Metricbeat not loading in ES indices

Elastic Stack Beats
1

I end up here after several hours of pain.

I setup a Elasticsearch / Kibana (no Logstash) installation to monitor RAM/CPU/and so on on a ubuntu VM.

I installed metricbeat but I do not manage to have the MB indice loaded in elastic.

I setup the elastic user, thinking about a permission issue, but it did not changed a thing.

Here is the curl localhost:9200/_cat/indices?v result:
health status index uuid pri rep docs.count docs.deleted store.size pri.store.size
yellow open .kibana MWFHgWW1QKqks2zGbaHEjg 1 1 1 0 3.1kb 3.1kb
green open cowrie Jp1UO0StTkWO25YMKrXwPA 1 0 0 0 160b 160b
yellow open test NIKJEtHIRUOEQPzSScKrjw 5 1 0 0 800b 800b

Here is the metricbeat.yml:
###################### Metricbeat Configuration Example #######################

# This file is an example configuration file highlighting only the most common
# options. The metricbeat.full.yml file from the same directory contains all the
# supported options with more comments. You can use it as a reference.
#
# You can find the full configuration reference here:
# https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/metricbeat/index.html

#==========================  Modules configuration ============================
metricbeat.modules:

#------------------------------- System Module -------------------------------
- module: system
  metricsets:
# CPU stats
- cpu

# System Load stats
- load

# Per CPU core stats
- core

# IO stats
- diskio

# Per filesystem stats
- filesystem

# File system summary stats
- fsstat

# Memory stats
- memory

# Network stats
- network

# Per process stats
- process

# Sockets (linux only)
- socket
  enabled: true
  period: 10s
  processes: ['.*']

- module: apache
 metricsets: ["status"]
 enabled: true
 period: 1s
 hosts: ["http://127.0.0.1"]

#================================ General =====================================

# The name of the shipper that publishes the network data. It can be used to group
# all the transactions sent by a single shipper in the web interface.
#name:

# The tags of the shipper are included in their own field with each
# transaction published.
#tags: ["service-X", "web-tier"]

# Optional fields that you can specify to add additional information to the
# output.
#fields:
#  env: staging

#================================ Outputs =====================================

# Configure what outputs to use when sending the data collected by the beat.
# Multiple outputs may be used.

#-------------------------- Elasticsearch output ------------------------------
output.elasticsearch:
  # Array of hosts to connect to.
  hosts: ["127.0.0.1:9200"]
  enabled: true

setup.kibana:
  host: "localhost:5601"

  # Optional protocol and basic auth credentials.
  #protocol: "https"
  username: "elasticsearch"
  password: "test"

#----------------------------- Logstash output --------------------------------
#output.logstash:
  # The Logstash hosts
  #hosts: ["localhost:5044"]

  # Optional SSL. By default is off.
  # List of root certificates for HTTPS server verifications
  #ssl.certificate_authorities: ["/etc/pki/root/ca.pem"]

  # Certificate for SSL client authentication
  #ssl.certificate: "/etc/pki/client/cert.pem"

  # Client Certificate Key
  #ssl.key: "/etc/pki/client/cert.key"

#================================ Logging =====================================

# Sets log level. The default log level is info.
# Available log levels are: critical, error, warning, info, debug
#logging.level: debug

# At debug level, you can selectively enable logging only for some components.
# To enable all selectors use ["*"]. Examples of other selectors are "beat",
# "publish", "service".
#logging.selectors: ["*"]

setup.dashboards.enabled: true
2

The elasticsearch.yml:
# ======================== Elasticsearch Configuration =========================
#
# NOTE: Elasticsearch comes with reasonable defaults for most settings.
# Before you set out to tweak and tune the configuration, make sure you
# understand what are you trying to accomplish and the consequences.
#
# The primary way of configuring a node is via this file. This template lists
# the most important settings you may want to configure for a production cluster.
#
# Please consult the documentation for further information on configuration options:
# https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/index.html
#
# ---------------------------------- Cluster -----------------------------------
#
# Use a descriptive name for your cluster:
#
cluster.name: honeymap
#
# ------------------------------------ Node ------------------------------------
#
# Use a descriptive name for the node:
#
node.name: honeynode
#note.master: false
#
# Add custom attributes to the node:
#
#node.attr.rack: r1
#
# ----------------------------------- Paths ------------------------------------
#
# Path to directory where to store the data (separate multiple locations by comma):
#
#path.data: /path/to/data
#
# Path to log files:
#
#path.logs: /path/to/logs
#
# ----------------------------------- Memory -----------------------------------
#
# Lock the memory on startup:
#
#bootstrap.memory_lock: true
#
# Make sure that the heap size is set to about half the memory available
# on the system and that the owner of the process is allowed to use this
# limit.
#
# Elasticsearch performs poorly when the system is swapping the memory.
#
# ---------------------------------- Network -----------------------------------
#
# Set the bind address to a specific IP (IPv4 or IPv6):
#
network.host: 127.0.0.1
#
# Set a custom port for HTTP:
#
http.port: 9200
#
# For more information, consult the network module documentation.
#
# --------------------------------- Discovery ----------------------------------
#
# Pass an initial list of hosts to perform discovery when new node is started:
# The default list of hosts is ["127.0.0.1", "[::1]"]
#
#discovery.zen.ping.unicast.hosts: ["host1", "host2"]
#
# Prevent the "split brain" by configuring the majority of nodes (total number of master-eligible nodes / 2 + 1):
#
#discovery.zen.minimum_master_nodes: 3
#
# For more information, consult the zen discovery module documentation.
#
# ---------------------------------- Gateway -----------------------------------
#
# Block initial recovery after a full cluster restart until N nodes are started:
#
#gateway.recover_after_nodes: 3
#
# For more information, consult the gateway module documentation.
#
# ---------------------------------- Various -----------------------------------
#
# Require explicit names when deleting indices:
#
#action.destructive_requires_name: true

If anybody has an idea...

3

What do the metricbeat logs show?

4

Yaml is indentation sensitive and it looks to me like your Metricbeat modules section may not be correct.

5

There is no logs... :frowning:
I did not find any in /etc/metricbeat, /usr/share/metricbeat or /var/log

6

I hope it is so simple.
I will try with a new file.
By the way, any issue with the host being localhost or 127.0.0.1?

7

I removed metricbeat, rebooted and installed metricbeat again.
When I list the indices in elasticsearch, nothing.
I tried to stop/restart each service, but nothing.

8

Have you tested your config file? If so, what is the result?

9

Perfect!
The error was in the metricbeat.yml file.
I must have had an extra space.
I removed the apache part and it works for the system module.
Now, I will try the apache module!
Thanks!