# Cluster monitoring using Elastic Agent

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cluster-monitoring-using-elastic-agent/311173
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Tags:** elastic-stack-monitoring
**Created:** [August 2, 2022, 3:46am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cluster-monitoring-using-elastic-agent/311173 "2022-08-02T03:46:32Z")
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### Author: ![tahseen\_fatima](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/tahseen_fatima/32/67789_2.png) [@tahseen\_fatima](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/tahseen_fatima)
#### Post date: [August 2, 2022, 3:46am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cluster-monitoring-using-elastic-agent/311173/1 "2022-08-02T03:46:32Z")

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Hi Team,

I have a 2 production cluster at 7.16.2v, now I want to do a cluster monitoring using elastic agent.  
I want to know which will be the good approach for doing cluster monitoring.

1. Cluster monitoring using metricbeat --\> by installing metricbeat on each of the elastic node and enabling elasticsearch-xpak module to monitor elastic node.
2. Cluster monitoring using Elastic Agent --\> By installing elastic agents and enabling fleet, and installing metricbeat agent on each node to monitor elastic node.

Please advice which will be the good practice, or is there any other way to monitor cluster by elastic agent without installing metricbeat.

Thank you,  
Tahseen

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### Author: ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)
#### Post date: [August 2, 2022, 3:51am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cluster-monitoring-using-elastic-agent/311173/2 "2022-08-02T03:51:15Z")

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Elastic Agent doesn't fully support this yet, so it's using Metricbeat directly - [Monitor a cluster | Elasticsearch Guide [7.16] | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/7.16/monitor-elasticsearch-cluster.html)

For more info see [Integrations quick reference | Elastic docs technical preview](https://docs.elastic.co/en/integrations/all_integrations), which shows the Elasticsearch integration as being a technical preview.

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### Author: ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [August 30, 2022, 3:51am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cluster-monitoring-using-elastic-agent/311173/3 "2022-08-30T03:51:46Z")

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