# How to deactivate the APM agent remotely (ex stop APM monitoring on an application remotely)?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-deactivate-the-apm-agent-remotely-ex-stop-apm-monitoring-on-an-application-remotely/285377>\
**Category:** APM\
**Tags:** java\
**Created:** [September 28, 2021, 2:43pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-deactivate-the-apm-agent-remotely-ex-stop-apm-monitoring-on-an-application-remotely/285377 "2021-09-28T14:43:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![Reza\_Khodabaccus](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/reza_khodabaccus/32/95189_2.png) [@Reza\_Khodabaccus](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Reza_Khodabaccus)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2021, 2:43pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-deactivate-the-apm-agent-remotely-ex-stop-apm-monitoring-on-an-application-remotely/285377/1 "2021-09-28T14:43:20Z")

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Hi  
I have a few question about APM:  
Q1) How to deactivate the APM agent remotely (ex stop APM monitoring on an application remotely)?  
Q2) Is there a way to set secured access (RBAC & segregated access) on APM resources such as

- APM indices (read),
- APM service(s)  
Customer is saying that “space” utilisation in kibana is not able to segregate finely access to apm ressources. It is access to all “APM & User experience features”  
Q3) Is there any indication on the APM footprint (CPU, memory) on targeted servers / instances? I presume on the APM transactions...  
Please advise, Thanks

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**Author:** ![Sylvain\_Juge](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/sylvain_juge/32/55521_2.png) [@Sylvain\_Juge](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Sylvain_Juge)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2021, 3:01pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-deactivate-the-apm-agent-remotely-ex-stop-apm-monitoring-on-an-application-remotely/285377/2 "2021-09-28T15:01:23Z")

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Hi @Reza_Khodabaccus ,

1. Yes, through [Central configuration](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/7.15/agent-configuration.html), you should set the [`recording`](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/apm/agent/java/current/config-core.html#config-recording) option (I assumed you are using the Java agent).

2. I really don't know here

3. The agent is designed for minimal impact, but it can't be really estimated beforehand as it's very application and load-specific. Here is the [official documentation](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/apm/agent/java/current/tuning-and-overhead.html) for details on agent performance and tuning. Default configuration should only be modified when abnormal overhead is observed when the agent is active.

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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:** [September 29, 2021, 12:59am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-deactivate-the-apm-agent-remotely-ex-stop-apm-monitoring-on-an-application-remotely/285377/3 "2021-09-29T00:59:06Z")

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You can definitely do question 2 with RBAC - [User authorization | Elasticsearch Guide [7.15] | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/authorization.html)

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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:** [October 19, 2021, 8:59pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-deactivate-the-apm-agent-remotely-ex-stop-apm-monitoring-on-an-application-remotely/285377/4 "2021-10-19T20:59:40Z")

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