# Elastic Observability

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/c/observability/82.md?page=22

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## [Elasticsearch exporter plugin](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-exporter-plugin/362459)

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**Author:** [@Muhammad\_Badawy](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Muhammad_Badawy)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [July 3, 2024, 2:04pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-exporter-plugin/362459 "2024-07-03T14:04:05Z")

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Is there an official elasticsearch exporter plugin to be used? Found this one but I can't be sure it is reliable or not. Can you please provide more details about that topic. Thanks

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## [Ingest Pipeline to simulate heartbeat data](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ingest-pipeline-to-simulate-heartbeat-data/362434)

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**Author:** [@InfiniteDreamer](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/InfiniteDreamer)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 3, 2024, 8:08am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ingest-pipeline-to-simulate-heartbeat-data/362434 "2024-07-03T08:08:46Z")

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This is regarding uptime app data compatibility in observability, We are using uptime app to monitor TLS certs expiry on Linux servers using heartbeat. however they are few servers we cannot install any agents due to OS …

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## [Kibana cannot recognize APM Server](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-cannot-recognize-apm-server/362363)

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**Author:** [@nurlanizimbetov](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/nurlanizimbetov)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [July 2, 2024, 4:45pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-cannot-recognize-apm-server/362363 "2024-07-02T16:45:58Z")

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Kibana not recognizing APM server running status. installed on CentOS Stream via rpm packages. kibana version: 8.14.1 elasticsearch version: 8.14.1 APM version: 8.13.4 (also tried 8.14.0, 8.14.1) help pls Active In…

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## [Distributed tracing not working on .net \[solution\]](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/distributed-tracing-not-working-on-net-solution/362309)

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**Author:** [@monty241](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/monty241)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 1, 2024, 5:40pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/distributed-tracing-not-working-on-net-solution/362309 "2024-07-01T17:40:24Z")

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Summary TraceContinuationStrategy is not a complete successor for TraceContextIgnoreSampledFalse. In Transaction.cs, when TraceContextIgnoreSampledFalse is true, the ParentId of a distributed transaction will be set to n…

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## [Connect to APM services transactions metadata](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/connect-to-apm-services-transactions-metadata/362298)

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**Author:** [@tkaboris](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/tkaboris)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 1, 2024, 1:32pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/connect-to-apm-services-transactions-metadata/362298 "2024-07-01T13:32:01Z")

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HI I have java app and need to connect with HTTP to verify url and status code from APM/Services?Transactions/Metadata . This is an additional way to verify our api calls. Is there a tutorial on how to do it? I browse…

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## [How to resolve "anonymous access not permitted for agent"](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-resolve-anonymous-access-not-permitted-for-agent/362292)

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**Author:** [@monty241](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/monty241)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 1, 2024, 11:41am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-resolve-anonymous-access-not-permitted-for-agent/362292 "2024-07-01T11:41:41Z")

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When the events get posted, the following error can occur despite setting the secret token in the configuration: {PayloadSenderV2} Failed sending event. Events intake API absolute URL: https://acme.apm.eu-west-1.aws.cl…

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## [Number must be positive. (Parameter 'batchSize')](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/number-must-be-positive-parameter-batchsize/362286)

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**Author:** [@monty241](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/monty241)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 1, 2024, 10:05am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/number-must-be-positive-parameter-batchsize/362286 "2024-07-01T10:05:33Z")

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Note for other people running into the error: Number must be positive. (Parameter 'batchSize') when executing AgentComponents agentComponents = new AgentComponents(elasticApmLogger, elasticApmConfig, null); Solution T…

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## [Issue with elastic rum agent](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/issue-with-elastic-rum-agent/362189)

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**Author:** [@Ehsan\_Eskandary](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ehsan_Eskandary)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [July 1, 2024, 8:37am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/issue-with-elastic-rum-agent/362189 "2024-07-01T08:37:48Z")

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Hey guys hope you are doing great i am having an issue with elastic rum agent. i have a next.js application and i added the agent config to my \_app.tsx: import { init as initApm } from '@elastic/apm-rum' var apm = in…

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## [Tracer is null](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/tracer-is-null/362251)

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**Author:** [@monty241](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/monty241)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [July 1, 2024, 8:00am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/tracer-is-null/362251 "2024-07-01T08:00:48Z")

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Based upon 1.27.0.0 of Elastic.Apm.NetCoreAll. During initialization, Tracer is set to null on agentComponents after execution of own code called from Startup of website method ConfigureServices(IServiceCollection servi…

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## [APM trace view in Kibana displays the traced services as external services when they are called via the API gateway](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-trace-view-in-kibana-displays-the-traced-services-as-external-services-when-they-are-called-via-the-api-gateway/361851)

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**Author:** [@dacothe](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dacothe)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [June 28, 2024, 1:34pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-trace-view-in-kibana-displays-the-traced-services-as-external-services-when-they-are-called-via-the-api-gateway/361851 "2024-06-28T13:34:01Z")

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Kibana version: 8.6.2 Elasticsearch version: 8.6.2 APM Server version: 8.6.2 APM Agent language and version: Java, 1.30+ Browser version: Chrome 126.0.6478.115 Hello everyone, we use APM in our project to monitor …

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## [APM Servers respond with 503 "request timed out"](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-servers-respond-with-503-request-timed-out/332671)

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**Author:** [@zvazquez](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/zvazquez)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [June 28, 2024, 10:18am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-servers-respond-with-503-request-timed-out/332671 "2024-06-28T10:18:04Z")

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Hi, We see a lot of the following error logs in our APM servers: { "log.level": "error", "@timestamp": "2023-05-05T17:02:56.871Z", "log.logger": "request", "log.origin": { "file.name": "middleware/log\_middleware.…

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## [Elastic apm - black holes in transactions](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-apm-black-holes-in-transactions/362121)

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**Author:** [@Marcin\_pyby](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Marcin_pyby)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 27, 2024, 7:30am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-apm-black-holes-in-transactions/362121 "2024-06-27T07:30:44Z")

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Kibana version: 8.14 Elasticsearch version: 8.14 APM Server version: 8.14 APM Agent language and version: 1.50 Hi, We try to debug slow response in java app using elastic APM. We got something like a black hole…

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## [Classloader warnings after updating to Java 21](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/classloader-warnings-after-updating-to-java-21/362003)

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**Author:** [@svenrienstra](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/svenrienstra)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [June 26, 2024, 10:34am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/classloader-warnings-after-updating-to-java-21/362003 "2024-06-26T10:34:06Z")

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After updating our JVM (and updated compile level) from Java 17 to 21 our logs are spammed with classloader warnings. Here is the startup log of the agent: 2024-06-25 09:24:17,810 \[Attach Listener\] INFO co.elastic.apm…

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## [Unable to disable Elastic APM Fleet Server](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-disable-elastic-apm-fleet-server/361925)

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**Author:** [@Muhammad\_Adil\_Talay](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Muhammad_Adil_Talay)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 25, 2024, 8:43am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-disable-elastic-apm-fleet-server/361925 "2024-06-25T08:43:32Z")

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Kibana version: 8.14.0 Elasticsearch version: 8.14.0 APM Server version: 8.14.0 Original install method (e.g. download page, yum, deb, from source, etc.) and version: elasticsearch installed using bin/elasticsearch k…

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## [Schedule options in Monitor.Config to have string compatibility for cron jobs?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/schedule-options-in-monitor-config-to-have-string-compatibility-for-cron-jobs/359169)

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**Author:** [@Sandy\_K](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Sandy_K)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [June 24, 2024, 5:24pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/schedule-options-in-monitor-config-to-have-string-compatibility-for-cron-jobs/359169 "2024-06-24T17:24:08Z")

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Hello, we are working on browser monitors and using synthetics/journeys. We have been using the schedule interval in monitor.use for our browser monitors and it is working fine if we only provide the time interval in num…

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## [Uptime : Server marked Down](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/uptime-server-marked-down/360713)

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**Author:** [@Khaled\_Saidi](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Khaled_Saidi)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [June 24, 2024, 3:01pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/uptime-server-marked-down/360713 "2024-06-24T15:01:14Z")

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Hi everyone, Is anyone have an idea about why in my uptime dashboard, 2 datacenters are marked down while they are Up and code status is 200. The related error is : validate:only positive pattern mismatch Thank you f…

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## [How to monitor EJB using the Elastic Observability solution](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-monitor-ejb-using-the-elastic-observability-solution/361959)

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**Author:** [@Gelinski](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Gelinski)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 24, 2024, 12:53pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-monitor-ejb-using-the-elastic-observability-solution/361959 "2024-06-24T12:53:11Z")

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Hello folks, How can I monitor EJB applications using the Elastic Observability (or OTLP) solution? Searching here, I've found this old topic but I don't know if it changed so far. Thanks in advance!

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## [My Elastic search and Kibana functionalities are not working after container restart , i need to recreate the entire setup again to configure logs and apm,](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/my-elastic-search-and-kibana-functionalities-are-not-working-after-container-restart-i-need-to-recreate-the-entire-setup-again-to-configure-logs-and-apm/361833)

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**Author:** [@devops\_yorosis](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/devops_yorosis)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [June 21, 2024, 12:51pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/my-elastic-search-and-kibana-functionalities-are-not-working-after-container-restart-i-need-to-recreate-the-entire-setup-again-to-configure-logs-and-apm/361833 "2024-06-21T12:51:49Z")

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Hi, Actually we are running Elasticsearch and Kibana as a Docker container and then we connect to our cluster. actually the problem is when we are patching the servers , our running elastic and Kibana container gets rest…

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## [Elastic.Serilog.Sinks minimum log level is not respected](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-serilog-sinks-minimum-log-level-is-not-respected/361810)

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**Author:** [@LukasT](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/LukasT)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 21, 2024, 11:46am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-serilog-sinks-minimum-log-level-is-not-respected/361810 "2024-06-21T11:46:12Z")

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I am trying to implement logging in ASP.Net Core 8 application with serilog and the new Elastic.Serilog.Sinks (version 8.11.1) library and I am stuck with setting minimum log level. Here is the problematic part of my sim…

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## [Synthetic Monitoring : Scripting in Detect Error Text](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/synthetic-monitoring-scripting-in-detect-error-text/361824)

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**Author:** [@aisyaharifin](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/aisyaharifin)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 21, 2024, 7:21am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/synthetic-monitoring-scripting-in-detect-error-text/361824 "2024-06-21T07:21:11Z")

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Hi Elastic, Need help on how can I create a script on my use case where, if we detect there is Error display in the page, we want to note it as Fail and not Complete as in success. For example, below is the sample of e…

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## [Elastic Synthetics stuck in pending with private location](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-synthetics-stuck-in-pending-with-private-location/361587)

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**Author:** [@tuanlt7](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/tuanlt7)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [June 21, 2024, 2:12am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-synthetics-stuck-in-pending-with-private-location/361587 "2024-06-21T02:12:36Z")

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Dears support team, Ours elastic run on-premise We started Fleet Server and status Healthy follow UI guide: curl -L -O https://artifacts.elastic.co/downloads/beats/elastic-agent/elastic-agent-8.12.2-linux-x86\_64.tar.…

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## [Elastic AI Assistant Custom Actions Documentation](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-ai-assistant-custom-actions-documentation/357942)

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**Author:** [@willemdh](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/willemdh)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 19, 2024, 8:47pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-ai-assistant-custom-actions-documentation/357942 "2024-06-19T20:47:31Z")

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Hello all, I've been playing around with the Elastic AI Assistant lately (8.12.2). I noticed that in the APM / Observability it's able to generate graphs, but not all kind of graphs. Sometimes it wasn't clear what exact…

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## [Setting up Kubernetes Alerts - some k8 metrics missing](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/setting-up-kubernetes-alerts-some-k8-metrics-missing/360975)

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**Author:** [@djarami726](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/djarami726)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 17, 2024, 6:03pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/setting-up-kubernetes-alerts-some-k8-metrics-missing/360975 "2024-06-17T18:03:16Z")

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I'm on Elastic 8.13.4, using the kubernetes integration to collect the metrics. I'm creating a series alerts equivalent to these prometheus kubernetes alerts: Awesome Prometheus alerts | Collection of alerting rules an…

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## [SQL is not possible in apm(IIS, dotnet)](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/sql-is-not-possible-in-apm-iis-dotnet/361554)

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**Author:** [@eagles40cnuh](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/eagles40cnuh)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 17, 2024, 2:08am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/sql-is-not-possible-in-apm-iis-dotnet/361554 "2024-06-17T02:08:24Z")

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Kibana version: 8.13.2 Elasticsearch version: 8.13.2 APM Server version: 8.13.2 APM Agent language and version: 1.27.1 Browser version: IIS 10 Steps to reproduce: Profiler Auto instrumentation Setting The post req…

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## [Embed dashboard in](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/embed-dashboard-in/351401)

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**Author:** [@Tzachi.shachar](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Tzachi.shachar)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 14, 2024, 4:34am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/embed-dashboard-in/351401 "2024-06-14T04:34:53Z")

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Hi, We have our own Angular portal and I would like to embed the dashboard from Kibana into our portal. Kibana uses our own SSO to login so when I try to login directly from Kibana it works fine. When I try to access t…

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## [Is my understanding of transactions and spans off?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-my-understanding-of-transactions-and-spans-off/361452)

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**Author:** [@jerrac](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jerrac)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 13, 2024, 11:07pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-my-understanding-of-transactions-and-spans-off/361452 "2024-06-13T23:07:13Z")

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I'm trying to figure out how to use APM. Specifically in my PHP application. It's Symfony 6, so no automatic instrumentation. I'm also new to any kind of APM at all. I've done a bit of reading on the subject, but not eno…

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## [How elastic stack monitoring \> node \> advanced request rate works](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-elastic-stack-monitoring-node-advanced-request-rate-works/361282)

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**Author:** [@kishorkumar](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kishorkumar)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 13, 2024, 5:03pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-elastic-stack-monitoring-node-advanced-request-rate-works/361282 "2024-06-13T17:03:42Z")

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I have tried to test the load with JMeter using the following configuration: Thread Group: Threads (users): 100 Ramp-up time: 1 second Loop: Infinity Duration: 300 seconds Additionally, I have added to that Prec…

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## [Elastic APM, Agent and Fleet for Django/Flask logs](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-apm-agent-and-fleet-for-django-flask-logs/361391)

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**Author:** [@Muhammad\_Adil\_Talay](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Muhammad_Adil_Talay)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 13, 2024, 1:48pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-apm-agent-and-fleet-for-django-flask-logs/361391 "2024-06-13T13:48:03Z")

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I want to get the logs from applications (Django, Flask) to the Elastic APM server, but am struggling to make sense of it. If I follow the documentation, it tells to setup APM server either as standalone or managed by F…

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## [Alerts when there are no records in a kibana index](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/alerts-when-there-are-no-records-in-a-kibana-index/355053)

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**Author:** [@Edison\_Naranjo](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Edison_Naranjo)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 13, 2024, 2:32am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/alerts-when-there-are-no-records-in-a-kibana-index/355053 "2024-06-13T02:32:57Z")

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Does anyone know how to generate an alert when there are no records in a Kibana index?

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## [WCF Monitoring not supported in APM?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/wcf-monitoring-not-supported-in-apm/361363)

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**Author:** [@erikg](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/erikg)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 12, 2024, 11:03pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/wcf-monitoring-not-supported-in-apm/361363 "2024-06-12T23:03:23Z")

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Hello, I am hoping to monitor the performance of .NET applications who are using WCF. Is this not possible? Can't find anything online? Seems like other APM tools can do this. Thanks, Erik

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