# Logstash 6.3.0 Upgrade

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-6-3-0-upgrade/136243
**Category:** Logstash
**Created:** [June 18, 2018, 6:27am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-6-3-0-upgrade/136243 "2018-06-18T06:27:06Z")
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### Author: ![VamPikmin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/vampikmin/32/22367_2.png) [@VamPikmin](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/VamPikmin)
#### Post date: [June 18, 2018, 6:27am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-6-3-0-upgrade/136243/1 "2018-06-18T06:27:06Z")

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After upgrading elasticsearch logstash and kibana to 6.3.0 I have two new tabs in Kibana  
Metric and APM  
I've enabled the Metric and now I have stats for es and kibana, however logstash stats are not in there.  
From what I can see I need to enable the xpack in the logstash.yml?

I tried looking for where the xpack might be installed, there's nothing related to xpack in elasticsearch plugins or kibana plugins, however I'm getting stats for those two.

Is the xpack plugin a seperate install for all three (logstash, es and kibana)  
Does it get installed automatically with version 6.3.0?

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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: [June 18, 2018, 7:20am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-6-3-0-upgrade/136243/2 "2018-06-18T07:20:27Z")

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6.3.0 of the stack includes X-Pack and a Basic license enabled by default.

You just need to configure the settings in `logstash.yml` to send the Monitoring to Elasticsearch.

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### Author: ![VamPikmin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/vampikmin/32/22367_2.png) [@VamPikmin](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/VamPikmin)
#### Post date: [June 18, 2018, 9:42am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-6-3-0-upgrade/136243/3 "2018-06-18T09:42:28Z")

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Thanks warkolm

Where does it install the xpack on Ubuntu 16.04 server?  
Just wondering, since it's a plugin yes?

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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: [June 18, 2018, 10:07pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-6-3-0-upgrade/136243/4 "2018-06-18T22:07:03Z")

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`/usr/share/logstash/plugins` as per [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/logstash/6.3/dir-layout.html#deb-layout](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/logstash/6.3/dir-layout.html#deb-layout)

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### Author: ![VamPikmin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/vampikmin/32/22367_2.png) [@VamPikmin](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/VamPikmin)
#### Post date: [June 18, 2018, 10:38pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-6-3-0-upgrade/136243/5 "2018-06-18T22:38:20Z")

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Thanks again for that. How did I miss it:  
:/usr/share/logstash# ls -lh  
drwxrwxr-x 10 logstash logstash 4.0K Jun 18 11:15 x-pack

ES  
/usr/share/elasticsearch/modules/x-pack

Kibana  
/usr/share/kibana/node\_modules/x-pack

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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: [July 16, 2018, 10:38pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-6-3-0-upgrade/136243/6 "2018-07-16T22:38:22Z")

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