Central Management: output module

[kaem2111 (Martin Kaemmerling)]

Hello,

I want to configure the following output using beat central management:

output:
  elasticsearch:
    hosts: ["5.5.5.5"]
    username: "user"
    password: "psw"
    pipeline: "metricbeat_enrich"
    protocol: https
    ssl:
      certificate: "/opt/ELK/certs/node.crt"
      certificate_authorities: "/opt/ELK/certs/ca.crt"
      key: "/opt/ELK/certs/node.key"
      key_passphrase: ${es_psw}
      
xpack.monitoring:
    enabled: true
    elasticsearch:

how can I

1. configure pipeline, protocol and ssl (Other config section is missing in output configuration block)
2. add configuration on top level like xpack.monitoring (is there a custom config block containing only Other config)
3. set a keystore value for es_psw

Thank you for your help in advance!

For which topics you want to have a github feature requests?

[steffens (Steffen Siering)]

Then in Central Management you create tags and create the output configuration with this tag. The output config pane includes an editor for adding custom settings.

• Pipeline: you need to have the pipeline preinstalled in your cluster. Just add pipeline: metricbeat_enrich to the custom editor
• Protocol: you can use the custom setting. But better configure the host to be https://5.5.5.5. In this case the protocol setting will be ignored.
• SSL: you can configure the ssl settings in the custom editor. But the certificates and key file must be available on the machine the beat is running on.
• Configure xpack.monitoring: This is currently not possible. You have to keep it enabled
• set a keystore value for es_psw. The keystore must be available local on the machine. You will have to prepare and install the keystore similar to your certificates. This is currently not possible via Central Management.

[kaem2111 (Martin Kaemmerling)]

Thank you for the quick response. I am using Kibana 6.5.4-1 with Firefox 60.4.0esr and see this output config pane

I find no place to enter the custom settings.

Is this provided in a later release or what I am doing wrong?

[Matthew_Apperson]

To do this is something not currently supported for output configs in Beats CM. We are evaluating options to enable a feature like this, and look forward to supporting it in a future release