# Should I install Filebeat and Metricbeat on the ELK server?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/should-i-install-filebeat-and-metricbeat-on-the-elk-server/181207>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [May 15, 2019, 1:55pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/should-i-install-filebeat-and-metricbeat-on-the-elk-server/181207 "2019-05-15T13:55:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![zenimagine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/3bc359/32.png) [@zenimagine](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/zenimagine)\
**Post date:** [May 15, 2019, 1:55pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/should-i-install-filebeat-and-metricbeat-on-the-elk-server/181207/1 "2019-05-15T13:55:41Z")

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Hi, I have an ELK server (Elasticsearch, Logstash and Kibana on the same server) and I monitor a remote server with Filebeat and Metricbeat installed on it. Should I install Filebeat and Metricbeat on the ELK server? Is it useful? Does ELK have an overload system of its own default server?

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**Author:** ![elasticforme](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f05b48/32.png) [@elasticforme](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/elasticforme)\
**Post date:** [May 15, 2019, 7:26pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/should-i-install-filebeat-and-metricbeat-on-the-elk-server/181207/2 "2019-05-15T19:26:27Z")

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you don't have to install it.

When I tested metricbeat. I did install on ELK server because I wanted to monitor that as well.

it comes with pre-define dashboard. you have to enable that in metricbeat.yml file  
and you can do that only on one system and your kibana will populate with all dashboard.

setup.dashboards.enabled: true  
setup.dashboards.beat: metricbeat

This will create lot of visulize and dashboard. you can manage that by  
/usr/share/metricbeat/kibana//dashboard dir.

you can remove unneeded part or move it.

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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:** [June 12, 2019, 7:26pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/should-i-install-filebeat-and-metricbeat-on-the-elk-server/181207/3 "2019-06-12T19:26:40Z")

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Closed on June 12, 2019, 7:26pm UTC

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