# How to confirm if my apm-server is collecting the data from apm agent

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-confirm-if-my-apm-server-is-collecting-the-data-from-apm-agent/190558>\
**Category:** APM\
**Tags:** java, server\
**Created:** [July 15, 2019, 2:12pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-confirm-if-my-apm-server-is-collecting-the-data-from-apm-agent/190558 "2019-07-15T14:12:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![SachinHulawale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@SachinHulawale](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/SachinHulawale)\
**Post date:** [July 15, 2019, 2:12pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-confirm-if-my-apm-server-is-collecting-the-data-from-apm-agent/190558/1 "2019-07-15T14:12:05Z")

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Hi Team,

I have installed APM-Server and ElasticSearch on machine with default configurations.  
APM agent resides on another machine and i have added the agent to JVM startup.

I have tested the APM server config and output and its working fine.

How can i confirm if my apm-server is collecting the data from apm agent. I need to see some metrics from log files. Also, by what name is log file saved ?

Thanks,  
Sachin

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**Author:** ![stephenb](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/stephenb/32/40856_2.png) [@stephenb](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/stephenb)\
**Post date:** [July 16, 2019, 2:23am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-confirm-if-my-apm-server-is-collecting-the-data-from-apm-agent/190558/2 "2019-07-16T02:23:51Z")

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I suggest installing [Kibana](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/current/setup.html) and checking the APM App or Discover app.

Otherwise quick way from the same host you might need to substitute the hostname or IP for `localhost`

`curl -X GET "http://localhost:9200/_cat/indices/apm-*?v&s=index"`

Note: you might need to substitute the hostname or IP for `localhost`  
Should result in something like

```
health status index uuid pri rep docs.count docs.deleted store.size pri.store.size
yellow open apm-7.2.0-onboarding-2019.06.25 IgIBRTnXRimMufSlUovdOQ 1 1 2 0 12.2kb 12.2kb
yellow open apm-7.2.0-span-2019.06.25 LJYn7yRaQRaYyJmS3YDzjg 1 1 12 0 92.2kb 92.2kb
yellow open apm-7.2.0-transaction-2019.06.25 6vHdBxkRTDGx0IBSjHMt_g 1 1 12 0 136.2kb 136.2kb
```

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**Author:** ![SachinHulawale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@SachinHulawale](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/SachinHulawale)\
**Post date:** [July 16, 2019, 6:57am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-confirm-if-my-apm-server-is-collecting-the-data-from-apm-agent/190558/3 "2019-07-16T06:57:17Z")

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> [@stephenb](#):
>
> bstitute the hostname or IP for `localhost`

Thank you Stephen, Installation of Kibana is already in progress and in process of official approvals 🙂 . I will check the other solution from you and will update here.

Thanks,  
Sachin

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**Author:** ![SachinHulawale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@SachinHulawale](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/SachinHulawale)\
**Post date:** [July 16, 2019, 11:04am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-confirm-if-my-apm-server-is-collecting-the-data-from-apm-agent/190558/4 "2019-07-16T11:04:18Z")

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Hi Stephen,

I used the curl command and got the below output

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/6/2/620a5886778478ebbd9244bc25ad94980ccba9fe.png)

I think, this means we can see the output in elasticsearch. Correct me if i am wrong.

Also, thus it means APM agent is working.

Regards,  
Sachin

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**Author:** ![stephenb](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/stephenb/32/40856_2.png) [@stephenb](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/stephenb)\
**Post date:** [July 16, 2019, 2:12pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-confirm-if-my-apm-server-is-collecting-the-data-from-apm-agent/190558/5 "2019-07-16T14:12:13Z")

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Thanks and first in the future please paste logs / command results as formatted text, images are not searchable and hard to read.

Actually that tells me the apm server connected but I do not see any actual transactions or spans which take the form

```
yellow open apm-7.2.0-span-2019.06.25 LJYn7yRaQRaYyJmS3YDzjg 1 1 12 0 92.2kb 92.2kb
yellow open apm-7.2.0-transaction-2019.06.25 6vHdBxkRTDGx0IBSjHMt_g 1 1 12 0 136.2kb 136.2kb

```

So at the point it does not look like you are generating / receiving any actual APM transaction or spans from an Elastic APM Agent from your apps you are instrumenting but perhaps you have not got that far.

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**Author:** ![SachinHulawale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@SachinHulawale](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/SachinHulawale)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2019, 6:28am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-confirm-if-my-apm-server-is-collecting-the-data-from-apm-agent/190558/6 "2019-07-17T06:28:41Z")

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> [@stephenb](#):
>
> gent

Thanks Stephen, I will traverse some flows in my application and see if get any transactions like you mentioned above.

So at this point , i reckon

1. My Apm-server and elasticsearch is working fine
2. If i dont see any transaction traces then i will check for APM agent configuration

Regards,  
Sachin

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**Author:** ![stephenb](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/stephenb/32/40856_2.png) [@stephenb](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/stephenb)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2019, 1:49pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-confirm-if-my-apm-server-is-collecting-the-data-from-apm-agent/190558/7 "2019-07-17T13:49:08Z")

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Yup that would be the next place to look...  
What Agent / Language and Application Framework are you working with? Let us know what you find.

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**Author:** ![SachinHulawale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@SachinHulawale](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/SachinHulawale)\
**Post date:** [July 18, 2019, 9:01am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-confirm-if-my-apm-server-is-collecting-the-data-from-apm-agent/190558/8 "2019-07-18T09:01:42Z")

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I am using `elastic-apm-agent-1.5.0` agent and application is based on Spring Hibernate framework.

I hit some transactions yesterday but didn't see any changes in logs. I will revisit the agent configuration and see if agent is working fine with my application.

Thanks,  
Sachin

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**Author:** ![SachinHulawale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@SachinHulawale](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/SachinHulawale)\
**Post date:** [July 19, 2019, 12:28pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-confirm-if-my-apm-server-is-collecting-the-data-from-apm-agent/190558/9 "2019-07-19T12:28:54Z")

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Hi Stephen,

So i checked the logs after restarting my app. This is the output for it

```
04:29:18,686 INFO [stdout] (apm-reporter) at co.elastic.apm.agent.report.IntakeV2ReportingEventHandler.startRequest(IntakeV2ReportingEventHandler.java:236)
04:29:18,686 INFO [stdout] (apm-reporter) at co.elastic.apm.agent.report.IntakeV2ReportingEventHandler.handleEvent(IntakeV2ReportingEventHandler.java:162)
04:29:18,686 INFO [stdout] (apm-reporter) at co.elastic.apm.agent.report.IntakeV2ReportingEventHandler.onEvent(IntakeV2ReportingEventHandler.java:140)
04:29:18,686 INFO [stdout] (apm-reporter) at co.elastic.apm.agent.report.IntakeV2ReportingEventHandler.onEvent(IntakeV2ReportingEventHandler.java:58)
04:29:18,686 INFO [stdout] (apm-reporter) at co.elastic.apm.agent.shaded.lmax.disruptor.BatchEventProcessor.processEvents(BatchEventProcessor.java:168)
04:29:18,686 INFO [stdout] (apm-reporter) at co.elastic.apm.agent.shaded.lmax.disruptor.BatchEventProcessor.run(BatchEventProcessor.java:125)
04:29:18,686 INFO [stdout] (apm-reporter) at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:748)
04:29:18,686 INFO [stdout] (apm-reporter) 2019-07-19 04:29:18.686 [apm-reporter] INFO co.elastic.apm.agent.report.IntakeV2ReportingEventHandler - Backing off for 36 seconds (±10%)
04:29:54,825 INFO [stdout] (apm-reporter) 2019-07-19 04:29:54.825 [apm-reporter] DEBUG co.elastic.apm.agent.report.IntakeV2ReportingEventHandler - Receiving METRICS event (sequence 213)
04:29:54,825 INFO [stdout] (apm-reporter) 2019-07-19 04:29:54.825 [apm-reporter] DEBUG co.elastic.apm.agent.report.IntakeV2ReportingEventHandler - Starting new request to http://server:8200/intake/v2/events
04:29:59,831 INFO [stdout] (apm-reporter) 2019-07-19 04:29:59.831 [apm-reporter] ERROR co.elastic.apm.agent.report.IntakeV2ReportingEventHandler - Failed to handle event of type METRICS with this error: connect timed out
04:29:59,831 INFO [stdout] (apm-reporter) 2019-07-19 04:29:59.831 [apm-reporter] DEBUG co.elastic.apm.agent.report.IntakeV2ReportingEventHandler - Event handling failure

```

and from server.log

```
00:00:19,718 INFO [stdout] (apm-reporter) 2019-07-19 00:00:19.718 [apm-reporter] ERROR co.elastic.apm.agent.report.IntakeV2ReportingEventHandler - Failed to handle event of type METRICS with this error: connect timed out
00:00:19,721 INFO [stdout] (apm-reporter) 2019-07-19 00:00:19.721 [apm-reporter] INFO co.elastic.apm.agent.report.IntakeV2ReportingEventHandler - Backing off for 36 seconds (±10%)
00:00:57,245 INFO [stdout] (apm-reporter) 2019-07-19 00:00:57.245 [apm-reporter] ERROR co.elastic.apm.agent.report.IntakeV2ReportingEventHandler - Failed to handle event of type METRICS with this error: connect timed out
00:00:57,245 INFO [stdout] (apm-reporter) 2019-07-19 00:00:57.245 [apm-reporter] INFO co.elastic.apm.agent.report.IntakeV2ReportingEventHandler - Backing off for 36 seconds (±10%)
00:01:40,129 INFO [stdout] (apm-reporter) 2019-07-19 00:01:40.129 [apm-reporter] ERROR co.elastic.apm.agent.report.IntakeV2ReportingEventHandler - Failed to handle event of type METRICS with this error: connect timed out
00:01:40,129 INFO [stdout] (apm-reporter) 2019-07-19 00:01:40.129 [apm-reporter] INFO co.elastic.apm.agent.report.IntakeV2ReportingEventHandler - Backing off for 36 seconds (±10%)
00:02:21,618 INFO [stdout] (apm-reporter) 2019-07-19 00:02:21.618 [apm-reporter] ERROR co.elastic.apm.agent.report.IntakeV2ReportingEventHandler - Failed to handle event of type METRICS with this error: connect timed out
00:02:21,618 INFO [stdout] (apm-reporter) 2019-07-19 00:02:21.618 [apm-reporter] INFO co.elastic.apm.agent.report.IntakeV2ReportingEventHandler - Backing off for 36 seconds (±10%)
00:03:03,593 INFO [stdout] (apm-reporter) 2019-07-19 00:03:03.593 [apm-reporter] ERROR co.elastic.apm.agent.report.IntakeV2ReportingEventHandler - Failed to handle event of type METRICS with this error: connect timed out
00:03:03,593 INFO [stdout] (apm-reporter) 2019-07-19 00:03:03.593 [apm-reporter] INFO co.elastic.apm.agent.report.IntakeV2ReportingEventHandler - Backing off for 36 seconds (±10%)
00:03:48,184 INFO [stdout] (apm-reporter) 2019-07-19 00:03:48.184 [apm-reporter] ERROR co.elastic.apm.agent.report.IntakeV2ReportingEventHandler - Failed to handle event of type METRICS with this error: connect timed out
00:03:48,184 INFO [stdout] (apm-reporter) 2019-07-19 00:03:48.184 [apm-reporter] INFO co.elastic.apm.agent.report.IntakeV2ReportingEventHandler - Backing off for 36 seconds (±10%)

```

These are my startup parameters -

`"-javaagent:/opt/user_projects/myapp/configuration/elastic-apm-agent-1.5.0.jar -Delastic.apm.log_level=debug -Delastic.apm.service_name=MagicPerf -Delastic.apm.application_packages=com.sony.spe -Delastic.apm.server_url=http://myserver:8200 -Xms1024m -Xmx1024m -XX:MaxNewSize=448m -XX:NewSize=448m -XX:SurvivorRatio=6 -Djava.net.preferIPv4Stack=true -Dorg.jboss.resolver.warning=true -Dsun.rmi.dgc.client.gcInterval=3600000 -Dsun.rmi.dgc.server.gcInterval=3600000 -Djboss.server.home.url=file:/opt/user_projects/myapp"`

Any idea what could be wrong here ?

Thanks,  
Sachin

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**Post date:** [July 19, 2019, 1:19pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-confirm-if-my-apm-server-is-collecting-the-data-from-apm-agent/190558/10 "2019-07-19T13:19:13Z")

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Hi can you post two more things can you restart the APM server and post the first 50 lines or so from the APM server looks like it is having trouble connecting to elasticsearch ... Also can you post the output.elasticsearch section of the apm-server.yml. Thanks

Please make sure you are using a supported technology

> **[Supported technologies | APM Java Agent Reference \[1.x\] | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/apm/agent/java/current/supported-technologies-details.html)**

And also are you properly configuring JBoss

> **[Manual setup with -javaagent flag | APM Java Agent Reference \[1.x\] | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/apm/agent/java/current/setup-javaagent.html#setup-jboss-wildfly)**

Also can you please take a look at this

> [@APM agent showing timeout Error (Connection Refused)](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-agent-showing-timeout-error-connection-refused/171768):
>
> Kibana version: 6.6.0 Elasticsearch version: 6.6.0 APM Server version: 6.6.0 APM Agent language and version: Browser version: N/A Original install method: Java using the agent jar Fresh install or upgraded from other version? Fresh install Is there anything special in your setup? No special setup as far as I am aware, just followed the guide on setting up the APM agent. I am using the APM server in the cloud option, and have the obtained the server URL and secret token from there. De…

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**Post date:** [July 22, 2019, 9:41am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-confirm-if-my-apm-server-is-collecting-the-data-from-apm-agent/190558/11 "2019-07-22T09:41:42Z")

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Hi Stephen,

I have checked the other thread earlier as well, I will check the supported tech\* and configuration on JBOSS. Will update here as soon as i get something.

Thanks,  
Sachin

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**Post date:** [July 22, 2019, 1:09pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-confirm-if-my-apm-server-is-collecting-the-data-from-apm-agent/190558/13 "2019-07-22T13:09:20Z")

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Hi Stephen,

1. For APM server logs - I referred this path /var/log/apm-server and could see multiple log files like this  
`apm-server apm-server.1 apm-server.2 apm-server.3 apm-server.4 apm-server.5 apm-server.6 apm-server.7`

So i have attached logs for apm-server and apm-server.1

apm-server

```
2019-07-15T06:40:44.311-0700 INFO instance/beat.go:571 Home path: [/usr/share/apm-server] Config path: [/etc/apm-server] Data path: [/var/lib/apm-server] Logs path: [/var/log/apm-server]
2019-07-15T06:40:44.312-0700 INFO instance/beat.go:579 Beat ID: dccbe5b9-66e2-4da3-b394-f1a7cef2700d
2019-07-15T06:40:44.312-0700 INFO [index-management.ilm] ilm/ilm.go:129 Policy name: apm-server-7.0.0
2019-07-15T06:40:44.312-0700 INFO [index-management] idxmgmt/std.go:165 Set output.elasticsearch.index to 'apm-server-7.0.0' as ILM is enabled.
2019-07-15T06:40:44.312-0700 INFO elasticsearch/client.go:165 Elasticsearch url: http://localhost:9200
2019-07-15T06:40:44.452-0700 INFO elasticsearch/client.go:734 Attempting to connect to Elasticsearch version 7.0.0

```

apm-server.1

```
2019-07-15T06:40:44.311-0700 INFO instance/beat.go:571 Home path: [/usr/share/apm-server] Config path: [/etc/apm-server] Data path: [/var/lib/apm-server] Logs path: [/var/log/apm-server]
2019-07-15T06:40:44.312-0700 INFO instance/beat.go:579 Beat ID: dccbe5b9-66e2-4da3-b394-f1a7cef2700d
2019-07-15T06:40:44.312-0700 INFO [index-management.ilm] ilm/ilm.go:129 Policy name: apm-server-7.0.0
2019-07-15T06:40:44.312-0700 INFO [index-management] idxmgmt/std.go:165 Set output.elasticsearch.index to 'apm-server-7.0.0' as ILM is enabled.
2019-07-15T06:40:44.312-0700 INFO elasticsearch/client.go:165 Elasticsearch url: http://localhost:9200
2019-07-15T06:40:44.452-0700 INFO elasticsearch/client.go:734 Attempting to connect to Elasticsearch version 7.0.0
-bash-4.2$ cat apm-server.1
2019-07-15T06:40:37.261-0700 INFO instance/beat.go:571 Home path: [/usr/share/apm-server] Config path: [/etc/apm-server] Data path: [/var/lib/apm-server] Logs path: [/var/log/apm-server]
2019-07-15T06:40:37.262-0700 INFO instance/beat.go:579 Beat ID: dccbe5b9-66e2-4da3-b394-f1a7cef2700d
2019-07-15T06:40:37.262-0700 INFO [beat] instance/beat.go:827 Beat info {"system_info": {"beat": {"path": {"config": "/etc/apm-server", "data": "/var/lib/apm-server", "home": "/usr/share/apm-server", "logs": "/var/log/apm-server"}, "type": "apm-server", "uuid": "dccbe5b9-66e2-4da3-b394-f1a7cef2700d"}}}
2019-07-15T06:40:37.262-0700 INFO [beat] instance/beat.go:836 Build info {"system_info": {"build": {"commit": "1f7ad059a0bbf0174b90e07c80c0274d152f1155", "libbeat": "7.0.0", "time": "2019-04-05T21:50:06.000Z", "version": "7.0.0"}}}
2019-07-15T06:40:37.262-0700 INFO [beat] instance/beat.go:839 Go runtime info {"system_info": {"go": {"os":"linux","arch":"amd64","max_procs":4,"version":"go1.11.5"}}}
2019-07-15T06:40:37.263-0700 INFO [beat] instance/beat.go:843 Host info {"system_info": {"host": {"architecture":"x86_64","boot_time":"2019-07-03T22:01:40-07:00","containerized":true,"name":"usdl653.spe.sony.com","ip":["127.0.0.1/8","10.192.18.77/23"],"kernel_version":"3.10.0-957.21.3.el7.x86_64","mac":["00:50:56:8c:4e:91"],"os":{"family":"redhat","platform":"rhel","name":"Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server","version":"7.6 (Maipo)","major":7,"minor":6,"patch":0,"codename":"Maipo"},"timezone":"PDT","timezone_offset_sec":-25200,"id":"f555496539ee4417a495b39cb0766313"}}}
2019-07-15T06:40:37.263-0700 INFO [beat] instance/beat.go:872 Process info {"system_info": {"process": {"capabilities": {"inheritable":null,"permitted":null,"effective":null,"bounding":["chown","dac_override","dac_read_search","fowner","fsetid","kill","setgid","setuid","setpcap","linux_immutable","net_bind_service","net_broadcast","net_admin","net_raw","ipc_lock","ipc_owner","sys_module","sys_rawio","sys_chroot","sys_ptrace","sys_pacct","sys_admin","sys_boot","sys_nice","sys_resource","sys_time","sys_tty_config","mknod","lease","audit_write","audit_control","setfcap","mac_override","mac_admin","syslog","wake_alarm","block_suspend"],"ambient":null}, "cwd": "/var/log/apm-server", "exe": "/usr/share/apm-server/bin/apm-server", "name": "apm-server", "pid": 5175, "ppid": 2888, "seccomp": {"mode":"disabled"}, "start_time": "2019-07-15T06:40:36.400-0700"}}}
2019-07-15T06:40:37.263-0700 INFO instance/beat.go:280 Setup Beat: apm-server; Version: 7.0.0
2019-07-15T06:40:37.264-0700 INFO elasticsearch/client.go:165 Elasticsearch url: http://localhost:9200
2019-07-15T06:40:37.264-0700 INFO [publisher] pipeline/module.go:97 Beat name: myservername
2019-07-15T06:40:37.265-0700 INFO [beater] beater/beater.go:118 No pipeline callback registered
```

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**Post date:** [July 22, 2019, 1:10pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-confirm-if-my-apm-server-is-collecting-the-data-from-apm-agent/190558/14 "2019-07-22T13:10:32Z")

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1. Elastic search output

2. As per the supported technology info, for us it is supported.

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**Post date:** [July 22, 2019, 1:48pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-confirm-if-my-apm-server-is-collecting-the-data-from-apm-agent/190558/15 "2019-07-22T13:48:10Z")

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I am curious about the Elastic, Kibana and APM Server versions you are using. The logs suggest you use APM Server `7.0.0`, but they also show some ILM configuration, which was only supported from `7.2.0` on in APM Server. It would also be helpful if you could post any custom settings you configured for the APM Server.

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**Post date:** [July 22, 2019, 7:37pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-confirm-if-my-apm-server-is-collecting-the-data-from-apm-agent/190558/16 "2019-07-22T19:37:59Z")

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Hi,

Thanks for your response.

I didnt do any custom settings for APM server.

Regards,  
Sachin

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**Post date:** [July 22, 2019, 8:15pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-confirm-if-my-apm-server-is-collecting-the-data-from-apm-agent/190558/17 "2019-07-22T20:15:12Z")

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Can you try this sample app and see if it works...

> <https://gist.github.com/bvader/cc9fea7e6f8f709dfa2ad14776eed7fe>

Specifically just try the simple java standalone apps

```
# Clone Petclinic Repo Java Spring Boot App
git clone https://github.com/bvader/spring-petclinic.git

cd spring-petclinic

# Build
./mvnw package -Dmaven.test.skip=true

# Get the Elastic Java APM agent
curl -O https://search.maven.org/remotecontent?filepath=co/elastic/apm/elastic-apm-agent/1.7.0/elastic-apm-agent-1.7.0.jar

# Run Petclinc with APM, 
# NOTE: this enables method tracing 
# Unix / Mac OS
java -javaagent:./elastic-apm-agent-1.7.0.jar \
-Delastic.apm.server_urls="http://localhost:8200" \
-Delastic.apm.service_name="spring-petclinic-monolith" \
-Delastic.apm.application_packages="org.springframework.samples" \
-Delastic.apm.trace_methods="org.springframework.samples.petclinic.*" \
-jar target/spring-petclinic-2.1.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT.jar
```

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**Author:** ![SachinHulawale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@SachinHulawale](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/SachinHulawale)\
**Post date:** [August 1, 2019, 11:05am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-confirm-if-my-apm-server-is-collecting-the-data-from-apm-agent/190558/18 "2019-08-01T11:05:12Z")

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Hi Stephen,

Apologies for the delay in response. Due to access issue i wont be able to try the sample application.  
Though i figured out some issue with port connectivity between my application and apm server. Firewall for 8200 port is open for communication. The message i received from network team that it is only listening on Locp back. 127.0.0.1, so i am going to update my host to IP address.

I will update once i get more information about it.

Regards,  
Sachin

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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 22, 2019, 7:05am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-confirm-if-my-apm-server-is-collecting-the-data-from-apm-agent/190558/19 "2019-08-22T07:05:14Z")

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