# Metricbeat can't collect elasticsearch metrics **URL:** \ **Category:** Metrics\ **Tags:** elastic-stack-monitoring\ **Created:** [August 18, 2021, 7:59am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/metricbeat-cant-collect-elasticsearch-metrics/281783 "2021-08-18T07:59:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![lisiyu](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/lisiyu/32/91545_2.png) [@lisiyu](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/lisiyu)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2021, 7:59am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/metricbeat-cant-collect-elasticsearch-metrics/281783/1 "2021-08-18T07:59:00Z")
The elasticsearch module is enabled in metricbeat. But metricbeat index have no data for elastic metrics. #### Version - Metricbeat: 7.13.1 - Elasticsearch: 7.13.1 - Kibana: 7.13.1 #### Config - Metricbeat: ```auto ...... metricbeat.config.modules: # Mounted `metricbeat-daemonset-modules` configmap: path: /usr/share/metricbeat/modules.d/*.yml # Reload module configs as they change: reload.enabled: true setup.dashboards.enabled: true setup.kibana.host: "http://kibana-svc:80" ...... elasticsearch.yml: |- - module: elasticsearch xpack.enabled: true period: 30s hosts: ["http://elastic-svc:9200"] metricsets: - node - node_stats - index - index_recovery - index_summary - shard ``` ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/a/4/a4e874240a7b1fbe0ba1bb5fc667b2b5284c7c0c.png) - Elasticsearch ```auto bootstrap.memory_lock: true node.name: ${HOSTNAME} action.destructive_requires_name: true indices.fielddata.cache.size: 1% # default is unbounded cluster.name: es-cluster # only data nodes should have ingest and http capabilities node.master: false node.data: false node.ingest: false xpack.security.enabled: false xpack.monitoring.enabled: true xpack.monitoring.collection.enabled: true path.data: /var/lib/elasticsearch path.logs: /var/log/elasticsearch ``` ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/6/4/64329d4dfbcfde7edd8ff860d21c4c39465b7e1c.png) - Kibana ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/e/9/e9cf2b3532c55adc697c0d72d87bcd58ddc142a7.png) ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/f/5/f550e6c7ee1a3302e2a3cc0453c0d74efed36ef6.png) ---
**Author:** ![afgomez](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/afgomez/32/59274_2.png) [@afgomez](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/afgomez)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2021, 9:00am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/metricbeat-cant-collect-elasticsearch-metrics/281783/2 "2021-08-18T09:00:50Z")
Hi @lisiyu, Could you check if the `.monitoring-es*` indices exist and have data? In the the Kibana developer tools, run the following query. ```auto GET /_cat/indices/.monitoring-es*?v ``` Secondly, in [the documentation](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/metricbeat/7.13/metricbeat-module-elasticsearch.html#_usage_for_elastic_stack_monitoring_2) mentions that the `elasticsearch` module should not have any `metricsets`. Can you try commenting that block in your `modules/elasticsearch.yml` file? Alternatively, try using the `elasticsearch-xpack` module instead of the `elasticsearch` module. Let me know if any of this works. ---
**Author:** ![lisiyu](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/lisiyu/32/91545_2.png) [@lisiyu](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/lisiyu)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2021, 10:00am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/metricbeat-cant-collect-elasticsearch-metrics/281783/3 "2021-08-18T10:00:06Z")
hello @afgomez! I can see index of `.monitoring-es*`. But I can't discover it . ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/2/3/239fee56d75cf05d4c2f71b9fa8963988d9120b6.png) You mean like this? ```auto elasticsearch-xpack.yml: |- - module: elasticsearch-xpack xpack.enabled: true period: 30s hosts: ["http://elastic-svc:9200"] metricsets: - node - node_stats - index - index_recovery - index_summary - shard ``` ---
**Author:** ![afgomez](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/afgomez/32/59274_2.png) [@afgomez](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/afgomez)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2021, 10:55am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/metricbeat-cant-collect-elasticsearch-metrics/281783/4 "2021-08-19T10:55:24Z")
I'm sorry, I didn't understand correctly the first time what you wanted to achieve. The `elastic-stack-monitoring` tag threw me off track. You want to get elasticsearch metrics inside the `metricbeat-*` indices, so you can see them in Discover, correct? For that you need to remove the `x-pack.enabled: true` line from your `modules/elasticsearch.yml`. What that setting does is tell Metricbeat to collect the data in `.monitoring-es*`. Those indices are used by the [Stack monitoring app](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/current/xpack-monitoring.html) in kibana. ---
**Author:** ![lisiyu](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/lisiyu/32/91545_2.png) [@lisiyu](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/lisiyu)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2021, 6:36am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/metricbeat-cant-collect-elasticsearch-metrics/281783/5 "2021-08-25T06:36:08Z")
I removed `x-pack.enabled: true`. It working. Thank you . ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2021, 6:36am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/metricbeat-cant-collect-elasticsearch-metrics/281783/6 "2021-09-22T06:36:57Z")
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