# Elastic Observability

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/c/observability/82.md?page=59

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## [How to understand the APM data span.duration.us value](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-understand-the-apm-data-span-duration-us-value/318611)

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**Author:** [@pratikshatiwari](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/pratikshatiwari)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [November 10, 2022, 2:25pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-understand-the-apm-data-span-duration-us-value/318611 "2022-11-10T14:25:53Z")

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Hello, I am trying to prepare custom dashboard by using span.duration.us field. My query is what is the value inside span.duration.us field is value in microsecond? If it is microsecond how do i apply logic to see the…

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## [Java capture overloaded method](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/java-capture-overloaded-method/318434)

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**Author:** [@APandey](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/APandey)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [November 10, 2022, 1:51pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/java-capture-overloaded-method/318434 "2022-11-10T13:51:03Z")

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Hello everyone, I want to understand whether we can capture overloaded methods. We want to find which overloaded method was called with number of arguments and their type so we can use it for further correlation.

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## [Strange behavior of "no data" alerts](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/strange-behavior-of-no-data-alerts/318531)

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**Author:** [@EDzhelyov](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/EDzhelyov)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [November 10, 2022, 11:47am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/strange-behavior-of-no-data-alerts/318531 "2022-11-10T11:47:09Z")

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We have an alert that checks if there is a controllermanager.master, it's configured to use the document count function, see the screenshot below. It started to report "no data" and triggered the alert after we creat…

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## [How to ingest a log file from source system to Kibana through Filebeat](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-ingest-a-log-file-from-source-system-to-kibana-through-filebeat/315544)

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**Author:** [@cadrija](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/cadrija)\
**Replies:** 15\
**Last updated:** [November 10, 2022, 5:50am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-ingest-a-log-file-from-source-system-to-kibana-through-filebeat/315544 "2022-11-10T05:50:26Z")

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Hi experts! I am new to elastic. I have installed ELK (7.17.6) on a Ubuntu system (suppose u.u.u.u). Now I am trying to fetch/ingest a log file from a windows system (suppose w.w.w.w). Steps I followed leaning from tut…

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## [No JVMs were found APM](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/no-jvms-were-found-apm/318177)

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**Author:** [@User28](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/User28)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [November 9, 2022, 9:02pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/no-jvms-were-found-apm/318177 "2022-11-09T21:02:24Z")

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Hi, Elasticsearch - v7.17.4 Kibana - v7.17.4 APM Server - v7.17.4 Opentelemetry agent - v1.11.0 In Kibana APM JVM UI, it says No JVMs were found service.node.name is also set We have sending observability da…

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## [Alerts: Calculate the 99 percentile of a histogram metric](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/alerts-calculate-the-99-percentile-of-a-histogram-metric/318556)

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**Author:** [@EDzhelyov](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/EDzhelyov)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 9, 2022, 3:37pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/alerts-calculate-the-99-percentile-of-a-histogram-metric/318556 "2022-11-09T15:37:09Z")

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I have the following Prometheus alert using the etcd\_disk\_wal\_fsync\_duration\_seconds\_bucket metric: histogram\_quantile(0.99, rate(etcd\_disk\_wal\_fsync\_duration\_seconds\_bucket\[1m\])) \> 0.5 What will be equivalen…

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## [Programmatic setup for Java agent not reading server URL setting](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/programmatic-setup-for-java-agent-not-reading-server-url-setting/318522)

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**Author:** [@Ong](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ong)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [November 9, 2022, 10:39am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/programmatic-setup-for-java-agent-not-reading-server-url-setting/318522 "2022-11-09T10:39:23Z")

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I am setting up APM for a Springboot Java application on maven. The APM server is running on ECE. I followed the guide on the Elastic documentation: Programmatic API setup Configuration I put the APM settings inside …

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## [Troubleshooting APM Agent to Fleet Server](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/troubleshooting-apm-agent-to-fleet-server/318136)

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**Author:** [@sb-devora](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/sb-devora)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [November 8, 2022, 4:54pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/troubleshooting-apm-agent-to-fleet-server/318136 "2022-11-08T16:54:21Z")

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Hi, I'm trying to set up Elastic APM on a dotnet mvc app. Testing with a dotnet core console app but my intended setup is for a regular dotnet framework project in mvc. I have Elasticsearch and Kibana set up. I have m…

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## [Use Elastic for Kubernetes monitoring](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/use-elastic-for-kubernetes-monitoring/318353)

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**Author:** [@EDzhelyov](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/EDzhelyov)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [November 8, 2022, 12:35pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/use-elastic-for-kubernetes-monitoring/318353 "2022-11-08T12:35:57Z")

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We are trying to replace our Prometheus metrics and alarms with the Elastic stack and run into some issues. For example, with Prometheus, we use the up metric to create an alarm that will tell us if a given service, lik…

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## [Banging my head on this application logs with APM](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/banging-my-head-on-this-application-logs-with-apm/318347)

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**Author:** [@jettro](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jettro)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [November 8, 2022, 7:31am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/banging-my-head-on-this-application-logs-with-apm/318347 "2022-11-08T07:31:15Z")

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Hi, I am setting up a Docker based test environment with Elasticsearch, Kibana, Fleet and spring-boot with APM. I can see transactions with a lot of information about requests. I can monitor exceptions. But I just canno…

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## [APM Log Correlation not showing up...from which index/data stream does that app look for correlations?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-log-correlation-not-showing-up-from-which-index-data-stream-does-that-app-look-for-correlations/318361)

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**Author:** [@Peter\_Li](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Peter_Li)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [November 7, 2022, 5:58pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-log-correlation-not-showing-up-from-which-index-data-stream-does-that-app-look-for-correlations/318361 "2022-11-07T17:58:09Z")

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I am sending log entries to elasticsearch directly, bypassing filebeat. The index/datastream is ".ds-logs-radicale-2022.11.07-2022.11.07-000001" (the duplicated date shouldn't be a problem ?). I can see the log entry in …

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## [Every log line sent to ES create new index](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/every-log-line-sent-to-es-create-new-index/318340)

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**Author:** [@florind](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/florind)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [November 7, 2022, 2:59pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/every-log-line-sent-to-es-create-new-index/318340 "2022-11-07T14:59:58Z")

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Hello, I'm using fluentd to send pod logs to ES 8.5 My problem is that each log sent is creating a new index, so i end up having a very large number of indices. What I'd like to have is one index per day, and keep the…

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## [Working with secrets and sensitive values with the Uptime App](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/working-with-secrets-and-sensitive-values-with-the-uptime-app/317126)

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**Author:** [@Marchelune](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Marchelune)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [November 4, 2022, 5:03pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/working-with-secrets-and-sensitive-values-with-the-uptime-app/317126 "2022-11-04T17:03:55Z")

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Hi there! I'm investigating the best way to monitor API uptime, and I have checked out the synthetics samples. A lot of APIs under test require authentication, thus some sort of credentials needs to be available during…

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## [Heartbeat 8.5.0 mapper error workaround](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/heartbeat-8-5-0-mapper-error-workaround/318132)

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**Author:** [@Andrew\_Cholakian1](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Andrew_Cholakian1)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 3, 2022, 6:59pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/heartbeat-8-5-0-mapper-error-workaround/318132 "2022-11-03T18:59:08Z")

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Hi all, Andrew from Elastic here, Tech Lead for Heartbeat. We're sorry to report that Heartbeat 8.5.0 has a severe bug that will break indexing in most installs after ~30m of runtime. The good news is there's an easy wor…

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## [APM host on Standalone Elastic Agent](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-host-on-standalone-elastic-agent/317695)

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**Author:** [@juliana\_cg](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/juliana_cg)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [November 3, 2022, 9:25am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-host-on-standalone-elastic-agent/317695 "2022-11-03T09:25:01Z")

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Hello, I'm using Standalone Elastic agent on version 7.17.7. Tested it on docker and kubernetes, but in both cases can get to connect my APM agent to Elastic's agent APM, always getting connection refused error. When go…

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## [No APM server detecting in kibana even apm server running locally](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/no-apm-server-detecting-in-kibana-even-apm-server-running-locally/317956)

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**Author:** [@Subrahmanyeswari](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Subrahmanyeswari)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 2, 2022, 10:02am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/no-apm-server-detecting-in-kibana-even-apm-server-running-locally/317956 "2022-11-02T10:02:45Z")

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If you are asking about a problem you are experiencing, please use the following template, as it will help us help you. If you have a different problem, please delete all of this text :slight\_smile: TIP 2: Check out the…

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## [How to add api gateway api key to lambda APM?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-add-api-gateway-api-key-to-lambda-apm/317854)

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**Author:** [@alex\_123123](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/alex_123123)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [November 2, 2022, 2:44am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-add-api-gateway-api-key-to-lambda-apm/317854 "2022-11-02T02:44:50Z")

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Kibana version: 8.4.1 Elasticsearch version: 8.4.1 APM Server version: 8.4.1 APM Agent language and version: nodejs, elastic-apm-extension-ver-1-1-0-x86\_64, elastic-apm-node-ver-3-38-0 Browser version: / Original in…

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## [APM server is not listening in netstat tupln](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-server-is-not-listening-in-netstat-tupln/316540)

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**Author:** [@lekshmir80](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/lekshmir80)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [October 31, 2022, 9:40am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-server-is-not-listening-in-netstat-tupln/316540 "2022-10-31T09:40:03Z")

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Kibana version: 7.8.0 Elasticsearch version: 7.8.0 APM Server version: 7.8.0 APM Agent language and version: 6.12.0 Browser version: Chrome 105.0.5195.125 Original install method (e.g. download page, yum, deb, from…

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## [Sending jenkins metrics to elastic APM](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/sending-jenkins-metrics-to-elastic-apm/316727)

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**Author:** [@Neelam\_Zanvar](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Neelam_Zanvar)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [October 31, 2022, 7:14am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/sending-jenkins-metrics-to-elastic-apm/316727 "2022-10-31T07:14:58Z")

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If you are asking about a problem you are experiencing, please use the following template, as it will help us help you. If you have a different problem, please delete all of this text :slight\_smile: TIP 1: select at lea…

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## [Monitor Docker Containers running on a Virtual Machine](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/monitor-docker-containers-running-on-a-virtual-machine/317616)

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**Author:** [@Adedolapo\_Okunsanmi](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Adedolapo_Okunsanmi)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 31, 2022, 6:04am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/monitor-docker-containers-running-on-a-virtual-machine/317616 "2022-10-31T06:04:26Z")

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Hi Guys, I am wondering if it is possible to get logs from a Docker Container hosted on an Azure VM. Documentation, URLs, and Videos are welcomed.

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## [While ingesting a log file from source system to Kibana through Filebeat, getting "End Of File reached" message in Filebeat logs](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/while-ingesting-a-log-file-from-source-system-to-kibana-through-filebeat-getting-end-of-file-reached-message-in-filebeat-logs/317777)

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**Author:** [@cadrija](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/cadrija)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 31, 2022, 5:55am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/while-ingesting-a-log-file-from-source-system-to-kibana-through-filebeat-getting-end-of-file-reached-message-in-filebeat-logs/317777 "2022-10-31T05:55:37Z")

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Hi experts! I am new to elastic. I have installed ELK (8.4) on a Ubuntu system (suppose u.u.u.u). Now I am trying to fetch/ingest a log file from a windows system (suppose w.w.w.w). Steps I followed leaning from tutori…

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## [Java agent APM and valid errors](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/java-agent-apm-and-valid-errors/317685)

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**Author:** [@Ivan44785372](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ivan44785372)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 31, 2022, 4:45am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/java-agent-apm-and-valid-errors/317685 "2022-10-31T04:45:22Z")

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I can see that all "valid" errors, when I throw my own exception and handle them like this if (N \> 0) { throw new MyCustomException(); } All such "errors" shows in "Errors" page in APM, but these are not real error…

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## [How to visualize process RAM consumption](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-visualize-process-ram-consumption/317667)

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**Author:** [@augandi](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/augandi)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 28, 2022, 8:29am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-visualize-process-ram-consumption/317667 "2022-10-28T08:29:35Z")

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Hi, I hope someone can help :slight\_smile: We have an use case to visualize the process RAM consumption in relation to the overall consumption. In Obeservability I can search for hosts and process.name. Example: The ov…

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## [How to flush APM transaction before shutting down application (.net 6 / console / Lambda)](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-flush-apm-transaction-before-shutting-down-application-net-6-console-lambda/317748)

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**Author:** [@jimmie](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jimmie)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 30, 2022, 9:34am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-flush-apm-transaction-before-shutting-down-application-net-6-console-lambda/317748 "2022-10-30T09:34:37Z")

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I'm using Elastic APM on my .NET 6 API which works perfectly fine. I'm trying to get it roll on my console and AWS Lamdba deploys as well. I moved out the important pieces to a separate project to easier debug and show…

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## [How come APM Alert for Failed Transaction Rate Threshold shows "Ok" instead of "Active"?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-come-apm-alert-for-failed-transaction-rate-threshold-shows-ok-instead-of-active/317640)

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**Author:** [@learningelastic](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/learningelastic)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 28, 2022, 11:58am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-come-apm-alert-for-failed-transaction-rate-threshold-shows-ok-instead-of-active/317640 "2022-10-28T11:58:09Z")

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I'm exploring the APM Alert Failed Transaction Rate Threshold feature but I can't seem to put the rule into an "Active" state. So for example, I have an APM service that shows Failed Transaction Rate of 48% for about 30…

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## [Big JSON Payloads in Elastic APM](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/big-json-payloads-in-elastic-apm/317527)

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**Author:** [@rStorms](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/rStorms)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 27, 2022, 6:59am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/big-json-payloads-in-elastic-apm/317527 "2022-10-27T06:59:20Z")

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Hi there, we are using Elastic for Logs and APM in our application. To track bigger JSON payloads sent via REST between Microservices we selectively log those to a capped MongoDB collection in order to debug. I saw the …

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## [Can we use APM with a nodeJS serveless aplication at AZURE?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-we-use-apm-with-a-nodejs-serveless-aplication-at-azure/317157)

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**Author:** [@lucaoskaique](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/lucaoskaique)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [October 26, 2022, 3:21pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-we-use-apm-with-a-nodejs-serveless-aplication-at-azure/317157 "2022-10-26T15:21:06Z")

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Hi, i'm lucas! i have researched everywhere and i could find how to use elastic with nodejs azure functions. actually i'm trying to find a example with nodejs + azure functions + elastic APM is there a way to make it …

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## [Log threshold rules does not allow filtering with boolean fields](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/log-threshold-rules-does-not-allow-filtering-with-boolean-fields/317175)

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**Author:** [@qatium-developers](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/qatium-developers)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [October 26, 2022, 10:10am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/log-threshold-rules-does-not-allow-filtering-with-boolean-fields/317175 "2022-10-26T10:10:18Z")

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Hello, we are trying to generate a Log Threshold rule that requires checking a boolean field to detect if the alert must be raised or not, but UI interface does not allow to use this kind of fields. We have checked the…

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## [404 error while pushing traces from OTel Exporter to APM server](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/404-error-while-pushing-traces-from-otel-exporter-to-apm-server/315795)

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**Author:** [@gvencadze](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/gvencadze)\
**Replies:** 14\
**Last updated:** [October 25, 2022, 9:57pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/404-error-while-pushing-traces-from-otel-exporter-to-apm-server/315795 "2022-10-25T21:57:06Z")

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Hey guys, I've setup opentelemetry exporter in cluster, then connected services to it and see traces in exporter logs. But, when they are pushing to APM server it returns http 404 Exporting failed. The error is not retr…

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## [APM - Trace samples ordering](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-trace-samples-ordering/312918)

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**Author:** [@Miloslav\_Adamec](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Miloslav_Adamec)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [October 25, 2022, 4:41pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-trace-samples-ordering/312918 "2022-10-25T16:41:44Z")

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Kibana version: v8.3.3 Elasticsearch version: v8.3.3 APM Server version: v8.3.3 APM Agent language and version: Browser version: Chrome 104.0.5112.101 Original install method (e.g. download page, yum, deb, from …

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