# Elastic Observability

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/c/observability/82.md?page=78

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## [JVMs tab empty for most services](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/jvms-tab-empty-for-most-services/289955)

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**Author:** [@coynef](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/coynef)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [December 21, 2021, 9:39am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/jvms-tab-empty-for-most-services/289955 "2021-12-21T09:39:28Z")

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Kibana version: 7.10.1 Elasticsearch version: 7.10.1 APM Server version: 7.10.1 APM Agent language and version: 1.26 Description of the problem including expected versus actual behavior. Please include screenshots (i…

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## [No Certificates found. Note: Certificates are only visible for Heartbeat 7.8+](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/no-certificates-found-note-certificates-are-only-visible-for-heartbeat-7-8/292474)

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**Author:** [@fgjensen](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/fgjensen)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [December 20, 2021, 8:36pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/no-certificates-found-note-certificates-are-only-visible-for-heartbeat-7-8/292474 "2021-12-20T20:36:50Z")

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Hi The Elastic Stack is version 7.16.2 and the heartbeats at the hosts are version 7.15.0. On the Kibana Observablity -\> Uptime -\> TLS Certificates no certificates are shown and a text is shown: No Certificates found. …

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## [Apm missing error span](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-missing-error-span/292367)

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**Author:** [@wajika](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/wajika)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [December 20, 2021, 6:42am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-missing-error-span/292367 "2021-12-20T06:42:10Z")

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I saw an http500 error on the transaction page, but I didn’t see it on the error page. Why? elastic stack ver：7.12.0 We just initialized the apm in the code without customizing any apm features.

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## [Interesting Use Case - Down Stream Alerting](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/interesting-use-case-down-stream-alerting/292360)

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**Author:** [@tthiry](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/tthiry)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [December 17, 2021, 8:26pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/interesting-use-case-down-stream-alerting/292360 "2021-12-17T20:26:35Z")

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Hello, I am relatively new to Elasticsearch and I have an interesting alerting use case. Assume I have a router with a layer of switches behind it. That layer of switches has a layer behind it and so on until we get to …

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## [Setup elastic-apm-agent for kafka](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/setup-elastic-apm-agent-for-kafka/291674)

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**Author:** [@ChristianOelsner](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ChristianOelsner)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [December 19, 2021, 11:01pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/setup-elastic-apm-agent-for-kafka/291674 "2021-12-19T23:01:59Z")

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Hey guys, I am playing around with elastic-apm-agent. The goal is to monitor kafka. I am using the agent config given to me in Kibana: java -javaagent:/root/kafka/elastic-apm-agent-1.28.1.jar \\ -Delastic.apm.service\_n…

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## [Can't search by custom response headers](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cant-search-by-custom-response-headers/292217)

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**Author:** [@ufanautas](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ufanautas)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [December 17, 2021, 3:48pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cant-search-by-custom-response-headers/292217 "2021-12-17T15:48:41Z")

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Kibana version: 7.15.1 Elasticsearch version: 7.15.1 APM Server version:7.15.1 APM Agent language and version: 1.26.0 Java Hello! I'm facing an issue that I can't make serachable transcations in APM UI. for http.res…

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## [Uptime Investigate Dropdown Link Uptime Monitor to Host Metrics/Logs](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/uptime-investigate-dropdown-link-uptime-monitor-to-host-metrics-logs/288419)

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**Author:** [@BenB196](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/BenB196)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [December 17, 2021, 1:57pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/uptime-investigate-dropdown-link-uptime-monitor-to-host-metrics-logs/288419 "2021-12-17T13:57:08Z")

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Hi All, In the Kibana UI \> Uptime \> Monitors, each monitor is listed. If you expand a monitor, there is a dropdown menu on the right hand side called Investigate, in the menu there are options like Show host logs and Sh…

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## [Agent 1.28.1 ERROR No Log4j 2 configuration file found](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/agent-1-28-1-error-no-log4j-2-configuration-file-found/291668)

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**Author:** [@coynef](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/coynef)\
**Replies:** 23\
**Last updated:** [December 17, 2021, 1:23pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/agent-1-28-1-error-no-log4j-2-configuration-file-found/291668 "2021-12-17T13:23:36Z")

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APM Agent language and version: 1.28.1 Hi In testing the latest version of the java agent the following error appeared... 2021-12-13 12:59:25,268 elastic-apm-server-healthcheck ERROR No Log4j 2 configuration file foun…

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## [Fleet re-scanning files](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/fleet-re-scanning-files/291580)

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**Author:** [@Gustavo\_Llermaly](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Gustavo_Llermaly)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [December 17, 2021, 10:07am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/fleet-re-scanning-files/291580 "2021-12-17T10:07:00Z")

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Hello, I have a question about re-scanning log files. In Filebeat we have the registry file where we can delete the filebeat.registry\_file How this applies on Fleet? What I want to do specifically is to wipe an entir…

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## [Stack trace is not parsed](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/stack-trace-is-not-parsed/292179)

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**Author:** [@Andrew\_Vyhidnyi](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Andrew_Vyhidnyi)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [December 17, 2021, 9:23am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/stack-trace-is-not-parsed/292179 "2021-12-17T09:23:02Z")

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Kibana version:7.15.2 Elasticsearch version:7.15.2 APM Server version: 7.15.2 APM Agent language and version: opentelemetry/java 1.9.1 and OLTP exporter Description of the problem including expected versus actual beh…

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## [Uptime and Elastic Agent ID links?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/uptime-and-elastic-agent-id-links/288937)

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**Author:** [@PublicName](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/PublicName)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [December 15, 2021, 5:08pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/uptime-and-elastic-agent-id-links/288937 "2021-12-15T17:08:33Z")

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Is is possible to link an existing monitor to a agent that is enrolled in fleet? When you go to Uptime then metrics explorer you get a nice overlay but clicking view in Uptime ends with the main Uptime page and not the …

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## [Sharing a report from Kibana to Slack](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/sharing-a-report-from-kibana-to-slack/292013)

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**Author:** [@Zarzaparro](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Zarzaparro)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [December 15, 2021, 3:49pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/sharing-a-report-from-kibana-to-slack/292013 "2021-12-15T15:49:42Z")

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Good afternoon. I need to do something but I can't find how. I have an automated report in Kibana (from a Dashborad, so the report gives me a PDF). I need this report to be sent to a Slack channel on a daily basis. I c…

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## [How does the "Alert me if a group stops reporting data" setting work?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-does-the-alert-me-if-a-group-stops-reporting-data-setting-work/291963)

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**Author:** [@norgro2601](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/norgro2601)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [December 15, 2021, 12:06pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-does-the-alert-me-if-a-group-stops-reporting-data-setting-work/291963 "2021-12-15T12:06:24Z")

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Hi, I have a configuration similar to the one described in the documentation with grouping alerts by host.name. Now, one of my hosts, which was found before, was replaced by a new host, but since this change, I get NO…

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## [Metric beat error](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/metric-beat-error/291899)

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**Author:** [@Deepanshu\_Saini](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Deepanshu_Saini)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [December 15, 2021, 5:17am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/metric-beat-error/291899 "2021-12-15T05:17:39Z")

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Hi Whenever , I am running cmd metricbeat -e -c /etc/metricbeat/metricbeat.yml. I am getting following 2021-12-15T05:07:59.529Z ERROR mongodb/mongodb.go:98 Error establishing direct connection to mongo node at \[x.x.x.x:…

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## [\[7.16\] Enabling Elastic APM Server on Kibana](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/7-16-enabling-elastic-apm-server-on-kibana/291469)

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**Author:** [@ZikPhil](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ZikPhil)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [December 14, 2021, 10:40am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/7-16-enabling-elastic-apm-server-on-kibana/291469 "2021-12-14T10:40:22Z")

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Hello, I just deployed a brand new ES/Kibana/Fleet cluster and have setup my agents just fine. I decided to start using the APM Server integration inside Elastic Agent since I am already using it for everything else. I'…

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## [Transaction already created](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/transaction-already-created/291047)

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**Author:** [@Pucky](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Pucky)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [December 14, 2021, 8:16am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/transaction-already-created/291047 "2021-12-14T08:16:58Z")

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Hi all. I keep getting the following in syslog Elastic APM PHP Tracer \[PID: 3234\] 2021-12-03 11:57:31.455829+02:00 \[WARNING\] \[Public-API\] \[Tracer.php:224\] \[beginTransactionWithBuilder\] Received reque st to begin a new …

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## [Rule Filesystem in percentage](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/rule-filesystem-in-percentage/291228)

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**Author:** [@fernandofot](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/fernandofot)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [December 13, 2021, 1:10pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/rule-filesystem-in-percentage/291228 "2021-12-13T13:10:17Z")

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Hi Guys, I would like to know which metrics of the filesystem are you using to create an alert to send by email, the detail here is I would like to send an alert when the disk C: or /opt/ hit 90%, for example. I insta…

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## [Alternative to capture\_body](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/alternative-to-capture-body/291607)

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**Author:** [@Bhavani\_Ananth](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Bhavani_Ananth)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [December 13, 2021, 9:26am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/alternative-to-capture-body/291607 "2021-12-13T09:26:04Z")

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Hello Team, There is a new requirement wherein we need to parse a certain tracking number that is part of the http url or part of the request body. The one in the url can be easily retrieved.(http.url and using logstas…

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## [ILM not reclaiming back space in ELK Host server](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ilm-not-reclaiming-back-space-in-elk-host-server/290218)

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**Author:** [@Anagha\_nambiar](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Anagha_nambiar)\
**Replies:** 20\
**Last updated:** [December 12, 2021, 6:46pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ilm-not-reclaiming-back-space-in-elk-host-server/290218 "2021-12-12T18:46:07Z")

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We have a ELK cluster with single node having 50gb disk space. We are sending metricbeat data from 200 servers to Elasticsearch. Created an ILM policy for metricbeat index to do a rollover and delete the index after it …

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## [Elastic Agent broken](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-agent-broken/278490)

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**Author:** [@Henry943](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Henry943)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [December 11, 2021, 6:31pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-agent-broken/278490 "2021-12-11T18:31:44Z")

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Thank you for providing such an wonderful tool to monitor and logs. But unfortunately recent times Elastic agent corrupted frequently. Elastic Agent is installed but currently broken: service exists but installation pa…

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## [Fleet apply pipelines](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/fleet-apply-pipelines/291288)

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**Author:** [@Gustavo\_Llermaly](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Gustavo_Llermaly)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [December 10, 2021, 10:22pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/fleet-apply-pipelines/291288 "2021-12-10T22:22:51Z")

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Hello, I have two questions about ingest pipelines on Fleet. I want to enrich a field in an existent integration (IIS) I know its not recommended to directly edit ingest pipelines on the integrations but the advance…

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## [Doubts about how exclude events by the process name with filebeat](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/doubts-about-how-exclude-events-by-the-process-name-with-filebeat/290988)

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**Author:** [@rdinis](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/rdinis)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [December 10, 2021, 2:00pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/doubts-about-how-exclude-events-by-the-process-name-with-filebeat/290988 "2021-12-10T14:00:22Z")

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Hi, I'm trying to send logs to elastic from the file /var/logs/messages\* and i have a lot of logs from another agents of elastic. The file messages\* looks like this: Dec 1 16:50:03 machine\_name heartbeat: "status": "u…

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## [APM missing SQL Span (NestJS/Typeorm/SQL Server)](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-missing-sql-span-nestjs-typeorm-sql-server/291221)

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**Author:** [@Tam2](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Tam2)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [December 9, 2021, 11:58pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-missing-sql-span-nestjs-typeorm-sql-server/291221 "2021-12-09T23:58:16Z")

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I've got a NestJS monorepo and i'm loading in the elastic-apm-node at the top of the main.ts file: require('elastic-apm-node').start({ // Override the service name from package.json // Allowed characters: a-z, A-Z, …

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## [Not able to connect elastic APM cloud](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/not-able-to-connect-elastic-apm-cloud/291238)

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**Author:** [@vinay1](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/vinay1)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [December 9, 2021, 5:38am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/not-able-to-connect-elastic-apm-cloud/291238 "2021-12-09T05:38:37Z")

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Working fine now

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## [Sending no data point in registerMetric callback](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/sending-no-data-point-in-registermetric-callback/291175)

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**Author:** [@apoco](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/apoco)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [December 8, 2021, 8:29pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/sending-no-data-point-in-registermetric-callback/291175 "2021-12-08T20:29:21Z")

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I'm migrating an app from New Relic, and I'm trying to use registerMetric to give me a custom metric. The metric I'm recording is a duration average, so I'm collecting durations and a count of durations so that when the …

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## [APM server exits if Kafka output is higher than version 2.0](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-server-exits-if-kafka-output-is-higher-than-version-2-0/290573)

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**Author:** [@joao-subtil](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/joao-subtil)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [December 8, 2021, 1:58am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-server-exits-if-kafka-output-is-higher-than-version-2-0/290573 "2021-12-08T01:58:46Z")

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APM Server version: Tested 7.13 and 7.15, fails on both Original install method (e.g. download page, yum, deb, from source, etc.) and version: Docker container with the below dockerfile FROM docker.elastic.co/apm/apm…

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## [Monitoring GCP status dashboard](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/monitoring-gcp-status-dashboard/290920)

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**Author:** [@rschirin](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/rschirin)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [December 7, 2021, 5:45pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/monitoring-gcp-status-dashboard/290920 "2021-12-07T17:45:48Z")

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Hi everybody, I was trying to find a way to monitor GCP status dashboard here using heartbeat component. Right now I have nothing to look at it, so is there anyone that in the past checked it?

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## [How to configure Elastic .NET APM agent with .net WCF service](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-configure-elastic-net-apm-agent-with-net-wcf-service/291070)

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**Author:** [@Sharma3007](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Sharma3007)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [December 7, 2021, 2:39pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-configure-elastic-net-apm-agent-with-net-wcf-service/291070 "2021-12-07T14:39:06Z")

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Hi Team, I tried to implement a .net APM agent with WCF service but it's not working. In my case, my web application was deployed on the XXXX server & the service deployed on the YYYY server. I have configured the .net …

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## [Elastic APM not working with .net WCF service](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-apm-not-working-with-net-wcf-service/290574)

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**Author:** [@Sharma3007](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Sharma3007)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [December 7, 2021, 2:37pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-apm-not-working-with-net-wcf-service/290574 "2021-12-07T14:37:33Z")

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Hi Team, Elastic APM not working with .net WCF service. Please help me how to configure elastic .net apm agent with wcf service. Its working fine with mvc web application, but not with wcf service. My application fet…

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## [Monitor Tags in Uptime not working correctly](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/monitor-tags-in-uptime-not-working-correctly/290742)

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**Author:** [@dabo](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dabo)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [December 7, 2021, 9:45am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/monitor-tags-in-uptime-not-working-correctly/290742 "2021-12-07T09:45:23Z")

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Hello, We are on 7.13. and there is an issue with monitor tags in Uptime. Not all tags are shown when we expand the Tag filter (missing like 10-15 tags) If we search (in the Tag's search box) for a tag, missing tags w…

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