# Synthetics **URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/c/observability/synthetics/75.md?page=3 [Latest](https://discuss.elastic.co/latest.md) · [Categories](https://discuss.elastic.co/categories.md) · [Tags](https://discuss.elastic.co/tags.md) **Page:** 4 --- ## [NTLM Authentication in Elastic Synthetics](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ntlm-authentication-in-elastic-synthetics/355247)
**Author:** [@DougR](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/DougR)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2024, 9:16pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ntlm-authentication-in-elastic-synthetics/355247 "2024-03-12T21:16:36Z")
I am using Elastic Synthetics to monitor applications in our environment. I'm writing the majority of them as journeys and pushing them to Synthetics. The issue is that we have a few apps which use NTLM authentication, … --- ## [Migration Path](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/migration-path/353729)
**Author:** [@Rogerio\_Angeliski](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Rogerio_Angeliski)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 5, 2024, 8:20pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/migration-path/353729 "2024-03-05T20:20:57Z")
Hi team! We use synthetics for a long time and know we are moving for the last stable version. But we are getting a lot of changes without any proper guide to follow. For example, we before can configure a Heartbeat t… --- ## [Synthetics monitors pendig](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/synthetics-monitors-pendig/354409)
**Author:** [@Micou12](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Micou12)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2024, 12:11pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/synthetics-monitors-pendig/354409 "2024-03-01T12:11:08Z")
Hello team, I have configured synthetic monitors using UI but all url tried to include are in pending mode , I am using Elastic V 8.12.2 may be I a missing one of configurations , I need your guidance if you find some m… --- ## [Why the kibana action so slow?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/why-the-kibana-action-so-slow/350702)
**Author:** [@jevonsnotes](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jevonsnotes)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2024, 8:43am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/why-the-kibana-action-so-slow/350702 "2024-02-04T08:43:01Z")
version 8.11.3 such as the Synthetics func ,it take a few minutes to action when i change the switch --- ## [Synthetics alerts and rules error](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/synthetics-alerts-and-rules-error/350108)
**Author:** [@jevonsnotes](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jevonsnotes)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2024, 8:04am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/synthetics-alerts-and-rules-error/350108 "2024-01-08T08:04:05Z")
it occur an error when i click this Error Error: Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'ui') at p (http://192.168.10.20:5601/68312/bundles/plugin/triggersActionsUi/1.0.0/triggersActionsUi.chunk.12.js:3:89… --- ## [Are there any plans to increase the 800kb push limit?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/are-there-any-plans-to-increase-the-800kb-push-limit/350314)
**Author:** [@joel.parker](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/joel.parker)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2024, 1:04am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/are-there-any-plans-to-increase-the-800kb-push-limit/350314 "2024-01-05T01:04:41Z")
I want to run a set of tests that will check the contents of PDF files using the pdf-parse node module. However, when I import it to use in my monitors I can't push it up to elastic as I get the following error: Error: … --- ## [Playwright script is working while testing in synthetic recorder but its networking while configure it in the monitor](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/playwright-script-is-working-while-testing-in-synthetic-recorder-but-its-networking-while-configure-it-in-the-monitor/349859)
**Author:** [@surya\_dadi\_dhamarake](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/surya_dadi_dhamarake)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 2, 2024, 11:13am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/playwright-script-is-working-while-testing-in-synthetic-recorder-but-its-networking-while-configure-it-in-the-monitor/349859 "2024-01-02T11:13:00Z")
Hi Team, I have recorded an activity on a website using synthetic recorder and while I am testing the script that is formed in synthetic recorder itself is working fine but when I configure the same in synthetic multipa… --- ## [Locator.click: Timeout 50000ms exceeded. problem in a synthetic monitor](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/locator-click-timeout-50000ms-exceeded-problem-in-a-synthetic-monitor/349808)
**Author:** [@pagliardini](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/pagliardini)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2023, 5:44pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/locator-click-timeout-50000ms-exceeded-problem-in-a-synthetic-monitor/349808 "2023-12-21T17:44:50Z")
Hello, I am having problems with a synthetic monitor. is this step step('Click internal:text="Available domain"i', async () =\> { await page1.getByText('Available domain').click(); await page1.getByText('Register').… --- ## [Does anyone know about unique identifiers for synthetic multipage journey?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/does-anyone-know-about-unique-identifiers-for-synthetic-multipage-journey/349213)
**Author:** [@surya\_dadi\_dhamarake](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/surya_dadi_dhamarake)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [December 14, 2023, 11:05am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/does-anyone-know-about-unique-identifiers-for-synthetic-multipage-journey/349213 "2023-12-14T11:05:30Z")
Hi Team, I have a deployment in elastic cloud where I need to create multi page synthetic journey but as the web application is deployed in AWS, we have cloudflare which is blocking unwanted requests and it is blocking … --- ## [Monitor.use({ options](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/monitor-use-options/348415)
**Author:** [@linuschewpet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/linuschewpet)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2023, 10:30am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/monitor-use-options/348415 "2023-12-03T10:30:08Z")
const { journey, step, expect, monitor } = require('@elastic/synthetics'); journey('App1', async ({ page, context }) =\> { monitor.use({ id: 'App1', schedule: 30, tags: \['App1'\], //service: \['App1'\], }… --- ## [Do not send alert if Synthetic fails certain step](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/do-not-send-alert-if-synthetic-fails-certain-step/348418)
**Author:** [@linuschewpet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/linuschewpet)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2023, 10:27am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/do-not-send-alert-if-synthetic-fails-certain-step/348418 "2023-12-03T10:27:47Z")
Given a scenario, say if synthetic fails on the login step before it could run the other steps fun and sad time. By normal behaviour it would send an alert as long as any steps failed, however the requirement would be. … --- ## [Synthetics - Separate Alerts for Monitors](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/synthetics-separate-alerts-for-monitors/348096)
**Author:** [@erikg](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/erikg)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [November 28, 2023, 7:37pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/synthetics-separate-alerts-for-monitors/348096 "2023-11-28T19:37:18Z")
Hello, This might be obvious, but I can't seem to find the answer. We are considering using Synthetics instead of Uptime in Observability. I have set up the Elastic Agent Integration for Synthetics, and we have it up a… --- ## [Elastic Synthetics : Global Location on my ON-Prem Setup](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-synthetics-global-location-on-my-on-prem-setup/347341)
**Author:** [@Rudra\_Prakash\_Pal](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Rudra_Prakash_Pal)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 21, 2023, 4:01am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-synthetics-global-location-on-my-on-prem-setup/347341 "2023-11-21T04:01:28Z")
Hi All, I have Elastic SETUP running in On-Prem \[Self-Managed\]. I am running Synthetics multi step Journeys with Private location setups, Is there a way we can connect with Elastic Global Locations and run my monitors f… --- ## [Compare 2 run of elastic synthetic monitor runs](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/compare-2-run-of-elastic-synthetic-monitor-runs/345134)
**Author:** [@senyam08](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/senyam08)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 14, 2023, 10:08pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/compare-2-run-of-elastic-synthetic-monitor-runs/345134 "2023-11-14T22:08:43Z")
Can we use elastic synthetics to compare 2 different runs and get the difference in performance with waterfall chart to get insight into root cause for load time increase? We got load time trend to identify whether page… --- ## [Elastic Synthetics from Server](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-synthetics-from-server/346728)
**Author:** [@DougR](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/DougR)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2023, 4:17am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-synthetics-from-server/346728 "2023-11-09T04:17:20Z")
Just a quick question. Currently we run all our Elastic Synthetics journeys which use private locations from a Kubernetes cluster using the elastic-agent-complete image. I have been given a requirement to deploy addition… --- ## [Elastic Synthetics: Error executing step: $(...).popover is not a function](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-synthetics-error-executing-step-popover-is-not-a-function/346625)
**Author:** [@DougR](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/DougR)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2023, 8:19pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-synthetics-error-executing-step-popover-is-not-a-function/346625 "2023-11-08T20:19:04Z")
I am using @elastic/synthetics-1.5.0 to write and deploy user journeys as project monitors. They run as expected when I test them on my local workstation, however when I push them to Elastic Synthetics, they fail with th… --- ## [Use Environment Variables from Kubernetes Pod in Elastic Synthetics](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/use-environment-variables-from-kubernetes-pod-in-elastic-synthetics/345396)
**Author:** [@DougR](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/DougR)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [October 20, 2023, 1:27pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/use-environment-variables-from-kubernetes-pod-in-elastic-synthetics/345396 "2023-10-20T13:27:28Z")
TL;DR Can I use local environment variables from my execution environment in my synthetics journeys (e.g., from the Kubernetes pod where the test runs), and if so, how? The Long Version I am using @elastic/synthetics-1.… --- ## [Slack Messages Stopped - error posting slack message](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/slack-messages-stopped-error-posting-slack-message/344400)
**Author:** [@zx8086](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/zx8086)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2023, 2:29pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/slack-messages-stopped-error-posting-slack-message/344400 "2023-10-13T14:29:01Z")
Getting the following... The following error was found: error posting slack message Details: A request error occurred: self-signed certificate in certificate chain --- ## [How can we create synthetic light weight monitor for private URLs?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-we-create-synthetic-light-weight-monitor-for-private-urls/344444)
**Author:** [@surya\_dadi\_dhamarake](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/surya_dadi_dhamarake)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2023, 7:37am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-we-create-synthetic-light-weight-monitor-for-private-urls/344444 "2023-10-06T07:37:06Z")
Hi , I am trying to reach the URLs which are hosted on private VPC which are only accessible through vpn. Is there any way to connect to the URLs using synthetic lightweight monitor? --- ## [Uptime monitor status cant use KQL to select specific synthetic monitor](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/uptime-monitor-status-cant-use-kql-to-select-specific-synthetic-monitor/343368)
**Author:** [@niecore](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/niecore)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2023, 8:06am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/uptime-monitor-status-cant-use-kql-to-select-specific-synthetic-monitor/343368 "2023-09-20T08:06:55Z")
Hello, Our elastic cloud stack (8.9.1) currently has following issue, where I can not use the KQL to create a alert for a specific synthetic monitor. The screenshot below shows the info "0 Monitors" selected. Has an… --- ## [Is there anyway to run async code before the SyntheticsConfig object in synthetics.config.ts is created?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-there-anyway-to-run-async-code-before-the-syntheticsconfig-object-in-synthetics-config-ts-is-created/341815)
**Author:** [@ameindel](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ameindel)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2023, 9:19am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-there-anyway-to-run-async-code-before-the-syntheticsconfig-object-in-synthetics-config-ts-is-created/341815 "2023-09-08T09:19:40Z")
Hello, Elastic! Our company has a home-rolled module that makes calls to AWS Parameter Store to retrieve secrets. I'd like to utilize this module in our Elastic Synthetics project. The usage would be making a call to t… --- ## [Namespaced Synthetic monitors are missing after upgrade](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/namespaced-synthetic-monitors-are-missing-after-upgrade/342286)
**Author:** [@Marko\_Todoric](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Marko_Todoric)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2023, 10:04am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/namespaced-synthetic-monitors-are-missing-after-upgrade/342286 "2023-09-05T10:04:51Z")
Hello everyone, after upgrading from 8.7.1 to 8.9.1 - I'm no longer able to see any of my monitored hosts but one from heartbeat in Kibana. I can confirm the data is there by looking at the discover but no hosts are sho… --- ## [Uptime Monitor Alert Maintenance Window](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/uptime-monitor-alert-maintenance-window/341702)
**Author:** [@wwalker](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/wwalker)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2023, 1:33pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/uptime-monitor-alert-maintenance-window/341702 "2023-09-04T13:33:26Z")
I have an uptime monitor configured to look at a website. There is an automated task that restarts SQL for this application, which causes an HTTP 5xx code during restart. This causes the uptime monitor to report the site… --- ## [The field "@timestamp" associate with this object no longer exists in the index pattern. please use another field](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/the-field-timestamp-associate-with-this-object-no-longer-exists-in-the-index-pattern-please-use-another-field/341923)
**Author:** [@sebast.ssoto](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/sebast.ssoto)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2023, 3:24pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/the-field-timestamp-associate-with-this-object-no-longer-exists-in-the-index-pattern-please-use-another-field/341923 "2023-09-01T15:24:05Z")
There have been multiple errors where the timestamp varies according to the source, the problem itself comes in the index pattern which does not know how to identify that it may be failing since it does not show data. --- ## [How to enable certificate monitoring in synthetics](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-enable-certificate-monitoring-in-synthetics/342024)
**Author:** [@UweW](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/UweW)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2023, 11:37am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-enable-certificate-monitoring-in-synthetics/342024 "2023-08-31T11:37:33Z")
Hi, since i see the item "tls certificates" in the menu under synthetics, i assume that these can be read out by the tests accordingly. I have now already set up some tests, but the certificate of the website is not li… --- ## [Uptime showing no uptime moniters but I do see heartbeat info in discovery tab](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/uptime-showing-no-uptime-moniters-but-i-do-see-heartbeat-info-in-discovery-tab/341781)
**Author:** [@LiRi\_Elgozi](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/LiRi_Elgozi)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2023, 6:10am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/uptime-showing-no-uptime-moniters-but-i-do-see-heartbeat-info-in-discovery-tab/341781 "2023-08-29T06:10:56Z")
I recently installed elasticsearch / kibana / hearbeat 8.9.1 (each on a separate server) created automated terraform and ansible to do that. I configured heartbeat and was able to see the information for one day in the… --- ## [Elastic Uptime - Best Practices](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-uptime-best-practices/340907)
**Author:** [@serkol](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/serkol)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2023, 10:47am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-uptime-best-practices/340907 "2023-08-23T10:47:56Z")
Hello Dear Community, I'm planning to set up Elastic Uptime in three different locations to monitor the response times of services. The goal is to track how the response times of services in our data centers change ove… --- ## [Heartbeat - monitor email domains](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/heartbeat-monitor-email-domains/341306)
**Author:** [@Robin020](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Robin020)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2023, 6:50pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/heartbeat-monitor-email-domains/341306 "2023-08-22T18:50:44Z")
Hello, I am trying to monitor email domains (with heartbeat) for example: - type: tcp name: TLS\_CHECK schedule: '@every 30s' hosts: \["tls://mx.example.com"\] ports: \[25\] Unfortantly this give me the following e… --- ## [Synthetics Agent Options - Playwright Configuration](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/synthetics-agent-options-playwright-configuration/340428)
**Author:** [@aisyaharifin](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/aisyaharifin)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2023, 2:40pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/synthetics-agent-options-playwright-configuration/340428 "2023-08-09T14:40:31Z")
Hello Elastic, I would like to set the timeout to 2 minutes = 120000 ms and do the word checking for Synthetic. This is for a Single Page Browser Test, I would like to do checking if there is a word 'DOWN' appeared in … --- ## [Heartbeath - error: Please make sure that multiple beats are not sharing the same data path (path.data)](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/heartbeath-error-please-make-sure-that-multiple-beats-are-not-sharing-the-same-data-path-path-data/339396)
**Author:** [@yari\_arcopinto](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/yari_arcopinto)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2023, 1:45pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/heartbeath-error-please-make-sure-that-multiple-beats-are-not-sharing-the-same-data-path-path-data/339396 "2023-07-31T13:45:16Z")
Hello to all, I have installed on my ubuntu server the module Heartbeat for monitoring the healthy of infrastructure server, by the way i'm facing with the issue: Please make sure that multiple beats are not sharing th… [Previous page](https://discuss.elastic.co/c/observability/synthetics/75.md?page=2) [Next page](https://discuss.elastic.co/c/observability/synthetics/75.md?page=4)