptor/188908)

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**Author:** [@gajanan8086](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/gajanan8086)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [July 28, 2019, 9:18am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-do-we-instrument-application-which-uses-lmax-disruptor/188908 "2019-07-28T09:18:25Z")

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How do we instrument application which uses LMAX Disruptor. I have jms components which are now instrumented with jms plugin but the consumer uses LMAX Disruptor for further processing and then forward down to next comp…

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## [APM agent for Elasticsearch](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-agent-for-elasticsearch/191995)

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**Author:** [@rschirin](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/rschirin)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [July 28, 2019, 4:29am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-agent-for-elasticsearch/191995 "2019-07-28T04:29:08Z")

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Hi all, I would like to know, is there a way to think about APM agent applied directly on Elasticsearch? I mean, to monitor the single transaction starting from the first step (Elasticsearch is contacted to receive a do…

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## [How can I instrument APM agent with a core JAVA service?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-i-instrument-apm-agent-with-a-core-java-service/191459)

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**Author:** [@Parth](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Parth)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [July 26, 2019, 6:01pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-i-instrument-apm-agent-with-a-core-java-service/191459 "2019-07-26T18:01:15Z")

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I have successfully instrumented JAVA APM agent with my web application that runs on Tomcat but I am not sure on how to instrument it with my core java service (that does not run on any server)? Any suggestions would he…

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## [Dotnet APM Agent Public API calls not cooperating](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/dotnet-apm-agent-public-api-calls-not-cooperating/192140)

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**Author:** [@MattK](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/MattK)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [July 25, 2019, 9:09pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/dotnet-apm-agent-public-api-calls-not-cooperating/192140 "2019-07-25T21:09:39Z")

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Kibana version: 6.8.0 Elasticsearch version: 6.8.0 APM Server version: 6.8.0 APM Agent language and version: dotnet 1.0.0-beta1 Browser version: Firefox Quantum 67.0.4 (64-bit) Original install method: Download page…

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## [No Index Creation](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/no-index-creation/192271)

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**Author:** [@bvm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/bvm)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [July 25, 2019, 3:56pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/no-index-creation/192271 "2019-07-25T15:56:05Z")

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Kibana version: 6.7.1 Elasticsearch version: 6.7.1 APM Server version: 6.8.1 APM Agent language and version: django + elastic-apm==4.2.2 Browser version: Chrome Original install method (e.g. download page, yum,…

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## [Metricbeat/docker shows different stats for logstash in container than logstash monitoring](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/metricbeat-docker-shows-different-stats-for-logstash-in-container-than-logstash-monitoring/192015)

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**Author:** [@sgreszcz](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/sgreszcz)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [July 24, 2019, 1:05pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/metricbeat-docker-shows-different-stats-for-logstash-in-container-than-logstash-monitoring/192015 "2019-07-24T13:05:26Z")

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I’m getting weird perf stats on logstash-netflow. Seems like the docker API perf mon says it is using 1200% CPU, but the actual logstash monitoring shows 8% CPU. Also htop also show lots of CPU headroom.

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## [HowTo instrument mongoDB calls with apm when using mongo atlas](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/howto-instrument-mongodb-calls-with-apm-when-using-mongo-atlas/191782)

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**Author:** [@pfouquet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/pfouquet)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [July 24, 2019, 11:19am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/howto-instrument-mongodb-calls-with-apm-when-using-mongo-atlas/191782 "2019-07-24T11:19:01Z")

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APM Agent language and version: 'co.elastic.apm:apm-opentracing:1.7.0', 'co.elastic.apm:apm-agent-api:1.7.0' Hello, We are using the mongo atlas db as cloud service, so we can't instrument apm an server side. How ca…

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## [Apm-server not start Cannot index event publisher.Event{Content:beat.Event](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-server-not-start-cannot-index-event-publisher-event-content-beat-event/191778)

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**Author:** [@resa](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/resa)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [July 23, 2019, 3:29pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-server-not-start-cannot-index-event-publisher-event-content-beat-event/191778 "2019-07-23T15:29:47Z")

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I got error when try to run apm-server -e: 2019-07-23T05:29:47.931-0400 WARN elasticsearch/client.go:527 Cannot index event publisher.Event{Content:beat.Event{Timestamp:time.Time{wall:0xbf45d2c2b44ab9a1, ext:6…

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## [Log4net implemenation with elastic stack 7.2](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/log4net-implemenation-with-elastic-stack-7-2/191508)

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**Author:** [@herzel](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/herzel)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [July 23, 2019, 11:10am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/log4net-implemenation-with-elastic-stack-7-2/191508 "2019-07-23T11:10:26Z")

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Hi. Thanks a lot in advance for any reply. I have mission from my boss to apply elastic stack 7.2 with log4net. can not find any howto in the web. can anyone help with this issue. I need howto that will explain how…

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## [\[APM AGENT\]\[JAVA\] Doubt about multiple body content types](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-agent-java-doubt-about-multiple-body-content-types/190694)

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**Author:** [@ea1987](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ea1987)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [July 19, 2019, 5:39pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-agent-java-doubt-about-multiple-body-content-types/190694 "2019-07-19T17:39:52Z")

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ELK stack version: 7.2 APM Java agent: 1.7.0 Hi guys, I have 2 different web services (RESTful and SOAP) exposed by the same JVM. I would like to capture both different request body (application/json and text/xml;chars…

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## [Compound instrumentation combinations](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/compound-instrumentation-combinations/191205)

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**Author:** [@digitalron](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/digitalron)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [July 19, 2019, 10:54am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/compound-instrumentation-combinations/191205 "2019-07-19T10:54:09Z")

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Hi again, We've managed to use sampling rates, trace method duration, and span frames min duration to manage our data ingress volume. However, we are trying to come up with a way to also add forced instrumentation and t…

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## [How to use less storage space for APM index?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-use-less-storage-space-for-apm-index/190325)

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**Author:** [@Jitesh](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Jitesh)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [July 19, 2019, 10:39am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-use-less-storage-space-for-apm-index/190325 "2019-07-19T10:39:41Z")

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APM Server Version - 6.6.2: \*\*Google Chrome Version 75.0.3770.100 (Official Build) (64-bit)\*: Downloaded through yum install: Fresh install Currently we are using APM agents in around 50+ servers and all of them send…

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## [Custom field propagation and log correlations](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/custom-field-propagation-and-log-correlations/191223)

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**Author:** [@talenko](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/talenko)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [July 19, 2019, 7:38am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/custom-field-propagation-and-log-correlations/191223 "2019-07-19T07:38:28Z")

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Hello :wave: I was combing over the docs and noticed that there is an option to enable log correlation such that the trace and span ids can be added to the MDC, which is great! However, is it possible to also include cu…

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## [Distributed Tracing with Elastic APM](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/distributed-tracing-with-elastic-apm/190642)

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**Author:** [@rahulnama](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/rahulnama)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [July 19, 2019, 5:33am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/distributed-tracing-with-elastic-apm/190642 "2019-07-19T05:33:00Z")

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Hello Team We have a use case of monitoring micro-services(written in java and python) with elastic APM. Can you suggest me few pointers for below questions Is distributed tracing part of X-pack ? To monitor databases…

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## [Java APM Client ErrorLoggingListener Issue](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/java-apm-client-errorlogginglistener-issue/191201)

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**Author:** [@suikast42](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/suikast42)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [July 18, 2019, 2:21pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/java-apm-client-errorlogginglistener-issue/191201 "2019-07-18T14:21:09Z")

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Today I simulate an overload of my app an expect an outofmemory error and an invocation of my UncaughtExceptionHandler. But there's an issue in co.elastic.apm.agent.bci.bytebuddy.ErrorLoggingListener public void on…

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## [RUM: Multiple active transactions](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/rum-multiple-active-transactions/190254)

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**Author:** [@Daniel\_Mariano](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Daniel_Mariano)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [July 18, 2019, 10:06am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/rum-multiple-active-transactions/190254 "2019-07-18T10:06:03Z")

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Hello, We are using RUM service for monitoring request on our site, so we are creating a custom transaction for each call that we are doing to an external API. We have the following scenario: Custom transaction #1 : st…

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## [Sleuth and Java APM Agent using the same Trace/Span ids](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/sleuth-and-java-apm-agent-using-the-same-trace-span-ids/191108)

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**Author:** [@talenko](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/talenko)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [July 18, 2019, 7:13am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/sleuth-and-java-apm-agent-using-the-same-trace-span-ids/191108 "2019-07-18T07:13:43Z")

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Hello, This might be a vague question, so please bare with me. I am trying to integrate APM with our current distributed tracing stack involving Spring Cloud Sleuth. Essentially, I registered an OpenTracing tracer bean …

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## [APM Server accepting events from RUM agent but not sending data to ES \[Elastic Cloud\]](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-server-accepting-events-from-rum-agent-but-not-sending-data-to-es-elastic-cloud/190946)

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**Author:** [@kenneth123456](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kenneth123456)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [July 18, 2019, 7:11am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-server-accepting-events-from-rum-agent-but-not-sending-data-to-es-elastic-cloud/190946 "2019-07-18T07:11:52Z")

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Kibana version: 7.2.0 Elasticsearch version: 7.2.0 APM Server version: 7.2.0 APM Agent language and version: Javascript APM-Rum 4.3.0 Browser version: Google Chrome 75.0.3770.100 Original install method (e.g. d…

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## [Server-sent-events (SSE) - Monitoring in APM](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/server-sent-events-sse-monitoring-in-apm/191030)

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**Author:** [@georgec](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/georgec)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [July 17, 2019, 4:38pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/server-sent-events-sse-monitoring-in-apm/191030 "2019-07-17T16:38:00Z")

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Does anyone use APM for monitoring SSE communication between different App components? Although I've been impressed with APM so far for Java spring-boot microservice monitoring there are holes in the tracing due to our …

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## [APM Java Agent - handshake failure connecting to APM server on Oracle JDK 1.8](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-java-agent-handshake-failure-connecting-to-apm-server-on-oracle-jdk-1-8/190899)

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**Author:** [@rkastner](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/rkastner)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [July 17, 2019, 2:36pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-java-agent-handshake-failure-connecting-to-apm-server-on-oracle-jdk-1-8/190899 "2019-07-17T14:36:59Z")

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APM Server version: 7.2.0 APM Agent language and version: Java (1.7.0) \*\*Description of the problem including expected versus actual behavior. \*\*: While setting up the Java APM Agent manually on Tomcat (-javaagent), t…

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## [APM Java JBoss - doubt related application\_packages](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-java-jboss-doubt-related-application-packages/190707)

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**Author:** [@rschirin](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/rschirin)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [July 17, 2019, 7:48am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-java-jboss-doubt-related-application-packages/190707 "2019-07-17T07:48:45Z")

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Hi, I'm using ELK 7.2 and I'm trying to use APM with Java agents to monitoring JBoss application. Currently it is working with this key: set JAVA\_OPTS=%JAVA\_OPTS% -Delastic.apm.application\_packages=ca.com.elastic bu…

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## [Apm-server failed connect to ElasticSearch with Xpack enabled (401 Unauthorized )](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-server-failed-connect-to-elasticsearch-with-xpack-enabled-401-unauthorized/187929)

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**Author:** [@blump](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/blump)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [July 16, 2019, 12:24pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-server-failed-connect-to-elasticsearch-with-xpack-enabled-401-unauthorized/187929 "2019-07-16T12:24:22Z")

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Hello, ELK\_VERSION = 7.2.0 On my docker environment, I can not connect apm-server with elastic Search when xpack (basic mode) is enabled. When Xpack is disabled, it's work ERROR pipeline/output.go:100 Failed to conne…

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## [Intranet solution Java agent send metric to cloud apm server via proxy server](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/intranet-solution-java-agent-send-metric-to-cloud-apm-server-via-proxy-server/190153)

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**Author:** [@Wayne\_Shen](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Wayne_Shen)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [July 15, 2019, 1:41pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/intranet-solution-java-agent-send-metric-to-cloud-apm-server-via-proxy-server/190153 "2019-07-15T13:41:14Z")

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Hello, Is it possible to configure the java agent to send the metrics through a proxy server? My service is deployed in an intranet server, it connect to apm server (deployed in cloud) though a proxy server. ELK versi…

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## [Capture inner exceptions in APM Agent](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/capture-inner-exceptions-in-apm-agent/189123)

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**Author:** [@NeoX](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/NeoX)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [July 15, 2019, 12:22pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/capture-inner-exceptions-in-apm-agent/189123 "2019-07-15T12:22:55Z")

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Currently, CapturedException in Elastic APM Agent doesn't appear to support inner exceptions and sending this to the APM URL. Is this something that will be added?

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## [Apm does not show any information with node agent](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-does-not-show-any-information-with-node-agent/190357)

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**Author:** [@manuel3265](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/manuel3265)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [July 15, 2019, 7:16am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-does-not-show-any-information-with-node-agent/190357 "2019-07-15T07:16:38Z")

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