# Elastic Observability

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/c/observability/82.md?page=44

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## [Unwanted metrics](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unwanted-metrics/336885)

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**Author:** [@rchmiel\_fp](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/rchmiel_fp)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [June 27, 2023, 6:02pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unwanted-metrics/336885 "2023-06-27T18:02:38Z")

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Hello, I have a working .NET based system utilizing APM 7.17.9 and data streams. Lastly we implemented filter to remove logging transactions for \[OPTION\] requests which works but we still get metrics logged for those re…

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## [Not able to see request body for errors in NodeJS elastic-apm agent for express framework](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/not-able-to-see-request-body-for-errors-in-nodejs-elastic-apm-agent-for-express-framework/336760)

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**Author:** [@Kesha\_Shah](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Kesha_Shah)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [June 27, 2023, 12:05pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/not-able-to-see-request-body-for-errors-in-nodejs-elastic-apm-agent-for-express-framework/336760 "2023-06-27T12:05:54Z")

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Kibana version: 8.8.1 Elasticsearch version: 8.8.1 APM Server version: 8.8.1 APM Agent language and version: NodeJs Agent elastic-apm-node": "^3.47.0 Fresh install or upgraded from other version? Upgraded from 7.17 r…

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## [Parameters for use in Lightweight and Journey/Browser Monitors](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/parameters-for-use-in-lightweight-and-journey-browser-monitors/336716)

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**Author:** [@Ben\_Berg1](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ben_Berg1)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [June 26, 2023, 3:46pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/parameters-for-use-in-lightweight-and-journey-browser-monitors/336716 "2023-06-26T15:46:05Z")

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I am using the new synthetics approach using a Typescript project. All docs indicate that parameters/secrets can be used in both lightweight and journey/browser code. I am not able to do so can do either or. Docs indica…

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## [Public API using startTransactionWithRemoteParent for Kafka headers](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/public-api-using-starttransactionwithremoteparent-for-kafka-headers/336183)

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**Author:** [@sangramreddy](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/sangramreddy)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [June 22, 2023, 11:05am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/public-api-using-starttransactionwithremoteparent-for-kafka-headers/336183 "2023-06-22T11:05:39Z")

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APM Agent language and version: 1.38.0 We need to manually instrument our Kafka apps as Kafka streams is not supported yet by Elastic APM agent . In order make the tracing work across all apps, we need to create transa…

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## [Creating Custom Log Explorer Dashboards?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/creating-custom-log-explorer-dashboards/336669)

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**Author:** [@Jarle\_Sandnes](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Jarle_Sandnes)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 22, 2023, 10:45am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/creating-custom-log-explorer-dashboards/336669 "2023-06-22T10:45:12Z")

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Hello, I am trying to improve how we can Explore logs, to that end I want to create Log Dashboards with a specific purposes. So one Dashboard to show all logs for a specific service/environment, another has Controls base…

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## [Metricbeat service get stopped after service start](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/metricbeat-service-get-stopped-after-service-start/336567)

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**Author:** [@Sathish\_Kumar2](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Sathish_Kumar2)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [June 22, 2023, 6:47am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/metricbeat-service-get-stopped-after-service-start/336567 "2023-06-22T06:47:04Z")

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Metricbeat version: 7.9.3 Below is error, when i run the metricbeat command in the server. runtime/cgo: pthread\_create failed: Operation not permitted SIGABRT: abort PC=0x7f2f78896a7c m=2 sigcode=18446744073709551610 …

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## [Hiding some span.subtype into Kibana's APM UI](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/hiding-some-span-subtype-into-kibanas-apm-ui/336580)

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**Author:** [@Noxis](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Noxis)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 21, 2023, 2:35pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/hiding-some-span-subtype-into-kibanas-apm-ui/336580 "2023-06-21T14:35:11Z")

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Hello, We are currently using ECK to deploy our Elastic Stack in version 8.8.1 on GCP. I am actually configuring our applications to report to APM, we have multiple Vue and Quasar Frontends and some NestJS backends. I…

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## [Using the --tags option with @elastic/synthetics](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/using-the-tags-option-with-elastic-synthetics/330681)

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**Author:** [@spaulovich](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/spaulovich)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 21, 2023, 1:50pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/using-the-tags-option-with-elastic-synthetics/330681 "2023-06-21T13:50:28Z")

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Any hints to correctly using the --tags option with @elastic/synthetics? Assuming a journey where I've added monitors.use({ tags: \["foo", "bar"\] }) If I run npx @elastic/synthetics . --tags "foo" I get No tests found! …

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## [User can't view APM services in Kibana](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/user-cant-view-apm-services-in-kibana/336140)

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**Author:** [@qd-danh](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/qd-danh)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [June 20, 2023, 5:57pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/user-cant-view-apm-services-in-kibana/336140 "2023-06-20T17:57:34Z")

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We are new to sending APM data from our services to elastic (using Serilog and .NET libraries). It seems to be working fine. I am admin and can see our sample service listed in APM, Services and then can drill down into …

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## [Synthetics alert for redirects from https to http](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/synthetics-alert-for-redirects-from-https-to-http/336216)

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**Author:** [@Alexander\_A](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Alexander_A)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 20, 2023, 3:20pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/synthetics-alert-for-redirects-from-https-to-http/336216 "2023-06-20T15:20:02Z")

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Is it possible to configure alarm when site uses http instead of https or when we go to https and then redirected to http? This seems like a not good thing that can be detected by synthetics and created alert/inform mes…

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## [APM missing custom spans and incorrect name](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-missing-custom-spans-and-incorrect-name/336325)

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**Author:** [@Francis\_Lewis](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Francis_Lewis)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 19, 2023, 7:25pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-missing-custom-spans-and-incorrect-name/336325 "2023-06-19T19:25:59Z")

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Kibana version: 6.8.0 APM Server version: APM Agent language and version: PHP 1.8.3 Browser version: Google Chrome 114 Original install method (e.g. download page, yum, deb, from source, etc.) and version: Install fr…

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## [The client is unable to verify that the server is Elasticsearch](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/the-client-is-unable-to-verify-that-the-server-is-elasticsearch/335912)

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**Author:** [@marcosrobles-qo](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/marcosrobles-qo)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 19, 2023, 4:09pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/the-client-is-unable-to-verify-that-the-server-is-elasticsearch/335912 "2023-06-19T16:09:22Z")

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Kibana version: Elasticsearch version: 8.6.0 APM Server version: APM Agent language and version: 8.6.0 - C# Browser version: Original install method (e.g. download page, yum, deb, from source, etc.) and version: …

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## [Failed sending events! DOMException: The user aborted a request](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/failed-sending-events-domexception-the-user-aborted-a-request/336257)

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**Author:** [@Thiago\_Medeiros](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Thiago_Medeiros)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 19, 2023, 8:00am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/failed-sending-events-domexception-the-user-aborted-a-request/336257 "2023-06-19T08:00:00Z")

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I have APM and RUM configured as documentation says, and Vue in the frontend. APM Server version: 8.8.1 This is my whole apm-server.yml: host: 0.0.0.0:8200 output.elasticsearch: hosts: - elasticsearch:9200 …

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## [JIRA metrics](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/jira-metrics/336076)

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**Author:** [@hegdeshashi](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/hegdeshashi)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [June 16, 2023, 8:54pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/jira-metrics/336076 "2023-06-16T20:54:44Z")

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Hi, any idea what and all info I will get as a part of metrics for JIRA if I add JIRA connector ? like how many JIRAs, what are all the status , number of JIRAs owned by a person, project-wise JIRAs, something like that.…

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## [Unexpected \_dateparsefailure with ISO8601 timestamp from winlogs](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unexpected-dateparsefailure-with-iso8601-timestamp-from-winlogs/336246)

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**Author:** [@waves](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/waves)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [June 16, 2023, 7:25pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unexpected-dateparsefailure-with-iso8601-timestamp-from-winlogs/336246 "2023-06-16T19:25:24Z")

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Hi I'm using winlogbeat and receive nice logs with a nice ISO8601 @timestamp in the received events (I used a logstash conf stdout to check them.) "@timestamp" =\> 2023-06-15T14:44:20.273Z, which I think logstash auto…

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## [Manually strip parameters on SQL queries](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/manually-strip-parameters-on-sql-queries/336202)

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**Author:** [@bram](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/bram)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 16, 2023, 9:38am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/manually-strip-parameters-on-sql-queries/336202 "2023-06-16T09:38:34Z")

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Kibana/Elasticsearch/APM Server version: 8.8.1 APM Agent language and version: PHP 1.8.4 Browser version: 113.0.1774.35 Original install method (e.g. download page, yum, deb, from source, etc.) and version: deb F…

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## [java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Illegal character(s) in message header value: \_shibsession\_](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/java-lang-illegalargumentexception-illegal-character-s-in-message-header-value-shibsession/336011)

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**Author:** [@Scott\_Chapman](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Scott_Chapman)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [June 15, 2023, 1:22pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/java-lang-illegalargumentexception-illegal-character-s-in-message-header-value-shibsession/336011 "2023-06-15T13:22:49Z")

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I noticed the following error in my logs, I assume it is coming from the Java APM agent? Any idea what it means? java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Illegal character(s) in message header value: \_shibsession\_64656661756…

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## [DORA kind of metrics](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/dora-kind-of-metrics/336074)

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**Author:** [@hegdeshashi](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/hegdeshashi)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 15, 2023, 9:50am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/dora-kind-of-metrics/336074 "2023-06-15T09:50:17Z")

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Hi, Is there option to add DORA kind of metrics ? if anyone enabled, can you provide me more inputs..

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## [Monitor uptime is not shown](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/monitor-uptime-is-not-shown/334980)

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**Author:** [@Sam\_Verhoeven](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Sam_Verhoeven)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 15, 2023, 3:51am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/monitor-uptime-is-not-shown/334980 "2023-06-15T03:51:35Z")

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I was just too late to reply to this topic: Monitor uptime is not shown So I'll reply in this new topic: Hi @emilioalvap, I tried the query you provided and I do get hits for all the browser monitors that I expect. I…

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## [Synthetics - Unable to decrypt attribute "secrets"](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/synthetics-unable-to-decrypt-attribute-secrets/336012)

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**Author:** [@zx8086](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/zx8086)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 14, 2023, 9:04pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/synthetics-unable-to-decrypt-attribute-secrets/336012 "2023-06-14T21:04:04Z")

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No longer working with 8.8 but was working with the previous version when Synthetics was in Beta Private Location On-Premise Cluster Only change is the upgrade

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## [Document produced by APM Server v8.7.1, which is newer than the installed APM integration (v8.2.0)](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/document-produced-by-apm-server-v8-7-1-which-is-newer-than-the-installed-apm-integration-v8-2-0/334568)

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**Author:** [@Kay\_Khan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Kay_Khan)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [June 14, 2023, 9:36pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/document-produced-by-apm-server-v8-7-1-which-is-newer-than-the-installed-apm-integration-v8-2-0/334568 "2023-06-14T21:36:41Z")

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I have migrated data from an 8.2.0 cluster to a 8.7.1 cluster. Initially i had some problems with APM saying the ingestion pipelines did not exist. {"log.level":"error","@timestamp":"2023-05-26T13:23:03.102Z","log.origi…

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## [Configuration of transform data with custom pipeline](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/configuration-of-transform-data-with-custom-pipeline/335923)

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**Author:** [@JasonREC](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/JasonREC)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 14, 2023, 8:14am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/configuration-of-transform-data-with-custom-pipeline/335923 "2023-06-14T08:14:49Z")

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Hi all, I am currenly using Elastic APM to monitor my application. and I noticed that transaction log data that created by APM agent is automactilly store in an Elasticsearch index. I want to enrich every doucment befor…

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## [Is it possible to redact parts of the captured body in NodeJS APM?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-possible-to-redact-parts-of-the-captured-body-in-nodejs-apm/335804)

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**Author:** [@pocketcolin](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/pocketcolin)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [June 13, 2023, 8:31pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-possible-to-redact-parts-of-the-captured-body-in-nodejs-apm/335804 "2023-06-13T20:31:45Z")

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I'm using the NodeJS APM agent for capturing activity on my server. I currently have the APM init configured with captureBody: 'errors' which is great for debugging, but it doesn't seem to redact anything which means tha…

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## [APM data stream span move to new index](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-data-stream-span-move-to-new-index/335644)

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**Author:** [@EdgarsDPD](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/EdgarsDPD)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 9, 2023, 3:59pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-data-stream-span-move-to-new-index/335644 "2023-06-09T15:59:32Z")

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Hi, I'm new to this community. I have some experience with Elasticseach for over 1.5 years. Currently, I'm having an issue with disk space and need to reduce how long we keep some data. Currently, our system is runni…

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## [Connect APM Server OSS with AWS Elasticsearch 7.10](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/connect-apm-server-oss-with-aws-elasticsearch-7-10/335686)

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**Author:** [@Idris\_Jafer](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Idris_Jafer)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 13, 2023, 12:51am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/connect-apm-server-oss-with-aws-elasticsearch-7-10/335686 "2023-06-13T00:51:59Z")

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Kibana version: 7.10 Elasticsearch version: 7.10 APM Server version: 7.10.2 APM Agent language and version: NodeJS Original install method (e.g. download page, yum, deb, from source, etc.) and version: Docker Fresh …

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## [Use startSpan Set Mariadb But Haven’t Seen It On Destination And Service Map](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/use-startspan-set-mariadb-but-haven-t-seen-it-on-destination-and-service-map/335767)

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**Author:** [@KURT07](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/KURT07)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 12, 2023, 10:10pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/use-startspan-set-mariadb-but-haven-t-seen-it-on-destination-and-service-map/335767 "2023-06-12T22:10:05Z")

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Use startSpan set Mariadb i’ve Seen Type Mariadb On Timeline But Haven’t Seen It On Destination And Service Map APM Server version: 8.5.3 APM Agent language and version: elastic-apm-node : 3.41.1 // My code const…

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## [Compatibility rabbitmq 3.11.9 with metricbeat 7.17.6](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/compatibility-rabbitmq-3-11-9-with-metricbeat-7-17-6/334943)

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**Author:** [@imaad](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/imaad)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 7, 2023, 1:17pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/compatibility-rabbitmq-3-11-9-with-metricbeat-7-17-6/334943 "2023-06-07T13:17:50Z")

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Hello, The metricbeat (v7.17.6) rabbitmq modules works fine with my rabbitMq 3.7.3. I plan to upgrade RabbitMQ to 3.11.9 version but I have faced a problem with the node module : ERROR module/wrapper.go:259 Error fetch…

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## [How to define routing allocation of apm server index template](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-define-routing-allocation-of-apm-server-index-template/335244)

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**Author:** [@Kay\_Khan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Kay_Khan)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [June 7, 2023, 10:55am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-define-routing-allocation-of-apm-server-index-template/335244 "2023-06-07T10:55:30Z")

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We would like to define the routing allocation of all index templates created by the apm server so that they are stored on our dedicated nodeset group "monitoring" This is what we have attempted but unfortunately we fin…

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## [Hello I am trying to install elastic apm agent on iis 8 version](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/hello-i-am-trying-to-install-elastic-apm-agent-on-iis-8-version/333986)

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**Author:** [@jeong.hpe](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jeong.hpe)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 7, 2023, 8:00am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/hello-i-am-trying-to-install-elastic-apm-agent-on-iis-8-version/333986 "2023-06-07T08:00:55Z")

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Hello I am trying to install elastic apm agent on iis 8 version. It was confirmed by the log that the iis server is communicating from the apm-server. However, even when I access the site configured with iis, the data …

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## [How to define delete phase of apm server policies](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-define-delete-phase-of-apm-server-policies/335242)

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**Author:** [@Kay\_Khan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Kay_Khan)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [June 7, 2023, 7:39am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-define-delete-phase-of-apm-server-policies/335242 "2023-06-07T07:39:45Z")

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Hi friends I would like to remove the delete phases of every apm ilm policy or at the very least set it to delete in 3 years. Right now we can't seem to get it working at all. Aside: Can i apply the setting globally ac…

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