# Elastic APM

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-apm/120111>\
**Category:** APM\
**Created:** [February 16, 2018, 7:25am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-apm/120111 "2018-02-16T07:25:45Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![sunil129](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@sunil129](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/sunil129)\
**Post date:** [February 16, 2018, 7:25am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-apm/120111/1 "2018-02-16T07:25:45Z")

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I have installed ELK 6.2 in my windows based OS. I am mainly interested on elastic APM. Would want to know whether the performers Matrix can be pulled from Java based application. Meaning can I install an agent on java based applications to monitor the performance .

Also please let me know is x-pack mandatory to use APM.

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**Author:** ![felixbarny](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/felixbarny/32/27341_2.png) [@felixbarny](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/felixbarny)\
**Post date:** [February 16, 2018, 8:24am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-apm/120111/2 "2018-02-16T08:24:44Z")

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Hi and thanks for checking out Elastic APM!

At the moment, we do not offer an official Java agent, but I have just started working one. However, it will take some time before it gets released.

Could you tell me a bit more about your application?

- Which Java version are you using?
- Which Application Server and version are you using?
- Used frameworks
- How many different (micro)services do you operate?
- Which protocols are used for inter-service-communication?
- Which frameworks are used for inter-service-communication?

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**Author:** ![felixbarny](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/felixbarny/32/27341_2.png) [@felixbarny](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/felixbarny)\
**Post date:** [February 16, 2018, 8:29am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-apm/120111/3 "2018-02-16T08:29:00Z")

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Regarding X-Pack, all the agents, the APM server and the Kibana dashboards are open source. There also is a dedicated APM Kibana plugin which is part of X-Pack basic which means its free.

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**Author:** ![sunil129](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@sunil129](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/sunil129)\
**Post date:** [February 16, 2018, 9:41am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-apm/120111/4 "2018-02-16T09:41:07Z")

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Thanks for the response.

Please fin the answers inline

Which Java version are you using?  
Ans: 1.8

Which Application Server and version are you using?  
Ans: Tomcat 9.0.2

Used frameworks  
Ans: spring boot

How many different (micro)services do you operate?  
Ans: More then 10

Which protocols are used for inter-service-communication?  
Ans: http

Which frameworks are used for inter-service-communication?  
Ans: RESTful

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**Author:** ![felixbarny](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/felixbarny/32/27341_2.png) [@felixbarny](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/felixbarny)\
**Post date:** [February 16, 2018, 11:46am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-apm/120111/5 "2018-02-16T11:46:16Z")

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Thanks for your answers!

> Which frameworks are used for inter-service-communication?  
> Ans: RESTful

Do you mean Spring Rest Template?

Do you also have non-Java services?

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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:** [March 9, 2018, 7:46am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-apm/120111/6 "2018-03-09T07:46:48Z")

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