# Synthetics **URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/c/observability/synthetics/75.md?page=8 [Latest](https://discuss.elastic.co/latest.md) · [Categories](https://discuss.elastic.co/categories.md) · [Tags](https://discuss.elastic.co/tags.md) **Page:** 9 --- ## [Synthetic Monitoring currently using elastic super user in run.sh file](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/synthetic-monitoring-currently-using-elastic-super-user-in-run-sh-file/266368)
**Author:** [@shahidraza](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/shahidraza)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 5, 2021, 6:14pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/synthetic-monitoring-currently-using-elastic-super-user-in-run-sh-file/266368 "2021-03-05T18:14:53Z")
Hi Team, What is the minimum user permission required to run synthetic monitoring. I don't want to provide superuser privilege to users who all deploy the synthetic monitoring using docker. sh run.sh 7.11.0 '-E outpu… --- ## [Synthetic monitoring of an API with performance metrics](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/synthetic-monitoring-of-an-api-with-performance-metrics/266331)
**Author:** [@Moritz\_Rieger](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Moritz_Rieger)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 5, 2021, 2:16pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/synthetic-monitoring-of-an-api-with-performance-metrics/266331 "2021-03-05T14:16:44Z")
Hi elastic team, I really love the idea of synthetic monitoring and having it integrated in the uptime monitoring app. At the moment, I am working on an API as a product project and would love to use synthetic monitorin… --- ## [How to convert apache server uptime in seconds to minutes](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-convert-apache-server-uptime-in-seconds-to-minutes/266212)
**Author:** [@psganeshk](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/psganeshk)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 5, 2021, 9:30am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-convert-apache-server-uptime-in-seconds-to-minutes/266212 "2021-03-05T09:30:44Z")
how to convert apache server uptime in seconds to minutes --- ## [Synthetic monitoring from different countries](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/synthetic-monitoring-from-different-countries/264440)
**Author:** [@miro\_nedyalkov](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/miro_nedyalkov)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2021, 3:40pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/synthetic-monitoring-from-different-countries/264440 "2021-02-23T15:40:48Z")
Hi Elastic Community, We've been using ElasticSearch + Kibana for collecting and searching our logs since the beginning of our product. We've recently decided to reevaluate the other monitoring and observability tools w… --- ## [TLS Certificates and Kafka TLS Secured](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/tls-certificates-and-kafka-tls-secured/264131)
**Author:** [@mschuch](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mschuch)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2021, 1:54pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/tls-certificates-and-kafka-tls-secured/264131 "2021-02-23T13:54:40Z")
Hi, i have three Kafka Brokers configured in Heartime. - type: tcp id: kafka name: Kafka Brokers hosts: \["sl8-0349.xxxx:9092","sl8-0350.xxxxx:9092","sl8-0351.xxxx:9092"\] # default TCP Echo Proto… --- ## [Synthetic monitoring using a pod](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/synthetic-monitoring-using-a-pod/261631)
**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")
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… --- ## [Profiling access to Uptime](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/profiling-access-to-uptime/261765)
**Author:** [@dantonag](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dantonag)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2021, 1:57pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/profiling-access-to-uptime/261765 "2021-01-21T13:57:03Z")
Hello, is it possible within Kibana 7.10.2, to differentiate what users see and what they can do in the Uptime module? For example, if I configure a ping for site A and site B, I'd like user A to see only site A in Upt… --- ## [Uptime alert filtering](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/uptime-alert-filtering/258820)
**Author:** [@pszemesy](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/pszemesy)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2020, 11:51am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/uptime-alert-filtering/258820 "2020-12-22T11:51:11Z")
If I would like to create an uptime alert with filtering only to certain monitor.name or monitor.type the filtering does not effects - all the monitors are checked and the alerts are fired. In the result index (test… --- ## [Configuring Uptime Alerting to Send Out Email](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/configuring-uptime-alerting-to-send-out-email/259115)
**Author:** [@byoungman](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/byoungman)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2020, 9:34pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/configuring-uptime-alerting-to-send-out-email/259115 "2020-12-18T21:34:24Z")
I have set up a handful of Uptime and have enabled Status Alerting to report when the monitor itself is down but what I want to do next is to alert when the response code is not equal to 200 in the case of a server ping … --- ## [Synthetic monitoring without docker](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/synthetic-monitoring-without-docker/257840)
**Author:** [@Wolfram\_Haussig](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Wolfram_Haussig)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2020, 7:40am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/synthetic-monitoring-without-docker/257840 "2020-12-15T07:40:30Z")
Hi, I wanted to test the synthetic monitoring in my test environment using the documentation found here but I only saw a quickstart for docker. Is it possible to use synthetics without docker? Best regards Wolfram PS… --- ## [Adding body in elastic heartbeat configuration](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/adding-body-in-elastic-heartbeat-configuration/257958)
**Author:** [@amr\_ibrahim](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/amr_ibrahim)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2020, 11:09am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/adding-body-in-elastic-heartbeat-configuration/257958 "2020-12-08T11:09:11Z")
Hello Kindly we need to add api to elastic heartbeat configuration and we need to pass post body json object in the configuration so how can we do that http://url-api { "GetFees": { "CRNumber": "5555555", "Transaction… --- ## [Synthetic Monitoring](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/synthetic-monitoring/257834)
**Author:** [@inhinyera16](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/inhinyera16)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2020, 11:44pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/synthetic-monitoring/257834 "2020-12-07T23:44:00Z")
Hi, im having a problem when validating the heartbeat.docker.yml file. It's failing on inline script thus the docker container did not continue. Help? --- ## [Failed to get my heatbeat.yml to be used](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/failed-to-get-my-heatbeat-yml-to-be-used/255827)
**Author:** [@Fredrik\_Cronholm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Fredrik_Cronholm)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2020, 2:05pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/failed-to-get-my-heatbeat-yml-to-be-used/255827 "2020-12-03T14:05:55Z")
Hi! Tried it, but the pings (actually received to my clud instance) were to the default heartbeat.yml (2 http 2 icmp) inside the container (I believe that is what happened). In examples\\docker\\heartbeat.docker.yml: h… --- ## [HeartBeat : missing pings](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/heartbeat-missing-pings/256680)
**Author:** [@iDavico](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/iDavico)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2020, 6:36am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/heartbeat-missing-pings/256680 "2020-12-01T06:36:44Z")
Hello, I'm using hearbeat for monitoring my java application. I have some problems with the pings, when my application is really slow, hearbeat does not log the pings in elasticsearch. It's like hearbeat is stopped but… --- ## [Kibana Discover generates Error Loading data but data shows up in Devtool](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-discover-generates-error-loading-data-but-data-shows-up-in-devtool/253609)
**Author:** [@RayS](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/RayS)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [November 5, 2020, 10:09pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-discover-generates-error-loading-data-but-data-shows-up-in-devtool/253609 "2020-11-05T22:09:31Z")
I have heartbeat logging to one single index. When I go to Discover and set it for any time frame (I usually use list 60 minutes) I get Error loading data display on the screen. When I click on See Full Error this is… --- ## [Alerting Message](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/alerting-message/252884)
**Author:** [@Ej\_Eric\_H](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ej_Eric_H)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2020, 11:57am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/alerting-message/252884 "2020-10-22T11:57:23Z")
I am trying to get a message to work in Alerts and Actions. I am using Uptime using icmp for internal servers. How do it get the Message to display the URL that is detected as down? I have looked for basic informatio… --- ## [Kibana alerts](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-alerts/252445)
**Author:** [@igorid70](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/igorid70)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 21, 2020, 5:04am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-alerts/252445 "2020-10-21T05:04:04Z")
Hi I implemented Kibana alerts (Kibana v7.9.1) with log connector, so all alerts are logged in Kibana log. There are 2 problematic points I noticed when I define an alert with trigger type ' Uptime monitor status' : T… --- ## [HttpStatus total down Time](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/httpstatus-total-down-time/252341)
**Author:** [@fazil410](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/fazil410)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 20, 2020, 12:51am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/httpstatus-total-down-time/252341 "2020-10-20T00:51:37Z")
Hello Team, We are monitoring URL status by pinging the URL and storing the https status code in Kibanna. Now we need to know how we can calculate total down time (status code 500,400) for period of time,(Eg, last 60 d… --- ## [Uptime not working in kibana 6.7.2 after heartbeat server update to 6.8.3](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/uptime-not-working-in-kibana-6-7-2-after-heartbeat-server-update-to-6-8-3/251914)
**Author:** [@suryanaj](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/suryanaj)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2020, 12:28pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/uptime-not-working-in-kibana-6-7-2-after-heartbeat-server-update-to-6-8-3/251914 "2020-10-14T12:28:02Z")
Hi Team, uptime (inside kibana dashboard) not working now after upgrade to heartbeat server from 6.3.2 to 6.83 . I have done upgradation to utilize the automatic monitor reload .it was working fine when 6.3.2 was runn… --- ## [Uptime alert filters not working in 7.9.2](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/uptime-alert-filters-not-working-in-7-9-2/250928)
**Author:** [@mohanr](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mohanr)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2020, 4:32pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/uptime-alert-filters-not-working-in-7-9-2/250928 "2020-10-07T16:32:00Z")
Hi, Recently I have upgrade elk stack 7.9.2 in docker. I am facing issues with uptime alerts. When I filter for a particular port it does not filter that particular service only. It alerts for other services as well… --- ## [Combination of uptime filter (Port and location ) not working in ELK 7.9.0](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/combination-of-uptime-filter-port-and-location-not-working-in-elk-7-9-0/250975)
**Author:** [@mohanr](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mohanr)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2020, 8:07pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/combination-of-uptime-filter-port-and-location-not-working-in-elk-7-9-0/250975 "2020-10-06T20:07:10Z")
I am using ELK 7.9.0 inside the docker. I have created an alert for uptime with configuration. I have used a combination of filters. I want to get an alert for zookeeper having port 2181 in the local instance. The z… --- ## [Exclude monitors that have a specific tag, but Alert still counts these monitors](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/exclude-monitors-that-have-a-specific-tag-but-alert-still-counts-these-monitors/249332)
**Author:** [@Mark\_Veenstra](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Mark_Veenstra)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2020, 12:42pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/exclude-monitors-that-have-a-specific-tag-but-alert-still-counts-these-monitors/249332 "2020-09-29T12:42:58Z")
I am trying to alert on monitors excluding monitors that have the tag no-alert. See the next configuration: Which shows it will be applied to 32 monitors. Which is correct there are 2 monitors that have that tag. So a… --- ## [Some questions about Uptime ML Integration](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/some-questions-about-uptime-ml-integration/249622)
**Author:** [@willemdh](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/willemdh)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2020, 8:33am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/some-questions-about-uptime-ml-integration/249622 "2020-09-25T08:33:06Z")
Hello, Really like the Uptime ML integration, but: Requiring us to enable ML for each uptime monitor separately is kind of a lot of manual work and clicking / verifying when you have 100's of monitors. Is there a … --- ## [Uptime app 7.9.1 - "Internal server error"](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/uptime-app-7-9-1-internal-server-error/248384)
**Author:** [@ManuelF](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ManuelF)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2020, 10:17pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/uptime-app-7-9-1-internal-server-error/248384 "2020-09-17T22:17:26Z")
Hi, Note: I am running ELK 7.9.1. All beats were updated to match same version Recently Uptime app stopped showing data. It used to work fine and I was monitoring a few machines. Now it is showing nothing else but this… --- ## [Return down for specific api status code](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/return-down-for-specific-api-status-code/248439)
**Author:** [@amr\_ibrahim](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/amr_ibrahim)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 15, 2020, 8:25am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/return-down-for-specific-api-status-code/248439 "2020-09-15T08:25:20Z")
Hello, i install heartbeat and need to check if it the api return 500 status code , it will return down , else the heartbeat will return up so it's something like Not (check.response.status: \[500\]) rather than check … --- ## [Uptime tags missing when monitor is ICMP](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/uptime-tags-missing-when-monitor-is-icmp/245289)
**Author:** [@PublicName](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/PublicName)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2020, 3:46am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/uptime-tags-missing-when-monitor-is-icmp/245289 "2020-09-09T03:46:44Z")
Uptime 7.8 and as far as I know back to 7.6. When adding tags to ICMP monitors they do not show up as drop down fields on the top right. This can be duplicated by uncommenting the tags in the ICMP example and change the… --- ## [Recovery Notification from uptime alert](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/recovery-notification-from-uptime-alert/247496)
**Author:** [@Vaggelis\_Xylogiannis](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Vaggelis_Xylogiannis)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2020, 2:09pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/recovery-notification-from-uptime-alert/247496 "2020-09-04T14:09:18Z")
Dear forum, I'm new to elk world, as we trying the stack at work. Impressed! We are trying to work with the Uptime module and the heartbeat. I manage to setup an simply alarm check alive using icmp which works pretty o… --- ## [Check for Redis Uptime using - Hearbeat Configuration](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/check-for-redis-uptime-using-hearbeat-configuration/247234)
**Author:** [@Arabinda\_Sahoo](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Arabinda_Sahoo)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2020, 8:08pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/check-for-redis-uptime-using-hearbeat-configuration/247234 "2020-09-02T20:08:15Z")
My Server is running Redis at port - 6379. Using - Hearbeat I would like to check Availability of Redis Server at - 6379. I want to use - TCP check Please suggest a working configuration in Heartbeat Yaml file which … --- ## [Monitor SOAP response using with Heartbeat](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/monitor-soap-response-using-with-heartbeat/246298)
**Author:** [@Santosh\_Patil](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Santosh_Patil)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2020, 4:35am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/monitor-soap-response-using-with-heartbeat/246298 "2020-08-26T04:35:46Z")
MY SOAP XML Request: \ **Author:** [@David\_McMurray](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/David_McMurray)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2020, 4:24pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-alerting-index-action/246197 "2020-08-25T16:24:44Z") Im a new ELK user taking advantage of the open source/free release due to budget constraints of COVID-19. I'm using the new open sourced kibana actions and alerts. I was wondering if it is possible to change what data is… [Previous page](https://discuss.elastic.co/c/observability/synthetics/75.md?page=7) [Next page](https://discuss.elastic.co/c/observability/synthetics/75.md?page=9)