# Metricbeat Output to Secure Elasticsearch Error **URL:** \ **Category:** Beats\ **Tags:** elastic-stack-security, beats-module, metricbeat\ **Created:** [March 28, 2022, 11:00am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/metricbeat-output-to-secure-elasticsearch-error/300830 "2022-03-28T11:00:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![wcpoon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/da6949/32.png) [@wcpoon](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/wcpoon)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2022, 11:00am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/metricbeat-output-to-secure-elasticsearch-error/300830/1 "2022-03-28T11:00:59Z")
Hi, I'm using ELK Stack 8.0, which is Elasticsearch running in secured mode. I'm having the problem to output my metricbeat to Elasticsearch. Below is the error when I run the command "metricbeat setup -e" ```auto {"log.level":"info","@timestamp":"2022-03-28T18:43:55.067+0800","log.origin":{"file.name":"instance/beat.go","file.line":669},"message":"Home path: [/usr/share/metricbeat] Config path: [/etc/metricbeat] Data path: [/var/lib/metricbeat] Logs path: [/var/log/metricbeat]","service.name":"metricbeat","ecs.version":"1.6.0"} {"log.level":"info","@timestamp":"2022-03-28T18:43:55.068+0800","log.origin":{"file.name":"instance/beat.go","file.line":677},"message":"Beat ID: eb5f7e0b-7f3d-42d4-9c48-2f63ff0aefc8","service.name":"metricbeat","ecs.version":"1.6.0"} {"log.level":"warn","@timestamp":"2022-03-28T18:43:58.070+0800","log.logger":"add_cloud_metadata","log.origin":{"file.name":"add_cloud_metadata/provider_aws_ec2.go","file.line":80},"message":"read token request for getting IMDSv2 token returns empty: Put \"http://169.254.169.254/latest/api/token\": context deadline exceeded (Client.Timeout exceeded while awaiting headers). No token in the metadata request will be used.","service.name":"metricbeat","ecs.version":"1.6.0"} {"log.level":"info","@timestamp":"2022-03-28T18:43:58.071+0800","log.logger":"beat","log.origin":{"file.name":"instance/beat.go","file.line":1047},"message":"Beat info","service.name":"metricbeat","system_info":{"beat":{"path":{"config":"/etc/metricbeat","data":"/var/lib/metricbeat","home":"/usr/share/metricbeat","logs":"/var/log/metricbeat"},"type":"metricbeat","uuid":"eb5f7e0b-7f3d-42d4-9c48-2f63ff0aefc8"},"ecs.version":"1.6.0"}} {"log.level":"info","@timestamp":"2022-03-28T18:43:58.071+0800","log.logger":"beat","log.origin":{"file.name":"instance/beat.go","file.line":1056},"message":"Build info","service.name":"metricbeat","system_info":{"build":{"commit":"7f30bb31a4a532c865161efbbdadd012323b04c5","libbeat":"8.1.1","time":"2022-03-17T23:25:44.000Z","version":"8.1.1"},"ecs.version":"1.6.0"}} {"log.level":"info","@timestamp":"2022-03-28T18:43:58.071+0800","log.logger":"beat","log.origin":{"file.name":"instance/beat.go","file.line":1059},"message":"Go runtime info","service.name":"metricbeat","system_info":{"go":{"os":"linux","arch":"amd64","max_procs":4,"version":"go1.17.6"},"ecs.version":"1.6.0"}} {"log.level":"info","@timestamp":"2022-03-28T18:43:58.072+0800","log.logger":"beat","log.origin":{"file.name":"instance/beat.go","file.line":1063},"message":"Host info","service.name":"metricbeat","system_info":{"host":{"architecture":"x86_64","boot_time":"2022-03-25T18:46:40+08:00","containerized":false,"name":"z3lynx-kbn-01","ip":["127.0.0.1/8","::1/128","10.10.10.81/24"],"kernel_version":"4.18.0-373.el8.x86_64","mac":["00:50:56:b6:8b:50"],"os":{"type":"linux","family":"redhat","platform":"centos","name":"CentOS Stream","version":"8","major":8,"minor":0,"patch":0},"timezone":"+08","timezone_offset_sec":28800,"id":"2b4df34ad3d943a89fc2759232e53922"},"ecs.version":"1.6.0"}} {"log.level":"info","@timestamp":"2022-03-28T18:43:58.072+0800","log.logger":"beat","log.origin":{"file.name":"instance/beat.go","file.line":1092},"message":"Process info","service.name":"metricbeat","system_info":{"process":{"capabilities":{"inheritable":null,"permitted":["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","audit_read","38","39","40"],"effective":["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","audit_read","38","39","40"],"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","audit_read","38","39","40"],"ambient":null},"cwd":"/tmp","exe":"/usr/share/metricbeat/bin/metricbeat","name":"metricbeat","pid":5359,"ppid":4486,"seccomp":{"mode":"disabled","no_new_privs":false},"start_time":"2022-03-28T18:43:54.220+0800"},"ecs.version":"1.6.0"}} {"log.level":"info","@timestamp":"2022-03-28T18:43:58.072+0800","log.origin":{"file.name":"instance/beat.go","file.line":323},"message":"Setup Beat: metricbeat; Version: 8.1.1","service.name":"metricbeat","ecs.version":"1.6.0"} {"log.level":"info","@timestamp":"2022-03-28T18:43:58.073+0800","log.logger":"esclientleg","log.origin":{"file.name":"eslegclient/connection.go","file.line":105},"message":"elasticsearch url: https://10.10.10.61:9200","service.name":"metricbeat","ecs.version":"1.6.0"} {"log.level":"info","@timestamp":"2022-03-28T18:43:58.074+0800","log.logger":"publisher","log.origin":{"file.name":"pipeline/module.go","file.line":113},"message":"Beat name: z3lynx-kbn-01","service.name":"metricbeat","ecs.version":"1.6.0"} {"log.level":"info","@timestamp":"2022-03-28T18:43:58.096+0800","log.logger":"esclientleg","log.origin":{"file.name":"eslegclient/connection.go","file.line":105},"message":"elasticsearch url: https://10.10.10.61:9200","service.name":"metricbeat","ecs.version":"1.6.0"} {"log.level":"error","@timestamp":"2022-03-28T18:43:58.125+0800","log.logger":"esclientleg","log.origin":{"file.name":"transport/logging.go","file.line":37},"message":"Error dialing x509: certificate signed by unknown authority","service.name":"metricbeat","network":"tcp","address":"10.10.10.61:9200","ecs.version":"1.6.0"} {"log.level":"error","@timestamp":"2022-03-28T18:43:58.125+0800","log.logger":"esclientleg","log.origin":{"file.name":"eslegclient/connection.go","file.line":231},"message":"error connecting to Elasticsearch at https://10.10.10.61:9200: Get \"https://10.10.10.61:9200\": x509: certificate signed by unknown authority","service.name":"metricbeat","ecs.version":"1.6.0"} {"log.level":"error","@timestamp":"2022-03-28T18:43:58.125+0800","log.origin":{"file.name":"instance/beat.go","file.line":1022},"message":"Exiting: couldn't connect to any of the configured Elasticsearch hosts. Errors: [error connecting to Elasticsearch at https://10.10.10.61:9200: Get \"https://10.10.10.61:9200\": x509: certificate signed by unknown authority]","service.name":"metricbeat","ecs.version":"1.6.0"} Exiting: couldn't connect to any of the configured Elasticsearch hosts. Errors: [error connecting to Elasticsearch at https://10.10.10.61:9200: Get "https://10.10.10.61:9200": x509: certificate signed by unknown authority] ``` My metricbeat.yml config, ```auto setup.kibana: host: "https://10.10.10.81:5601" output.elasticsearch: hosts: ["https://10.10.10.61:9200"] protocol: "https" username: "elastic" password: "my-password" ``` My kibana-xpack.yml config, ```auto - module: kibana metricsets: - stats xpack.enabled: true period: 10s hosts: ["https://localhost:5601"] #basepath: "" username: "elastic" password: "my-password" ``` Anyone can assist me on that? Appreciate for your help. ---
**Author:** ![ikakavas](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ikakavas/32/34430_2.png) [@ikakavas](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ikakavas)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2022, 12:43pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/metricbeat-output-to-secure-elasticsearch-error/300830/2 "2022-03-28T12:43:57Z")
Hi there, See [Secure communication with Elasticsearch | Metricbeat Reference [8.1] | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/metricbeat/current/securing-communication-elasticsearch.html). What you need is to add `ssl.certificate_authorities:` to your `output.elasticsearch` part of the configuration. The value should be the path to the CA certificate for the HTTP layer that Elasticsearch generates for you, and which is `path/where/elasticsearch/is/installed/config/certs/http_ca.crt` ---
**Author:** ![wcpoon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/da6949/32.png) [@wcpoon](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/wcpoon)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2022, 1:02pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/metricbeat-output-to-secure-elasticsearch-error/300830/3 "2022-03-28T13:02:23Z")
Hi, It is working now. Thanks a lot... ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2022, 3:03pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/metricbeat-output-to-secure-elasticsearch-error/300830/4 "2022-04-25T15:03:08Z")
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