Monitor APIs using MetricsBeat

[RunningSmurf]

Hello,

I would like to monitor an API call from ES and Kibana. The HTTP module in MetricBeat seems like the most logical choice. I have installed it, and I see that it is writing to ES. However, I am having issues configuring it. So far, I have this:

• module: http
  metricsets:
  • json
    period: 10s
    hosts: ["https://"]
    namespace: "json_namespace"
    path: "/"
    #path: "/"
    ssl.verification_mode: none
    #body: ""
    method: "GET"
    #username: "user"
    #password: "secret"
    request.enabled: true
    response.enabled: true
    #json.is_array: false
    #dedot.enabled: false

However, I keep getting, in Kibana, the following error:
"Authorization has been denied for this request"

I have tried adding the header for the API_KEY and its value, but no luck. I confirm that from the ES server, the curl command with the API_KEY and its value added as a header returns the query results. Would any know how I can add the header? I tried

header: "API_KEY:"
headers: "API_KEY:"

and a bunch of variations... It seems to simply ignore the information. nay help would be greatly appreciated.

[RunningSmurf]

A note for the entry above: not all of the values were accepted, so let me try the confirguation again:

module: http
metricsets:

• json
  period: 10s
  hosts: ["https://valueofserviceURL"]
  namespace: "json_namespace"
  path: "/pathofAPI"
  #path: "/"
  ssl.verification_mode: none
  #body: ""
  method: "GET"
  #username: "user"
  #password: "secret"
  request.enabled: true
  response.enabled: true
  #json.is_array: false
  #dedot.enabled: false

I tried adding:
header: "API_KEY:value"
headers: "API_KEY:value"

[Mario_Castro]

Hi @RunningSmurf

I'd say that your headers format is not correct, check here https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/metricbeat/current/configuration-ssl.html

It should be

headers:
  API_KEY: "value"

Best regards!

[RunningSmurf]

Thank you, this worked!