# Elastic Observability

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/c/observability/82.md?page=162

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## [APM: Platform is not supported!](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-platform-is-not-supported/150667)

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**Author:** [@gp4004](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/gp4004)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 2, 2018, 11:56am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-platform-is-not-supported/150667 "2018-10-02T11:56:45Z")

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Hi, I'm trying to test RUM agent on a docker based Elastic APM (6.4.1) on an ubuntu server. Whereas everithing works using elastic-apm-node, I'm unable to make elastic-apm-js-base works. I have this error while runnin…

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## [Custom Transaction and MongoDB Spans](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/custom-transaction-and-mongodb-spans/150503)

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**Author:** [@Henrique\_Marques\_Fer](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Henrique_Marques_Fer)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 1, 2018, 8:00pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/custom-transaction-and-mongodb-spans/150503 "2018-10-01T20:00:45Z")

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Hi, I started integrating my project with the nodejs agent, which is f\* awesome by the way, it's working perfect with my express routes, giving me all the database action inside it and everything... Now i'm trying to ma…

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## [APM menu does not showing up in in kibana (self hosted)](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-menu-does-not-showing-up-in-in-kibana-self-hosted/150546)

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**Author:** [@cabrinoob](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/cabrinoob)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 1, 2018, 1:24pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-menu-does-not-showing-up-in-in-kibana-self-hosted/150546 "2018-10-01T13:24:50Z")

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Hi, I'am running Elasticsearch 6.4.1 on Kubernetes (docker.elastic.co/elasticsearch/elasticsearch:6.4.1). I enabled X-Pack too. I Have installed APM-Server 6.2.4 and everything is working fine : I have data coming from…

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## [Java apm-agent http status codes not correctly identified](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/java-apm-agent-http-status-codes-not-correctly-identified/149156)

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**Author:** [@Alumino](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Alumino)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [September 27, 2018, 6:46am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/java-apm-agent-http-status-codes-not-correctly-identified/149156 "2018-09-27T06:46:09Z")

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Hi there Elastic community I was testing the APM Java Agent to know what we can do with it. This is my test environment: java spring app with one end point to receive requests. apache tomcat to run the app. elastic-ap…

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## [Python agent only recording some background tasks](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/python-agent-only-recording-some-background-tasks/149707)

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**Author:** [@sburns](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/sburns)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 26, 2018, 5:21pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/python-agent-only-recording-some-background-tasks/149707 "2018-09-26T17:21:31Z")

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Hi there! :wave: We're using this decorator to record background job (using RQ) performance. # jobs.py ELASTIC\_APM = { 'INCLUDE\_PATH': \['health'\], 'SERVICE\_NAME': 'health-{}'.format(ENVIRONMENT), 'SERVER\_U…

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## [Routing with Nginx](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/routing-with-nginx/149310)

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**Author:** [@Steve\_Westergaard](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Steve_Westergaard)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [September 26, 2018, 4:15pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/routing-with-nginx/149310 "2018-09-26T16:15:06Z")

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Thanks for the product. I'm in the process of attempting to create a POC that will handle custom routing for the APM Agents. A couple of questions. I am trying to forward the secret token from the APM Agent =\> APM Serv…

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## [Django Python-agent : APM Quick Start Produces “No services were found”](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/django-python-agent-apm-quick-start-produces-no-services-were-found/149822)

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**Author:** [@narutobaka](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/narutobaka)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [September 26, 2018, 2:38pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/django-python-agent-apm-quick-start-produces-no-services-were-found/149822 "2018-09-26T14:38:20Z")

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Hi I work on CentOS7 VmWARE virtual machine : Django + apm-agent : Machine 1 ip : 192.168.232.135 Apm-server + Elasticsearch + Kibana : 192.168.232.131 I try to configure stack Django == Apm-agent == Apm-Server == El…

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## [APM future pricing](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-future-pricing/149519)

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**Author:** [@MND](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/MND)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 21, 2018, 9:44pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-future-pricing/149519 "2018-09-21T21:44:01Z")

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Hi - I've just learned about APM, and am creating a proof-of-concept to see how it works in our work environment. First off, it's impressive, really impressive. I know there was a previous question about the cost of APM…

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## [Liferay and elastic-apm-agent 0.7.0](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/liferay-and-elastic-apm-agent-0-7-0/149278)

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**Author:** [@icefish-creativ](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/icefish-creativ)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [September 21, 2018, 1:39pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/liferay-and-elastic-apm-agent-0-7-0/149278 "2018-09-21T13:39:10Z")

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Hi i testing the Agent with Liferay 7.1.10/Tomcat. Liferay is starting but without function. I'm not sure what's the right Value for this Parameter is = -Delastic.apm.application\_packages=org.example, i have set it to c…

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## [APM empty with entries in apm-\* indexes](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-empty-with-entries-in-apm-indexes/149420)

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**Author:** [@andrej\_geb](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/andrej_geb)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [September 21, 2018, 12:30pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-empty-with-entries-in-apm-indexes/149420 "2018-09-21T12:30:32Z")

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APM dashboard is not showing any entries (even with expanding time to last 7 days). It shows only: "Looks like you don't have any services with APM installed. Let's add some!" Request in APM dashboard: http://kibana:560…

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## [Where to configure APM agent in application side](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/where-to-configure-apm-agent-in-application-side/149222)

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**Author:** [@J.Teekaram\_prasath](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/J.Teekaram_prasath)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 20, 2018, 1:55pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/where-to-configure-apm-agent-in-application-side/149222 "2018-09-20T13:55:36Z")

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Hi, I am new to APM. we are using Redhat JBoss to run the applications in separate node. Now where I need to configure agent and how? Any suggestions ......

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## [How to configure Java agent with Apache tomcat](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-configure-java-agent-with-apache-tomcat/149127)

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**Author:** [@Aftab\_Ali](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Aftab_Ali)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [September 20, 2018, 1:38pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-configure-java-agent-with-apache-tomcat/149127 "2018-09-20T13:38:39Z")

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Dear Team, I just install apm-server in ubuntu 16.04 and pointed es ip and I have configured java agent with tomcat bin files like vim /opt/tomcat/bin/setenv.sh export CATALINA\_OPTS="$CATALINA\_OPTS -Xms1048m" export…

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## [APM index logs default to epoch](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-index-logs-default-to-epoch/148868)

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**Author:** [@ioannism](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ioannism)\
**Replies:** 15\
**Last updated:** [September 19, 2018, 1:43pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-index-logs-default-to-epoch/148868 "2018-09-19T13:43:46Z")

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I'm having this difficult to replicate issue. Sometimes, seemingly at random, an apm index will be created with the index date set to epoch i.e. apm-6.3.0-transaction-1970.01.01 I've turned on debugging in the logs but …

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## [Node.js Monitoring](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/node-js-monitoring/149094)

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**Author:** [@p-j](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/p-j)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [September 19, 2018, 11:44am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/node-js-monitoring/149094 "2018-09-19T11:44:21Z")

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Hi there, We're happily using APM with our multiple Node.js apps, but we would really like to monitor Node metrics as well. A few data we'd like to see are: event loop delay cpu usage memory usage active event handle…

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## [No results found for View transaction in Discover](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/no-results-found-for-view-transaction-in-discover/148740)

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**Author:** [@rcoundon](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/rcoundon)\
**Replies:** 16\
**Last updated:** [September 19, 2018, 8:58am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/no-results-found-for-view-transaction-in-discover/148740 "2018-09-19T08:58:03Z")

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If I load a transaction in APM and then select to View Transaction in Discover, no results are returned. The IDs are copied over to the search bar successfully: processor.event:transaction AND transaction.id:b2355f9f-f…

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## [APM is not getting spans for https requests](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-is-not-getting-spans-for-https-requests/148154)

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**Author:** [@Gerardo\_Pivotto](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Gerardo_Pivotto)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [September 13, 2018, 3:44pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-is-not-getting-spans-for-https-requests/148154 "2018-09-13T15:44:30Z")

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Hello, I'm ind of new with Elastic APM, Starting working with it this week. I'm working with elastic-apm-node package, nodejs and express. Package-version:"elastic-apm-node": "^1.12.0" Code: const apm = require('elas…

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## [Instrumenting Python Futures calls](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/instrumenting-python-futures-calls/148194)

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**Author:** [@doug\_shareablee](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/doug_shareablee)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 13, 2018, 8:07am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/instrumenting-python-futures-calls/148194 "2018-09-13T08:07:57Z")

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Hi, I'm setting up Elastic APM, and I'm finding that that futures are not instrumented. For example, we make sure database calls inside functions that are executed with futures. We're using the ThreadPoolExecutor. It d…

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## [Basic vs Open Source](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/basic-vs-open-source/148376)

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**Author:** [@Steve\_Westergaard](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Steve_Westergaard)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [September 13, 2018, 7:05am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/basic-vs-open-source/148376 "2018-09-13T07:05:40Z")

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Can someone tell me what the difference between Basic vs Open Source licenses are, or is there a link describing the difference?

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## [The APM agent newest version instructions](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/the-apm-agent-newest-version-instructions/148402)

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**Author:** [@Terry\_Xia](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Terry_Xia)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 13, 2018, 3:51am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/the-apm-agent-newest-version-instructions/148402 "2018-09-13T03:51:16Z")

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Hi Elastic Team: I found the version of the apm-java-agent has been updated to 0.7，and I want to know What's the different from the newest version and version 0.6? I tried to find it on the official website and found…

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## [APM Node Agent in Kibana](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-node-agent-in-kibana/148247)

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**Author:** [@axrayn](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/axrayn)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 12, 2018, 7:18am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-node-agent-in-kibana/148247 "2018-09-12T07:18:59Z")

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Are we likely to see the respective APM agents being built into Elasticsearch/Logstash/Kibana/Beats any time soon as a configurable feature? From a starting out perspective, it would be a good way to provide basic data …

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## [Unable to instrument WebLogic Server with APM Java Agent](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-instrument-weblogic-server-with-apm-java-agent/143312)

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**Author:** [@Madan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Madan)\
**Replies:** 26\
**Last updated:** [September 11, 2018, 6:51am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-instrument-weblogic-server-with-apm-java-agent/143312 "2018-09-11T06:51:45Z")

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I'm trying to instrument Weblogic server using the Elastic APM Java Agent. I don't see any errors in the logs after restarting the server post applying the required JVM Arguments. When we tried to access the application…

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## [Graphical spans?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/graphical-spans/146777)

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**Author:** [@Jas\_Ahluwalia](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Jas_Ahluwalia)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [September 10, 2018, 4:25pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/graphical-spans/146777 "2018-09-10T16:25:47Z")

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Hi, I'd like to trace what my microservices are doing and have a visual representation of a call, much like zipkin. MIcroserviceA/hello takes 50 ms, but 20 of those were spent in an external http call to MicroserviceB/…

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## [Monitoring of private method and other method that are not directly associated to an HTTP endpoint](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/monitoring-of-private-method-and-other-method-that-are-not-directly-associated-to-an-http-endpoint/147348)

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**Author:** [@cbo](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/cbo)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [September 10, 2018, 2:29pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/monitoring-of-private-method-and-other-method-that-are-not-directly-associated-to-an-http-endpoint/147348 "2018-09-10T14:29:01Z")

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Hi, First thank you for your amazing work on all your products. I've configured an APM server (6.4.0) and deployed the JAVA agent (0.6.2) on some of our apps. Everythings runs good, I have the stats on our HTTP endpoi…

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## [Context.db isn't indexed in elastic-java-apm](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/context-db-isnt-indexed-in-elastic-java-apm/147404)

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**Author:** [@lk95jofr](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/lk95jofr)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 10, 2018, 7:31am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/context-db-isnt-indexed-in-elastic-java-apm/147404 "2018-09-10T07:31:49Z")

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Hi, Is there a reason why context.db isn't indexed in the elastic-java-apm? context.db.statement context.db.type context.db.user Both statement and user can be very good to monitor /Fredrik

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## [APM fields](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-fields/147150)

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**Author:** [@Terry\_Xia](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Terry_Xia)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 6, 2018, 7:19pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-fields/147150 "2018-09-06T19:19:14Z")

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Hi Elastic Team： I successfully built my Elastic APM system, the versions of each module are as follows: Springboot : 1.5.10 Java: 1.8.0\_161 APM Server : 6.3 APM Agent : 0.6 Elastic :6.3 Kibana:6.3 I have seen se…

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## [APM Java Agent error java.lang.StackOverflowError TemplateInputException](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-java-agent-error-java-lang-stackoverflowerror-templateinputexception/147329)

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**Author:** [@wujiaxin159](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/wujiaxin159)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [September 6, 2018, 1:05pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-java-agent-error-java-lang-stackoverflowerror-templateinputexception/147329 "2018-09-06T13:05:00Z")

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Java: 1.8 APM Server : 6.3 APM Agent : 0.6.2 org.springframework.web.util.NestedServletException: Handler dispatch failed; nested exception is java.lang.StackOverflowError at org.springframework.web.servlet.Dispa…

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## [APM Catch Java Exception](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-catch-java-exception/147513)

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**Author:** [@Terry\_Xia](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Terry_Xia)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [September 6, 2018, 1:03pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-catch-java-exception/147513 "2018-09-06T13:03:16Z")

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Hi Elastic Team: I successfully built my Elastic APM system, the versions of each module are as follows: Tomcat : 8.5.32 Java: 1.8.0\_161 APM Server : 6.3 APM Agent : 0.6 Elastic :6.3 Kibana:6.3 I made a code that…

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## [Python Agent Performance](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/python-agent-performance/144382)

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**Author:** [@Reza\_Shalbafzadeh](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Reza_Shalbafzadeh)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [September 5, 2018, 7:04pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/python-agent-performance/144382 "2018-09-05T19:04:56Z")

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Greetings has anybody done any measurement about performance impact of Elastic APM on a django stack ? AFAIK ElasticAPM works in a blocking fashion and if a request to APM Servers takes long, django app will be slowed…

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## [How to use Logbook handler?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-use-logbook-handler/146209)

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**Author:** [@fr0der1c](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/fr0der1c)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [September 5, 2018, 3:20pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-use-logbook-handler/146209 "2018-09-05T15:20:26Z")

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I have a flask app and I'm using ElasticAPM to monitor it. There is only an example of LoggingHandler and no example of Logbook handler on the page: https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/apm/agent/python/current/flask-support…

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## [APM need to configure for just apache](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-need-to-configure-for-just-apache/147301)

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**Author:** [@kranthi\_851](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kranthi_851)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [September 5, 2018, 6:44am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-need-to-configure-for-just-apache/147301 "2018-09-05T06:44:40Z")

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Hi All, I have configured apm-server to monitor tomat-apache logs it is fine, but I need to monitor just apache without tomcat, is it possible to monitor? If yes please let me know the configuration process! Thanks in…

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