# Elastic Observability **URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/c/observability/82.md?page=167 [Latest](https://discuss.elastic.co/latest.md) · [Categories](https://discuss.elastic.co/categories.md) · [Tags](https://discuss.elastic.co/tags.md) **Page:** 168 --- ## [Any APM JAVA agent update now?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/any-apm-java-agent-update-now/117143)
**Author:** [@Nick\_Peng](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Nick_Peng)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 7, 2018, 3:58am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/any-apm-java-agent-update-now/117143 "2018-02-07T03:58:43Z")
Dear, thanks for your contribution on elastic. Please let me know do you have any update on Java agent?I am sure many people take an eye on this. Thanks! Nick Peng --- ## [Are there plans for Micrometer (Java) support?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/are-there-plans-for-micrometer-java-support/116922)
**Author:** [@itzg](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/itzg)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2018, 7:41pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/are-there-plans-for-micrometer-java-support/116922 "2018-01-31T19:41:27Z")
Spring Boot 2.x will evolve their unified application metrics reporting by moving to Micrometer, so I was wondering if there were plans to integrate the APM Java agent into Micrometer: https://micrometer.io/docs --- ## [Seeing periods of seemingly no activity in APM monitoring using Django](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/seeing-periods-of-seemingly-no-activity-in-apm-monitoring-using-django/117783)
**Author:** [@Henrik\_Ossipoff\_Hans](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Henrik_Ossipoff_Hans)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2018, 12:02pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/seeing-periods-of-seemingly-no-activity-in-apm-monitoring-using-django/117783 "2018-01-31T12:02:49Z")
We've been trying out APM with Django today, and so far are quite happy with the results. However, we're seeing traces having large periods of time, where nothing is seemingly happening (at least, no data is being collec… --- ## [Getting HTTP 502 Bad Gateway from the APM agent](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/getting-http-502-bad-gateway-from-the-apm-agent/115102)
**Author:** [@orhan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/orhan)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 16, 2018, 9:03am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/getting-http-502-bad-gateway-from-the-apm-agent/115102 "2018-01-16T09:03:27Z")
hi there, We've built a docker image for the apm-server and got it running on cloudfoundry. We then provisionned an elastic cluster. Finally we pushed the agent to a basic nodejs application. It seems to work between… --- ## [Does Elastic APM for node js uses different thread for sending events or the same node thread?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/does-elastic-apm-for-node-js-uses-different-thread-for-sending-events-or-the-same-node-thread/114714)
**Author:** [@khushbookatta](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/khushbookatta)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 11, 2018, 4:19pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/does-elastic-apm-for-node-js-uses-different-thread-for-sending-events-or-the-same-node-thread/114714 "2018-01-11T16:19:33Z")
Node js being a single thread application, How does APM behaves in such case? . Does it use same thread which application uses or a different thread . ? Will it impact the current performance of the application? --- ## [How do we figure out if APM agent in node.js is capturing & Sending data to ElasticSearch for Successful transactions?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-do-we-figure-out-if-apm-agent-in-node-js-is-capturing-sending-data-to-elasticsearch-for-successful-transactions/112626)
**Author:** [@Ramprasadgv](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ramprasadgv)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 11, 2018, 3:22pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-do-we-figure-out-if-apm-agent-in-node-js-is-capturing-sending-data-to-elasticsearch-for-successful-transactions/112626 "2018-01-11T15:22:37Z")
Hi, I have an APM agent for Node.js installed on Linux and its corresponding APM server is configured in Windows along with ElasticSearch and Kibana 5.5. At present, I can see only error related fields from APM index … --- ## [Why APM-Server Docker image can't configure with Environment variables?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/why-apm-server-docker-image-cant-configure-with-environment-variables/114229)
**Author:** [@DanielTimLee](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/DanielTimLee)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2018, 11:03am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/why-apm-server-docker-image-cant-configure-with-environment-variables/114229 "2018-01-08T11:03:11Z")
https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/apm/server/6.1/running-on-docker.html Lot's of images on docker hub are available to configure with environment variables. The use case of my example is, when running on Kubernetes, … --- ## [Restart or reload option with apm-server command](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/restart-or-reload-option-with-apm-server-command/114248)
**Author:** [@DanielTimLee](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/DanielTimLee)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2018, 9:32am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/restart-or-reload-option-with-apm-server-command/114248 "2018-01-05T09:32:54Z")
Such as Docker Environment, apm-server cannot reload any configuration variable changes. to apply a new configuration file, apm-server process must stop, and which leads to docker container shut-down. For like these u… --- ## [APM and Ghost blog](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-and-ghost-blog/113720)
**Author:** [@mitchdavis](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mitchdavis)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [January 4, 2018, 2:33pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-and-ghost-blog/113720 "2018-01-04T14:33:01Z")
Hi there, I'm looking to integrate APM into my ghost installation, but am unaware of where to start. I have tried adding it to my index.js, Gruntfile.js and a few other files but Ghost fails to start after that. Has a… --- ## [APM Quick Start Produces "No data found"](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-quick-start-produces-no-data-found/113624)
**Author:** [@paperreduction](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/paperreduction)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 3, 2018, 6:13pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-quick-start-produces-no-data-found/113624 "2018-01-03T18:13:09Z")
I tried to follow the "Just Four Lines of Code Will Get You Started" install directions here: https://www.elastic.co/solutions/apm But I've hit a roadblock in Kibana when I try to see the APM data. I get a "No data fou… --- ## [APM roadmap](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-roadmap/113071)
**Author:** [@trondhindenes](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/trondhindenes)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 2, 2018, 11:00am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-roadmap/113071 "2018-01-02T11:00:52Z")
It would be awesome to have a rough roadmap for APM. What are the planned agents? (As far as I can see, theres currently python and node available, but python only supports django and flask). I've seen some comments abou… --- ## [Documentation for docker environment variables](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/documentation-for-docker-environment-variables/112907)
**Author:** [@Ryan\_Grannell1](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ryan_Grannell1)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 24, 2017, 1:54pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/documentation-for-docker-environment-variables/112907 "2017-12-24T13:54:10Z")
Hi, Is there any documentation available for environment parameters than can be used when setting up APM through docker-compose? For example, when configuring ElasticSearch you can use the following yaml in place of a d… --- ## [Elastic .NET Agent and Java Agent](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-net-agent-and-java-agent/112958)
**Author:** [@AjayOptym](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/AjayOptym)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2017, 8:29am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-net-agent-and-java-agent/112958 "2017-12-22T08:29:50Z")
Hello, Any tentative plan for Elastic APM .NET Agent / Java Agent? Regards, AM --- ## [Does APM support loopback?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/does-apm-support-loopback/112624)
**Author:** [@Ramprasadgv](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ramprasadgv)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2017, 11:45am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/does-apm-support-loopback/112624 "2017-12-20T11:45:34Z")
Hi, Can anyone please let me know if loopback is supported in APM ? Thanks, Ramprasad --- ## [Java agent](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/java-agent/110187)
**Author:** [@wassim.dhib](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/wassim.dhib)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2017, 6:52pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/java-agent/110187 "2017-12-19T18:52:14Z")
Hi, I implemented a java agent which works very fine with the ELK Stack. The process is very simple : the agent writes performance traces on filesystem or over network a javascript agent (injected by the java agent) … --- ## [Hapi V17?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/hapi-v17/112103)
**Author:** [@StianOvrevage](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/StianOvrevage)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2017, 9:59pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/hapi-v17/112103 "2017-12-16T21:59:10Z")
Since I'm having problems with getting apm-agent-nodejs to work with hapi, and there is no explicit mention of hapi v17 on https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/apm/agent/nodejs/current/hapi.html , I'm guessing the agent does … --- ## [Custom fields in index pattern](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/custom-fields-in-index-pattern/111819)
**Author:** [@Ionaru](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ionaru)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 14, 2017, 10:36pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/custom-fields-in-index-pattern/111819 "2017-12-14T22:36:12Z")
Hi, I'm fairly new to using Elastic/Kibana/APM and I'm trying to get custom fields to appear in the Kibana index pattern when the index comes from APM. Using transaction.setCustomContext() I was able to add the fields … --- ## [A POC for APM Java agent](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/a-poc-for-apm-java-agent/110264)
**Author:** [@davidecavestro](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/davidecavestro)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2017, 6:42am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/a-poc-for-apm-java-agent/110264 "2017-12-05T06:42:48Z")
Hi, I've shared a poc for an APM java agent. For me it has been useful to get some insights into Elastic APM API. As of now it supports automatic tracing for requests (as transactions) and errors on Spring and Boot appl… --- ## [Fail load dashboard to kibana with apm-server setup](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/fail-load-dashboard-to-kibana-with-apm-server-setup/104172)
**Author:** [@zqc0512](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/zqc0512)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2017, 4:58am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/fail-load-dashboard-to-kibana-with-apm-server-setup/104172 "2017-10-26T04:58:47Z")
1: Loaded index template Exiting: Error importing Kibana dashboards: fail to import the dashboards in Elasticsearch: Error importing directory /opt/elasticsearch-apm/apm-server-6.0.0-rc1-linux-x86\_64/kibana: No dashboa… --- ## [APM Transaction - could it update?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-transaction-could-it-update/103954)
**Author:** [@cgspohn](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/cgspohn)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2017, 8:05am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-transaction-could-it-update/103954 "2017-10-23T08:05:36Z")
Hello, super excited about the new APM elastic offering. So much so that I am thinking of an alternative use case. We have a need to track the progression of file across a transformation pipeline. It is like "tracing"… --- ## [Next APM Agent?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/next-apm-agent/99900)
**Author:** [@kseneker](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kseneker)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 18, 2017, 6:53am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/next-apm-agent/99900 "2017-10-18T06:53:52Z")
Based on the announcement thread, I'd like to pose a question to the Elastic community about which languages they'd like to see an APM agent created for next (currently only Node.JS and Python are in the works). Please … --- ## [Fail install apm agent output package.json not find](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/fail-install-apm-agent-output-package-json-not-find/104174)
**Author:** [@zqc0512](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/zqc0512)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 17, 2017, 7:40pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/fail-install-apm-agent-output-package-json-not-find/104174 "2017-10-17T19:40:22Z")
\[root@soc apm-server-6.0.0-rc1-linux-x86\_64\]#npm install elastic-apm --save npm WARN saveError ENOENT: no such file or directory, open '/opt/elasticsearch-apm/apm-server-6.0.0-rc1-linux-x86\_64/package.json' /opt/elasti… --- ## [I don't know where to add about elastic-apm module](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/i-dont-know-where-to-add-about-elastic-apm-module/104198)
**Author:** [@zqc0512](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/zqc0512)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 17, 2017, 7:35pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/i-dont-know-where-to-add-about-elastic-apm-module/104198 "2017-10-17T19:35:47Z")
about the flow where to add ? it about bin/elasticsearch file? Then configure the elastic-apm module inside your application by adding the following lines to the very top of your application code: // Add this to the VE… --- ## [The apm down about elastic is same about github?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/the-apm-down-about-elastic-is-same-about-github/104182)
**Author:** [@zqc0512](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/zqc0512)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 17, 2017, 6:23am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/the-apm-down-about-elastic-is-same-about-github/104182 "2017-10-17T06:23:23Z")
the apm down about elastic is same about github? elastic:https://www.elastic.co/downloads/apm/apm-server github:https://github.com/elastic/apm-server --- ## [The APM Agent can give a offline packges to down?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/the-apm-agent-can-give-a-offline-packges-to-down/103170)
**Author:** [@zqc0512](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/zqc0512)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2017, 3:45am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/the-apm-agent-can-give-a-offline-packges-to-down/103170 "2017-10-13T03:45:17Z")
the APM Agent can give a offline packges to down ,not online. thanks! --- ## [Comparison Between AppDynamics](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/comparison-between-appdynamics/103327)
**Author:** [@Michael\_TRAN](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Michael_TRAN)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 11, 2017, 4:21pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/comparison-between-appdynamics/103327 "2017-10-11T16:21:36Z")
Hi, In my company, we use AppDynamics as APM for our client. We use this tool to analyze the root cause of the application failure. Could you tell us what Opbeat can do more ? Regards, Michael --- ## [Pricing & Availability on ElasticCloud](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/pricing-availability-on-elasticcloud/101963)
**Author:** [@Ryan\_Grannell](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ryan_Grannell)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2017, 10:42am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/pricing-availability-on-elasticcloud/101963 "2017-09-27T10:42:56Z")
Hi, I know that not much information has been given on APM yet (given that it's not released), but I think Opbeat / APM looks miles ahead of its competitors & I'm really keen to investigate it / migrate our team over t… --- ## [\[Announcement\] Pre-alpha release and open-sourcing of APM](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/announcement-pre-alpha-release-and-open-sourcing-of-apm/97549)
**Author:** [@vanjacosic](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/vanjacosic)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2017, 5:57am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/announcement-pre-alpha-release-and-open-sourcing-of-apm/97549 "2017-08-24T05:57:56Z")
We’re taking the first steps towards APM becoming a part of the Elastic Stack. :tada: Those steps include preparing a pre-alpha release, open-sourcing some repositories, and opening this forum for discussion and feedbac… [Previous page](https://discuss.elastic.co/c/observability/82.md?page=166)