# Elastic Observability

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/c/observability/82.md?page=98

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## [Remedy for CVE-2018-8088 in elastic-apm-agent-1.21.0.jar?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/remedy-for-cve-2018-8088-in-elastic-apm-agent-1-21-0-jar/264775)

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**Author:** [@seanleblanc](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/seanleblanc)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 19, 2021, 9:02pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/remedy-for-cve-2018-8088-in-elastic-apm-agent-1-21-0-jar/264775 "2021-02-19T21:02:00Z")

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A scan is turning up a CVE for this: CRITICAL Vulnerability found in non-os package type (java) - /elastic-apm-agent-1.21.0.jar:slf4j-api (CVE-2018-8088 - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-8088) This showed up …

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## [.NET core app unsuccessful transfer to APM server on Kubernetes](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/net-core-app-unsuccessful-transfer-to-apm-server-on-kubernetes/264242)

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**Author:** [@greenfield](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/greenfield)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [February 17, 2021, 6:41pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/net-core-app-unsuccessful-transfer-to-apm-server-on-kubernetes/264242 "2021-02-17T18:41:52Z")

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Kibana version: 7.11 Elasticsearch version: 7.11 APM Server version: 7.11 APM Agent language and version: .NET\_Core/3.1.12 Original install method (e.g. download page, yum, deb, from source, etc.) and version: ECK o…

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## [Java apm agent and custom index](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/java-apm-agent-and-custom-index/264519)

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**Author:** [@GershonA](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/GershonA)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 17, 2021, 7:25am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/java-apm-agent-and-custom-index/264519 "2021-02-17T07:25:26Z")

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Hello, We using elastic-apm-agent-1.21.0 and cloud elastic service. From my research, currently the agent can only write to default apm-\* index. We want to write to some custom/different index. That is possible? Tha…

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## [How to build Elastic APM .Net Agent in Visual Studio 2019](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-build-elastic-apm-net-agent-in-visual-studio-2019/264384)

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**Author:** [@StOus87](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/StOus87)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 16, 2021, 8:58am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-build-elastic-apm-net-agent-in-visual-studio-2019/264384 "2021-02-16T08:58:13Z")

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Hi, I am trying to open APM agent code in Visual Studio. Is there a documentation which explains how to set it up. Ive got a clone from the repository in my local environment. Im trying to investigate on what needs to be…

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## [Feature Requests](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/feature-requests/264276)

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**Author:** [@fchiorascu](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/fchiorascu)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 16, 2021, 6:22am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/feature-requests/264276 "2021-02-16T06:22:19Z")

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Hi, Dear Product team, below are some kind feature requests: In Stack Monitoring view of Elastic Stack it will be a great feature to have a maturity overall index of the stack deployed/installed having the acceptance…

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## [Trying external-plugin-test on "real setup" fails with "Cannot resolve type description for co.elastic.apm.agent.bci.classloading.LookupExposer"](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/trying-external-plugin-test-on-real-setup-fails-with-cannot-resolve-type-description-for-co-elastic-apm-agent-bci-classloading-lookupexposer/260923)

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**Author:** [@mputz86](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mputz86)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [February 15, 2021, 1:20pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/trying-external-plugin-test-on-real-setup-fails-with-cannot-resolve-type-description-for-co-elastic-apm-agent-bci-classloading-lookupexposer/260923 "2021-02-15T13:20:24Z")

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Hey there, when I try out the external-plugin-test from integration-tests, it fails with "Cannot resolve type description for co.elastic.apm.agent.bci.classloading.LookupExposer". So probably something is missing / not…

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## [Serilog EcsTextFormatter: Not what I expected](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/serilog-ecstextformatter-not-what-i-expected/263781)

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**Author:** [@sgtobin](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/sgtobin)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 15, 2021, 10:42am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/serilog-ecstextformatter-not-what-i-expected/263781 "2021-02-15T10:42:52Z")

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This c# code... class Program { static void Main(string\[\] args) { Log.Logger = new LoggerConfiguration() .MinimumLevel.Debug() .WriteTo.Console(new EcsTextFormatter()) …

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## [Elastic APM Java agent capture response body for Spring Boot application](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-apm-java-agent-capture-response-body-for-spring-boot-application/264237)

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**Author:** [@Ali\_Nazemian](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ali_Nazemian)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [February 14, 2021, 3:19pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-apm-java-agent-capture-response-body-for-spring-boot-application/264237 "2021-02-14T15:19:29Z")

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I was wondering how I can capture a response body for a Spring Boot application using Elastic APM java agent? Is there any way that I can configure the agent to capture all responses or possibly the response object for a…

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## [Elastic APM Transactions](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-apm-transactions/264144)

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**Author:** [@vjupall](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/vjupall)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 14, 2021, 9:31am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-apm-transactions/264144 "2021-02-14T09:31:38Z")

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We are not able to find any transactions in Kibana , currently we are using Java 11, Spring Boot 2.2.8. APM version : compile(group: 'co.elastic.apm', name: 'apm-agent-api', version: '1.17.0') Error Logs: 'org.apache…

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## [API Secret key token](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/api-secret-key-token/263900)

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**Author:** [@lnitin](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/lnitin)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [February 11, 2021, 8:24am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/api-secret-key-token/263900 "2021-02-11T08:24:27Z")

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Elastic apm-server and agent configuration, what is a secret\_token for java agent is it an API key from elasticsearch.? Will it be a security issue if we have the api key as a part of java code.?

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## [Unable to store keystore password for elastic protocol in apm server configuraton](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-store-keystore-password-for-elastic-protocol-in-apm-server-configuraton/263899)

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**Author:** [@lnitin](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/lnitin)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 11, 2021, 12:55am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-store-keystore-password-for-elastic-protocol-in-apm-server-configuraton/263899 "2021-02-11T00:55:47Z")

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Hi, I'm trying to store basic auth credentials in keystore, but i'm getting below error Optional protocol and basic auth credentials. protocol: "https" username: "elastic" password: "abcdefg" root@test1:/usr/share/a…

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## [APM client node.js ResponseError](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-client-node-js-responseerror/263885)

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**Author:** [@mirko.spezie](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mirko.spezie)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 10, 2021, 7:21pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-client-node-js-responseerror/263885 "2021-02-10T19:21:58Z")

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Kibana version: 7.10.2 Elasticsearch version: 7.10.2 APM Server version: 7.10.2 APM Agent language and version: node.js 3.10.0 Original install method (e.g. download page, yum, deb, from source, etc.) and version: AP…

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## [JVM/system memory monitor graphs](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/jvm-system-memory-monitor-graphs/263082)

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**Author:** [@anjana1](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/anjana1)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [February 10, 2021, 4:34pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/jvm-system-memory-monitor-graphs/263082 "2021-02-10T16:34:37Z")

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Kibana version : 7.9 Elasticsearch version : 7.9 APM Server version : 7.9 APM Agent language and version : java 1.8 Fresh install or upgraded from other version? fresh install Is there anything special in your setup…

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## [Showing \`error.log\` field in Observability Logs? (Currently it just shows \`message\` field, so it is very inconvenient to look at errors!)](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/showing-error-log-field-in-observability-logs-currently-it-just-shows-message-field-so-it-is-very-inconvenient-to-look-at-errors/263319)

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**Author:** [@fzyzcjy](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/fzyzcjy)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [February 10, 2021, 12:14pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/showing-error-log-field-in-observability-logs-currently-it-just-shows-message-field-so-it-is-very-inconvenient-to-look-at-errors/263319 "2021-02-10T12:14:41Z")

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Hi thanks for elastic stack! I wonder how can I show error.log field in Observability Logs? Currently it just shows message field, so it is very inconvenient to look at errors! When doing tail -f mylogfile, of course we …

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## [Best way of setting up \`service.name\` && any other fields that I should set up?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/best-way-of-setting-up-service-name-any-other-fields-that-i-should-set-up/262700)

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**Author:** [@fzyzcjy](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/fzyzcjy)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 10, 2021, 12:12pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/best-way-of-setting-up-service-name-any-other-fields-that-i-should-set-up/262700 "2021-02-10T12:12:29Z")

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Hi thanks for this product! I wonder how should I set up the service.name? What is the most recommended way to setup it for any kubernetes pod (e.g. a Spring java app, a Nginx, a Kafka...) (Because I see here saying tha…

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## [Elastic APM](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-apm/263846)

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**Author:** [@Shalinicts](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Shalinicts)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 10, 2021, 9:33am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-apm/263846 "2021-02-10T09:33:32Z")

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Can we use Elatsic APM in opensource ELK stack?

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## [Unable to see transactions with APM when used with apollo-server-express](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-see-transactions-with-apm-when-used-with-apollo-server-express/263821)

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**Author:** [@Sim\_Singh](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Sim_Singh)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [February 10, 2021, 9:31am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-see-transactions-with-apm-when-used-with-apollo-server-express/263821 "2021-02-10T09:31:34Z")

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APM Agent language and version: "elastic-apm-node": "^3.10.0", Using with: "apollo-server-express": "^2.18.2", "express": "^4.17.1", This is a first time setup for this particular type of app. As suggested by Apollo…

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## [Span#setLabel(String, Number) doesn't work](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/span-setlabel-string-number-doesnt-work/263283)

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**Author:** [@dmitry\_first](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dmitry_first)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [February 8, 2021, 11:59am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/span-setlabel-string-number-doesnt-work/263283 "2021-02-08T11:59:03Z")

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APM Agent language and version: java and apm agent library = 1.20.0 Original install method (e.g. download page, yum, deb, from source, etc.) and version: gradle Description of the problem including expected versus act…

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## [Synthetic monitoring using a pod](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/synthetic-monitoring-using-a-pod/261631)

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**Author:** [@aman26ps](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/aman26ps)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [February 8, 2021, 8:45am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/synthetic-monitoring-using-a-pod/261631 "2021-02-08T08:45:09Z")

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Hi Team, I am running my ECK stack on a managed kubernetes clusters with no access to login into any of the kube nodes, now with this implementation currently i wont be able to run docker container in the same namespace…

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## [Service Map not linking services](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/service-map-not-linking-services/262096)

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**Author:** [@jhai](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jhai)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [February 6, 2021, 7:31pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/service-map-not-linking-services/262096 "2021-02-06T19:31:39Z")

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Kibana version: 7.9 Elasticsearch version: 7.9 APM Server version: 7.10 APM Agent language and version: Elastic.Apm.AspNetCore 1.7.1 Browser version: Chrome 87 Original install method (e.g. download page, yum, deb, …

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## [Synthetic monitoring script handle multi-factor authentication](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/synthetic-monitoring-script-handle-multi-factor-authentication/263469)

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**Author:** [@michael.shell](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/michael.shell)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 5, 2021, 9:02pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/synthetic-monitoring-script-handle-multi-factor-authentication/263469 "2021-02-05T21:02:04Z")

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Can we write script that handle the use of a one time PIN via a soft token? Thanks,

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## [Logs only showing time in UTC, regardless of setting](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logs-only-showing-time-in-utc-regardless-of-setting/262761)

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**Author:** [@doyelese](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/doyelese)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 4, 2021, 9:38am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logs-only-showing-time-in-utc-regardless-of-setting/262761 "2021-02-04T09:38:45Z")

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Hi there, Maybe I'm missing the setting, but my logs in the Observability window are always being shown in UTC, despite the fact that I'm saving these logs as MST. Where can I change this setting or determine how the da…

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## [APM Agent is not working on FIPS enabled java application](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-agent-is-not-working-on-fips-enabled-java-application/261815)

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**Author:** [@Dhanaraju\_Vasireddy](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Dhanaraju_Vasireddy)\
**Replies:** 18\
**Last updated:** [February 3, 2021, 8:42am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-agent-is-not-working-on-fips-enabled-java-application/261815 "2021-02-03T08:42:45Z")

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Hi We are trying to using APM agent in an application which is FIPS complaint and using CCJ jar (security.provider.5=com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.Provider CCJ) Problem1: In the Java APM agent, below line keeps failing …

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## [Transaction for application startup is added to default service name](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/transaction-for-application-startup-is-added-to-default-service-name/262989)

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**Author:** [@Wolfram\_Haussig](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Wolfram_Haussig)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [February 3, 2021, 5:47am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/transaction-for-application-startup-is-added-to-default-service-name/262989 "2021-02-03T05:47:48Z")

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Hello all, I have an application which takes a very long time to startup(depending on the circumstances between 50 seconds and 5 minutes). Therefore, I have added code to instrument the startup(I have subclassed the Spr…

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## [ELK APM and Jaeger Integration add Kubernetes metadata and system data to transactions/spans](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elk-apm-and-jaeger-integration-add-kubernetes-metadata-and-system-data-to-transactions-spans/263035)

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**Author:** [@zvazquez](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/zvazquez)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 3, 2021, 2:44am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elk-apm-and-jaeger-integration-add-kubernetes-metadata-and-system-data-to-transactions-spans/263035 "2021-02-03T02:44:35Z")

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Hi, We are working on the integration of Jaeger with ELK APM running on Kubernetes, we noticed that some of the metadata and actual data related with Kubernetes and APM specific is not available, and we could not find a…

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## [\[REDACTED\] Is the marked field blocked by apm](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/redacted-is-the-marked-field-blocked-by-apm/262931)

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**Author:** [@wajika](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/wajika)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [February 3, 2021, 1:40am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/redacted-is-the-marked-field-blocked-by-apm/262931 "2021-02-03T01:40:26Z")

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I found that some trace data is marked \[redacted\], but I need them to be displayed. What should I do? I found these

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## [How to Know how many Metric beat agents are up and running](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-know-how-many-metric-beat-agents-are-up-and-running/261890)

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**Author:** [@sai07](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/sai07)\
**Replies:** 17\
**Last updated:** [February 2, 2021, 3:26pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-know-how-many-metric-beat-agents-are-up-and-running/261890 "2021-02-02T15:26:23Z")

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We have configured 100 Metricbeat agents in 100 VM's and we are getting all the logs from that VM's as well. But we need to monitor the Metricbeat agent as well. If any Metricbeat agent is not working we need to identi…

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## [HikariCP metrics ingestion error](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/hikaricp-metrics-ingestion-error/259875)

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**Author:** [@jenhouwu](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jenhouwu)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [December 31, 2020, 7:50am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/hikaricp-metrics-ingestion-error/259875 "2020-12-31T07:50:58Z")

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Kibana version: 7.10.1 Elasticsearch version: 7.10.1 APM Server version: 7.8.0 APM Agent language and version: java 1.19.1 Steps to reproduce: start apm java agent with option -Delastic.apm.disable\_metrics=hika…

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## [Specify instrument modules instead of automatic detection](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/specify-instrument-modules-instead-of-automatic-detection/262559)

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**Author:** [@ebuildy](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ebuildy)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [February 2, 2021, 8:55am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/specify-instrument-modules-instead-of-automatic-detection/262559 "2021-02-02T08:55:42Z")

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Using nodeJS 12 / ES6. Some libraries are not detected because: import \* as IORedis from 'ioredis'; We had to change it to require("ioredis"); to have ioredis lib detected. I see there is something called "require-i…

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## [Elastic.Apm and NETFramework 4.8](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-apm-and-netframework-4-8/262896)

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**Author:** [@phat\_vapes69](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/phat_vapes69)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 1, 2021, 8:27pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-apm-and-netframework-4-8/262896 "2021-02-01T20:27:41Z")

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Hello there, I have been trying to search for a solution to this issue and cannot seem to find any assistance online. When using Elastic.Apm 1.7.1 with netframework 4.8, during our build I am unable to successfully ins…

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