# Elastic Observability **URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/c/observability/82.md?page=158 [Latest](https://discuss.elastic.co/latest.md) · [Categories](https://discuss.elastic.co/categories.md) · [Tags](https://discuss.elastic.co/tags.md) **Page:** 159 --- ## [APM agent](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-agent/161251)
**Author:** [@roopeshetty](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/roopeshetty)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2018, 9:07am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-agent/161251 "2018-12-18T09:07:49Z")
Hi guys.. I just downloaded and installed APM server and its running successfully. But i am unable to install the APM agent as i am not finding the APM agent setup files. Can someone one please guide from where can i dow… --- ## [Discover link in APM doesn't set the correct index](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/discover-link-in-apm-doesnt-set-the-correct-index/161190)
**Author:** [@sburnett](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/sburnett)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2018, 5:10pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/discover-link-in-apm-doesnt-set-the-correct-index/161190 "2018-12-17T17:10:26Z")
Just setup APM and it's working. We now have 2 index patterns, the old one and a new one called apm-. When we click on the view occurrences in Discover it doesn't change the index pattern from the default to the apm- s… --- ## [Make Spans autoClosable](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/make-spans-autoclosable/161114)
**Author:** [@Wolfram\_Haussig](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Wolfram_Haussig)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2018, 10:51am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/make-spans-autoclosable/161114 "2018-12-17T10:51:05Z")
Hello, I am currently evaluating the APM API to enrich the apm data sown in kibana. I am currently following the guideline createSpan. Would it be possible to implement AutoClosable in Span/Transaction? I find it easie… --- ## [Some transaction samples have spans, some not](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/some-transaction-samples-have-spans-some-not/160915)
**Author:** [@fr0der1c](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/fr0der1c)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2018, 12:26pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/some-transaction-samples-have-spans-some-not/160915 "2018-12-16T12:26:47Z")
I'm using elastic-apm 4.0.2 for Python and ELK stack 6.5.1. I notice in the Transaction sample, some samples have spans, while some do not have. Is this by design? --- ## [APM Rum agent source maps for multiple subdomains](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-rum-agent-source-maps-for-multiple-subdomains/160426)
**Author:** [@estevez](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/estevez)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 14, 2018, 9:42pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-rum-agent-source-maps-for-multiple-subdomains/160426 "2018-12-14T21:42:55Z")
When uploading the the source map for the clientside js RUM agent you need to specify: service\_name service\_version bundle\_filepath As part of my applications deploy process I upload a new source map with a consistent… --- ## [APM Node Agent: Exception is captured by APM, but is not being sent to the APM Server](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-node-agent-exception-is-captured-by-apm-but-is-not-being-sent-to-the-apm-server/160595)
**Author:** [@alexpereira](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/alexpereira)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 14, 2018, 1:52pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-node-agent-exception-is-captured-by-apm-but-is-not-being-sent-to-the-apm-server/160595 "2018-12-14T13:52:27Z")
We added the APM Node in our code inside the file server.js, being the first thing to load. However if there is an exception within the server.js file APM will capture the same but will not send it to the server. The fo… --- ## [What span types are automatically visualized for Java services?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-span-types-are-automatically-visualized-for-java-services/160727)
**Author:** [@mwessman](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mwessman)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2018, 3:15pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-span-types-are-automatically-visualized-for-java-services/160727 "2018-12-13T15:15:23Z")
Hi! Evaluating Elastic APM for instrumentation of our Java web services. Viewing a transaction sample only displays spans of type DB. What other types should be displayed without manual instrumentation via e.g. Span API… --- ## [APM Java Agent:Start up Error](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-java-agent-start-up-error/160651)
**Author:** [@azoci](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/azoci)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2018, 8:09am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-java-agent-start-up-error/160651 "2018-12-13T08:09:04Z")
HI, I'm trying to setup an APM Agent for a java applicaiton ( Spring 5, Webflux ). I got this message when staring an application with apm java agent. bash-4.1# java -javaagent:/home/elastic-apm-agent-1.1.0.jar -Delast… --- ## [No services were found JAVA](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/no-services-were-found-java/160160)
**Author:** [@MishMick](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/MishMick)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2018, 6:19am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/no-services-were-found-java/160160 "2018-12-13T06:19:20Z")
Hi , I am trying to setup APM for my java application. I have checked that my apm-agent and app-server status but still getting the error. PS Mine is a non-springboot java application. --- ## [APM Java Agent - service name issue](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-java-agent-service-name-issue/160399)
**Author:** [@Koushik\_Arvapally](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Koushik_Arvapally)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2018, 6:57am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-java-agent-service-name-issue/160399 "2018-12-12T06:57:50Z")
Hi , I have 3 jvm's (running same spring boot application), want to capture the metrics from all the 3 jvm's, configure APM agent's with same service name, from Kibana how can we differentiate from kibana UI --- ## [APM Configurations preferred for large distributed system to have minimal storage and minimal bandwidth?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-configurations-preferred-for-large-distributed-system-to-have-minimal-storage-and-minimal-bandwidth/160388)
**Author:** [@coolboi567](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/coolboi567)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2018, 2:59am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-configurations-preferred-for-large-distributed-system-to-have-minimal-storage-and-minimal-bandwidth/160388 "2018-12-12T02:59:50Z")
I wanted to integrate Elastic APM to some of the microservices in our company. But I am not quite sure which configuration settings to go for. Requirements: • Minimal storage required • Minimal bandwidth • Minimal m… --- ## [APM Java Agent: span and transaction duration?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-java-agent-span-and-transaction-duration/160331)
**Author:** [@Victor\_C](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Victor_C)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2018, 2:28am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-java-agent-span-and-transaction-duration/160331 "2018-12-12T02:28:03Z")
I would like to ask if the span and transaction duration is in millisecond or microsecond. The data I am getting seems to be in milliseconds, however, the field label says otherwise. I am using ELK 6.5.1, APM Server 6.… --- ## [Kibaba APM UI setup - No services available](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibaba-apm-ui-setup-no-services-available/159919)
**Author:** [@TorbenHedstrom](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/TorbenHedstrom)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2018, 2:16pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibaba-apm-ui-setup-no-services-available/159919 "2018-12-11T14:16:18Z")
Hi. I am having a very basic issue visualizing APM data. I can see data in Discover mode: JSON looks like this: { "\_index": "apm-test-1-2018.12.03", "\_type": "apm", "\_id": "aTeydGcBXgES9nfvPWq4", "\_score": 1, … --- ## [Running APM for standalone celery](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/running-apm-for-standalone-celery/158693)
**Author:** [@mashhoodr](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mashhoodr)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2018, 1:10pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/running-apm-for-standalone-celery/158693 "2018-12-11T13:10:15Z")
I would like to run the APM integration with a standalone Celery setup, is it currently possible to do that? --- ## [Why there is so many MapperParsingException at TransportShardBulkAction](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/why-there-is-so-many-mapperparsingexception-at-transportshardbulkaction/160271)
**Author:** [@toughrogrammer](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/toughrogrammer)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2018, 1:57am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/why-there-is-so-many-mapperparsingexception-at-transportshardbulkaction/160271 "2018-12-11T01:57:06Z")
I'm using python 3.0.4 agent and APM server is 6.5.1. It looks like apm agent sent message that is not valid mapping. But as I saw python agent source code, to\_dict method of Span class is fine. And I can discover spa… --- ## [How to exclude APM self sent events capturing](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-exclude-apm-self-sent-events-capturing/160134)
**Author:** [@Arsalan\_Rabdanov](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Arsalan_Rabdanov)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2018, 5:27pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-exclude-apm-self-sent-events-capturing/160134 "2018-12-10T17:27:40Z")
Hi! I like a lot solution with elastic APM. I've configured tracing request through microservice gateway to microservices. Tracing timeline visualization looks great. But sometimes POST apm-server:8200/intake/v2/events b… --- ## [APM Java Agent : No instrumentation/response from public api](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-java-agent-no-instrumentation-response-from-public-api/160165)
**Author:** [@BSP](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/BSP)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2018, 1:17pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-java-agent-no-instrumentation-response-from-public-api/160165 "2018-12-10T13:17:48Z")
Hi There, I was trying with public API of APM to get response for my custom class but I don't see any such information on Kibana or instrumentation details on APM java agent log. Not sure what I am doing wrong. I had t… --- ## [APM Go Agent doesn't sends any requests to APM-server](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-go-agent-doesnt-sends-any-requests-to-apm-server/158332)
**Author:** [@Arsalan\_Rabdanov](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Arsalan_Rabdanov)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2018, 9:24am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-go-agent-doesnt-sends-any-requests-to-apm-server/158332 "2018-12-10T09:24:33Z")
Trying to configure APM Go Agent with a simple example: main.go package main import ( "errors" "log" "github.com/joho/godotenv" "go.elastic.co/apm" ) func main() { err := godotenv.Load() if err != nil { log.… --- ## [\[APM-agent-go\] Some Error occurred while calling apmsql/conn.go's finishSpan method](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-agent-go-some-error-occurred-while-calling-apmsql-conn-gos-finishspan-method/159333)
**Author:** [@Barry\_Zhong](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Barry_Zhong)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2018, 7:43am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-agent-go-some-error-occurred-while-calling-apmsql-conn-gos-finishspan-method/159333 "2018-12-10T07:43:37Z")
I am using the 1.0 release of apm-agent-go on our project at test environments. And there are some errors of same type occur sometime as following: { "library\_frame": true, "exclude\_from\_grouping": false, "filenam… --- ## [Group servers in one square box](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/group-servers-in-one-square-box/159867)
**Author:** [@mladen](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mladen)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2018, 10:28am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/group-servers-in-one-square-box/159867 "2018-12-07T10:28:08Z")
Hello, Your new feature Infrastructure UI is awesome. For some time, me and my colleague building something similar in Canvas. I have one question about grouping server. Is it possible to get the result of tag query in… --- ## [Multiple 'failed to format' messages in log stream](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/multiple-failed-to-format-messages-in-log-stream/159579)
**Author:** [@kenbergquist](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kenbergquist)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2018, 12:36pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/multiple-failed-to-format-messages-in-log-stream/159579 "2018-12-06T12:36:26Z")
I'm seeing the message 'failed to format message from /var/log/audit/audit.log' repeatedly in the Infrastructure app log stream. Disabling the auditd module stops the messages, as you'd expect. Any insight would be since… --- ## [APM JAVA AGENT Support Spring Bean Instrumentations](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-java-agent-support-spring-bean-instrumentations/159667)
**Author:** [@johnhill](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/johnhill)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2018, 7:51am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-java-agent-support-spring-bean-instrumentations/159667 "2018-12-06T07:51:28Z")
Hi. It's my fisrt topic and I don't know if spring plugin had already on the roadmap and when it will be released? Indeed, after I read the code of pinpoint, I tried to add this plugin myself, but I faced the problem ab… --- ## [APM Java agent - IndexOutOfBoundsException](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-java-agent-indexoutofboundsexception/159419)
**Author:** [@Asaf\_Shabat](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Asaf_Shabat)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2018, 7:01am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-java-agent-indexoutofboundsexception/159419 "2018-12-05T07:01:14Z")
Hi, I have Wildfly containers that recently got IndexOutOfBoundsException. I'm working with Java agent 1.0.1 and APM-Server 6.5.1 Can you help? Stack trace attach: \[0m\[31m12:25:47.699 ERROR \[io.undertow.request\] (de… --- ## [Difference between Elastic APM and XRebel](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/difference-between-elastic-apm-and-xrebel/159418)
**Author:** [@shiv94](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/shiv94)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2018, 9:58pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/difference-between-elastic-apm-and-xrebel/159418 "2018-12-04T21:58:40Z")
Hello, I want to know more regarding Elastic APM Java agent. I have seen XRebel also collects the application performance and can run through Java agent.I don't know much about XRebel. I would like to know the difference… --- ## [No services were found](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/no-services-were-found/158722)
**Author:** [@b0rr3g0](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/b0rr3g0)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2018, 2:46pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/no-services-were-found/158722 "2018-12-04T14:46:26Z")
Hi there, Im trying to set up a full APM e2e scenario with the following stack: ELK 6.5.1 APM 6.5.1 APM Agent for Java: 1.1.0 Microservices: Spring Boot 2.1 My set up for each of the microservices is: java -javaag… --- ## [There's no APM index pattern available. To use the Query bar, please choose to import the APM index pattern in the Setup Instructions](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/theres-no-apm-index-pattern-available-to-use-the-query-bar-please-choose-to-import-the-apm-index-pattern-in-the-setup-instructions/147472)
**Author:** [@alexus](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/alexus)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2018, 7:42am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/theres-no-apm-index-pattern-available-to-use-the-query-bar-please-choose-to-import-the-apm-index-pattern-in-the-setup-instructions/147472 "2018-09-06T07:42:04Z")
I'm using Elastic Stack 6.4.0 and I get following message when I go to APM app (via Kibana): There's no APM index pattern available. To use the Query bar, please choose to import the APM index pattern in the Setup Inst… --- ## [APM Java Agent: How get more information on request](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-java-agent-how-get-more-information-on-request/159356)
**Author:** [@BSP](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/BSP)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2018, 1:16pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-java-agent-how-get-more-information-on-request/159356 "2018-12-04T13:16:26Z")
Hi There, I did basic integration of java agent on my tomcat server, I could see very less information on dashboard, I am getting that only for Rest and server API,,Do I need to write custom code for same on other? Ho… --- ## [APM nodeJs Agent : how to use setUserContext, setTag, setCustomContext?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-nodejs-agent-how-to-use-setusercontext-settag-setcustomcontext/158800)
**Author:** [@Tommy\_Cabrelli](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Tommy_Cabrelli)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2018, 9:46pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-nodejs-agent-how-to-use-setusercontext-settag-setcustomcontext/158800 "2018-12-03T21:46:43Z")
Hello everyone, I'm currently trying the nodejs apm agent. I did a basic integration of the agent in my APIs and everything worked fine pretty fast. Now im trying to set some user context to help the developers team to… --- ## [Where is my infrastructure data?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/where-is-my-infrastructure-data/157039)
**Author:** [@ethrbunny](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ethrbunny)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2018, 3:11pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/where-is-my-infrastructure-data/157039 "2018-12-03T15:11:11Z")
Just discovered the new "infrastructure" menu item. Unfortunately, despite having many, many GB of data there doesn't seem to be anything to display here. I have plenty of dashboard data and am gathering from a slew of d… --- ## [Infrastructure UI Colouring Feedback](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/infrastructure-ui-colouring-feedback/159152)
**Author:** [@adaisley](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/adaisley)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2018, 12:50pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/infrastructure-ui-colouring-feedback/159152 "2018-12-03T12:50:01Z")
Hi, Overall, the Infrastructure UI is absolutely fantastic! I had recently started looking into metricbeat to log our hosts and our Docker containers, and then v6.5 released and so we instantly upgraded to get this awes… [Previous page](https://discuss.elastic.co/c/observability/82.md?page=157) [Next page](https://discuss.elastic.co/c/observability/82.md?page=159)