# Synthetics **URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/c/observability/synthetics/75.md?page=1 [Latest](https://discuss.elastic.co/latest.md) · [Categories](https://discuss.elastic.co/categories.md) · [Tags](https://discuss.elastic.co/tags.md) **Page:** 2 --- ## [How to improve FCP and LCP score](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-improve-fcp-and-lcp-score/374196)
**Author:** [@nicolas\_marinucci](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/nicolas_marinucci)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2025, 8:16pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-improve-fcp-and-lcp-score/374196 "2025-02-06T20:16:42Z")
Hello, dear friends! I am currently implementing synthetic monitoring to obtain metrics of the status of certain services. For this I have followed the documentation to set up a full elastic agent with docker to use it… --- ## [AWS ECR scanning and vulnerabilities concern for docker image 8.12.2](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/aws-ecr-scanning-and-vulnerabilities-concern-for-docker-image-8-12-2/368117)
**Author:** [@xyngfei](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/xyngfei)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2024, 6:45am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/aws-ecr-scanning-and-vulnerabilities-concern-for-docker-image-8-12-2/368117 "2024-10-02T06:45:29Z")
I am trying to follow the guide to pull the docker image, why are there so many critical findings? need some advice to move forward. docker pull docker.elastic.co/beats/elastic-agent-complete:8.12.2 --- ## [Synthetics and APM integration](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/synthetics-and-apm-integration/373769)
**Author:** [@vharish0596](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/vharish0596)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2025, 2:00pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/synthetics-and-apm-integration/373769 "2025-01-28T14:00:05Z")
In the advanced options of synthetics there an option to choose APM service name. However few things are not clear like Let's say I have a service in APM running in two environments with the same name, to which envi… --- ## [Private location resource calculator](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/private-location-resource-calculator/373647)
**Author:** [@mbowman](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mbowman)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2025, 6:58pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/private-location-resource-calculator/373647 "2025-01-24T18:58:11Z")
Hi, Over the last year we have increased our Synthetics monitor usage with several type of monitors, but only a few multi-step user journeys. Based on what is described here Monitor resources on private networks | Elas… --- ## [Some advice?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/some-advice/373123)
**Author:** [@catn0b0t](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/catn0b0t)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 13, 2025, 6:19pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/some-advice/373123 "2025-01-13T18:19:35Z")
Hi, we have +300 servers that we have enrolled with a fleet-policy. We would like to rollout monitors to these servers to check on uptime of local services. However, we have this going now for 1 service, and it is a bit … --- ## [Synthetic Browser Timings](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/synthetic-browser-timings/372815)
**Author:** [@Yechezkal\_Gutfreund](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Yechezkal_Gutfreund)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2025, 7:43pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/synthetic-browser-timings/372815 "2025-01-05T19:43:44Z")
We setup a synthetic monitor with a single page HTTP call. Did it for all 10 locations (US, Pacific, Australia, etc.). Question 1: Where can I find authoritative documentation of how DNS, SSL, payload.timings.total, et… --- ## [We're sending using console.log shows up in Elastic search as synthetics.payload.message but randomly disappeared for several days and we don't know why](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/were-sending-using-console-log-shows-up-in-elastic-search-as-synthetics-payload-message-but-randomly-disappeared-for-several-days-and-we-dont-know-why/372728)
**Author:** [@JustAnotherITPerson](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/JustAnotherITPerson)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 3, 2025, 1:47am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/were-sending-using-console-log-shows-up-in-elastic-search-as-synthetics-payload-message-but-randomly-disappeared-for-several-days-and-we-dont-know-why/372728 "2025-01-03T01:47:42Z")
We do some performance analysis on how long it takes to load certain elements in the page which we currently report using console.log... example, loginTime: step.soft('loginTime: Waiting for recommendations to load', as… --- ## [How to extend the the page Journey object?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-extend-the-the-page-journey-object/372345)
**Author:** [@xyngfei](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/xyngfei)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 24, 2024, 3:00am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-extend-the-the-page-journey-object/372345 "2024-12-24T03:00:59Z")
Currently, our application is required to inject the special header, and if I put the code into synthetics.config.ts, it will show the value in the elastic portal without hiding it, which is not ideal. Therefore, we expl… --- ## [Synthetics: Metrics/Stats?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/synthetics-metrics-stats/372335)
**Author:** [@erikg](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/erikg)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2024, 5:42pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/synthetics-metrics-stats/372335 "2024-12-23T17:42:16Z")
Can synthetics capture all of these metrics: --- ## [Unable push the code into elastic journey](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-push-the-code-into-elastic-journey/371004)
**Author:** [@xyngfei](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/xyngfei)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2024, 3:18am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-push-the-code-into-elastic-journey/371004 "2024-12-04T03:18:25Z")
Follow the example, In the synthetics.config.ts, i have provided the request value project: { id: xxx, url: xxx, space: xxx, }, Run this command, SYNTHETICS\_API\_KEY= npm run push Why does … --- ## [Elastic Synthetics not meant for IT cases?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-synthetics-not-meant-for-it-cases/371032)
**Author:** [@erikg](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/erikg)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 25, 2024, 5:14pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-synthetics-not-meant-for-it-cases/371032 "2024-11-25T17:14:37Z")
Awhile back I attended an Elastic Synthetics webinar, they said that Elastic Synthetics is a clear replacement to other tools like Cisco Thousand Eyes. After exploring more of Elastic Synthetics, it appears it mainly fo… --- ## [Support multiple js playwright scripts](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/support-multiple-js-playwright-scripts/368228)
**Author:** [@xyngfei](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/xyngfei)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [November 25, 2024, 4:05am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/support-multiple-js-playwright-scripts/368228 "2024-11-25T04:05:46Z")
Currently, we have the existing playwright script, however, it has several js files because we need to make the test more maintainable. Each js file is representing a feature testing, featureA.js = search shopping cart … --- ## [NTLM Authentication with Project Monitors](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ntlm-authentication-with-project-monitors/370130)
**Author:** [@goncalobsantos](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/goncalobsantos)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 14, 2024, 11:31am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ntlm-authentication-with-project-monitors/370130 "2024-11-14T11:31:47Z")
I'm developing synthetic monitors using Project Monitors, but some of the applications that I need to access use NTLM Authentication to login. I've read here and here, that NTLM authentication is not supported at the mom… --- ## [Disable javascript for a journey](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/disable-javascript-for-a-journey/370204)
**Author:** [@Robinhlgrsn](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Robinhlgrsn)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2024, 11:49am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/disable-javascript-for-a-journey/370204 "2024-11-12T11:49:46Z")
Writing a journey for testing elements visible only for google bot. I want to set the javaScriptEnabled: false in the playwrightOptions in the monitor.use() but it doesn't work. --- ## [\[Playwright\]\[upload\] error executing step: ENOENT: no such file or directory, open './images/demo.jpg'](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/playwright-upload-error-executing-step-enoent-no-such-file-or-directory-open-images-demo-jpg/370085)
**Author:** [@danydilla](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/danydilla)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2024, 1:52pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/playwright-upload-error-executing-step-enoent-no-such-file-or-directory-open-images-demo-jpg/370085 "2024-11-06T13:52:05Z")
Hi all, i write synthetic test using playwright. I want to trigger a post request that do an upload image. Example import \* as fs from 'fs' ... const imageFile = fs.readFileSync(\`./images/demo.jpg\`) ... { headers: {… --- ## [DNS - Synthetics ICMP Creation](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/dns-synthetics-icmp-creation/369295)
**Author:** [@erikg](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/erikg)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 31, 2024, 4:05pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/dns-synthetics-icmp-creation/369295 "2024-10-31T16:05:14Z")
Hello, I want to create a couple of ICMP monitors. The issue is sometimes I don't know the hostname, but I don't want see the IP address as the monitor name. Is there a way to do some kind of dns lookup and label the mo… --- ## [Using synthetics monitor CLI with .env](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/using-synthetics-monitor-cli-with-env/369682)
**Author:** [@Cristian\_Pereyra](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Cristian_Pereyra)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2024, 10:53pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/using-synthetics-monitor-cli-with-env/369682 "2024-10-29T22:53:49Z")
ECK version: 8.14.0 FLEET version: 8.14.0 Synthetics Monitor agent version: 8.14.1 @elastic/synthetics CLI version: 1.12.1 Arch: on premise Kubernetes Hello everyone! I currently have a synthetic monitor running with … --- ## [Event Triggering in Elasticsearch Webhook Integration Despite Unmet Conditions](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/event-triggering-in-elasticsearch-webhook-integration-despite-unmet-conditions/369180)
**Author:** [@Vinicius\_Manganotti](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Vinicius_Manganotti)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2024, 2:42pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/event-triggering-in-elasticsearch-webhook-integration-despite-unmet-conditions/369180 "2024-10-28T14:42:13Z")
Hello! I have the following scenario: I integrated Elasticsearch with another software via Webhook. The main idea of the integration is for Elastic to trigger events to this other software if a synthetic test fails more… --- ## [Synthetic monitoring Authentication](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/synthetic-monitoring-authentication/368984)
**Author:** [@fabry\_00](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/fabry_00)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 17, 2024, 12:53pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/synthetic-monitoring-authentication/368984 "2024-10-17T12:53:59Z")
I would like to use synthetic monitoring to monitor out APIs. Some of these apis are public but some of them are protected by oauth and mtls. For oauth protected APIs I understood that I can create a 'journey' and us… --- ## [Migrate Synthetics Monitors to Another Space](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/migrate-synthetics-monitors-to-another-space/368639)
**Author:** [@erikg](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/erikg)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 10, 2024, 5:25pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/migrate-synthetics-monitors-to-another-space/368639 "2024-10-10T17:25:42Z")
Hello, It looks like Monitors created are space specific, is there a way to update the monitor to show up in a different space? or maybe it can show up in more than one space? --- ## [How to Detect Error from Mobile for IOS and Android in Synthetic](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-detect-error-from-mobile-for-ios-and-android-in-synthetic/367146)
**Author:** [@aisyaharifin](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/aisyaharifin)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2024, 2:27am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-detect-error-from-mobile-for-ios-and-android-in-synthetic/367146 "2024-09-27T02:27:55Z")
Hello Elastic, I have an issue where our application portal couldn't access through mobile IOS, and it seems like for Android is accessible. How do we help the team to detect the error by using Synthetic? Can this be c… --- ## [Synthetics Bug](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/synthetics-bug/365903)
**Author:** [@Ankita\_Pachauri](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ankita_Pachauri)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2024, 1:36pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/synthetics-bug/365903 "2024-09-18T13:36:37Z")
Hi Team, On the synthetics page, we have a monitor which is actually up and showing green. Once we click on it, a small window opens and shows it as "down". Everywhere else it shows it green, however at one particular s… --- ## [Elastic Lightweight Monitor: ${host.name} no longer using current host name](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-lightweight-monitor-host-name-no-longer-using-current-host-name/366421)
**Author:** [@DougR](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/DougR)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2024, 1:09pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-lightweight-monitor-host-name-no-longer-using-current-host-name/366421 "2024-09-17T13:09:44Z")
I am deploying a lightweight project monitor to multiple hosts to check for the availability of a specific port on that host. Previously, the following worked: heartbeat.monitors: - id: '09eb9559-ee3b-475f-ac4f-4f264f… --- ## [Elastic Synthetic Recorder is not able to record the interaction with the company information dropdown](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-synthetic-recorder-is-not-able-to-record-the-interaction-with-the-company-information-dropdown/366322)
**Author:** [@Sunil\_Mudliar](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Sunil_Mudliar)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2024, 3:00pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-synthetic-recorder-is-not-able-to-record-the-interaction-with-the-company-information-dropdown/366322 "2024-09-13T15:00:03Z")
While automating the synthetic journey for an online shopping experience on the Business website, the script encounters an issue when trying to select company details from a dynamically loaded dropdown. The dropdown shou… --- ## [Microphone Permissions Not Retained in Elastic Synthetic Recorder on Chrome](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/microphone-permissions-not-retained-in-elastic-synthetic-recorder-on-chrome/366326)
**Author:** [@Sunil\_Mudliar](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Sunil_Mudliar)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2024, 10:21am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/microphone-permissions-not-retained-in-elastic-synthetic-recorder-on-chrome/366326 "2024-09-13T10:21:14Z")
While using Elastic Synthetic Recorder in Chrome to capture transactions for synthetic monitoring, the site (apps.mypurecloud.de) repeatedly prompts for microphone access, despite manually allowing the permission and adj… --- ## [Synthetics Alerting Rule Not Triggering OpsGenie Connector](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/synthetics-alerting-rule-not-triggering-opsgenie-connector/359216)
**Author:** [@DougR](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/DougR)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2024, 5:21pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/synthetics-alerting-rule-not-triggering-opsgenie-connector/359216 "2024-09-10T17:21:36Z")
I am having issues with synthetics alerting rules not triggering an OpsGenie connector, even though other (non-synthetics) rules using the same connector trigger it as expected. I am able to successfully test the connec… --- ## [Synthetics + Transforms](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/synthetics-transforms/365642)
**Author:** [@Ankita\_Pachauri](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ankita_Pachauri)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2024, 7:56pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/synthetics-transforms/365642 "2024-08-27T19:56:09Z")
Hi Team, I have a total of 80 monitors in synthetics with polling interval set as 5 minutes. This data is saved in index synthetics\*. However, on top of it, I am using a transform to fetch the latest data from this inde… --- ## [Elastic Synthetics Recorder](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-synthetics-recorder/365399)
**Author:** [@Ankita\_Pachauri](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ankita_Pachauri)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2024, 9:07pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-synthetics-recorder/365399 "2024-08-22T21:07:45Z")
Hi Team, We have an air gapped environment. Elastic official repo docker image is being used. We are trying the synthetics browser recorder on the Kibana URL itself to test out the functionality, however it fails with … --- ## [Synthetic monitoring or Uptime?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/synthetic-monitoring-or-uptime/364822)
**Author:** [@olavur](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/olavur)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2024, 4:00pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/synthetic-monitoring-or-uptime/364822 "2024-08-15T16:00:28Z")
Hi, I have an on-premise installation of Elastic and Kibana. The environment is very restricted and the agents are not allowed to pull configuration from a Fleet server. Therefore no Fleet server is installed. Does thi… --- ## [Synthetics CLI - Only Pushing Lightweight](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/synthetics-cli-only-pushing-lightweight/364713)
**Author:** [@erikg](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/erikg)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2024, 2:25am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/synthetics-cli-only-pushing-lightweight/364713 "2024-08-12T02:25:59Z")
Hello, I am pretty new to Synthetics CLI, I was wondering after setting up lightweight monitors, how do I push to Kibana without including Journeys? [Previous page](https://discuss.elastic.co/c/observability/synthetics/75.md) [Next page](https://discuss.elastic.co/c/observability/synthetics/75.md?page=2)