Why .monitoring-es-7-mb-* size is increasing?

Using metricbeat version 7.13.2 and elk version 7.13.2
I've installed and setup metricbeat in master nodes only
Here is metricbeat.yml file

###################### Metricbeat Configuration Example #######################

# This file is an example configuration file highlighting only the most common
# options. The metricbeat.reference.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.config.modules:
  # Glob pattern for configuration loading
  path: ${path.config}/modules.d/*.yml

  # Set to true to enable config reloading
  reload.enabled: true

  # Period on which files under path should be checked for changes
  reload.period: 1s

# ======================= Elasticsearch template setting =======================

setup.template.settings:
  index.number_of_shards: 1
  index.codec: best_compression
  #_source.enabled: false


# ================================== 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

# ================================= Dashboards =================================
# These settings control loading the sample dashboards to the Kibana index. Loading
# the dashboards is disabled by default and can be enabled either by setting the
# options here or by using the `setup` command.
#setup.dashboards.enabled: false

# The URL from where to download the dashboards archive. By default this URL
# has a value which is computed based on the Beat name and version. For released
# versions, this URL points to the dashboard archive on the artifacts.elastic.co
# website.
#setup.dashboards.url:

# =================================== Kibana ===================================

# Starting with Beats version 6.0.0, the dashboards are loaded via the Kibana API.
# This requires a Kibana endpoint configuration.
setup.kibana:

  # Kibana Host
  # Scheme and port can be left out and will be set to the default (http and 5601)
  # In case you specify and additional path, the scheme is required: http://localhost:5601/path
  # IPv6 addresses should always be defined as: https://[2001:db8::1]:5601
  #host: "localhost:5601"

  # Kibana Space ID
  # ID of the Kibana Space into which the dashboards should be loaded. By default,
  # the Default Space will be used.
  #space.id:

# =============================== Elastic Cloud ================================

# These settings simplify using Metricbeat with the Elastic Cloud (https://cloud.elastic.co/).

# The cloud.id setting overwrites the `output.elasticsearch.hosts` and
# `setup.kibana.host` options.
# You can find the `cloud.id` in the Elastic Cloud web UI.
#cloud.id:

# The cloud.auth setting overwrites the `output.elasticsearch.username` and
# `output.elasticsearch.password` settings. The format is `<user>:<pass>`.
#cloud.auth:

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

# Configure what output to use when sending the data collected by the beat.

# ---------------------------- Elasticsearch Output ----------------------------
output.elasticsearch:
  # Array of hosts to connect to.
  hosts:
    - "https://xx.xx.xx.xx:9200"
    - "https://1xx.xx.xx.xx:9200"

  # Protocol - either `http` (default) or `https`.
  #protocol: "https"
  ssl.certificate_authorities: ["/etc/elasticsearch/certs/ca/ca.crt"]
  # Authentication credentials - either API key or username/password.
  #api_key: "id:api_key"
  username: "aniket"
  password: "xxxxx"
logging.level: debug
logging.selectors: ["*"]
logging.to_files: true
logging.files:
  path: /var/log/metricbeat
  name: metricbeat
  keepfiles: 7
  permissions: 0644
# ------------------------------ 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"

# ================================= Processors =================================

# Configure processors to enhance or manipulate events generated by the beat.

processors:
  - add_host_metadata: ~
  - add_cloud_metadata: ~
  - add_docker_metadata: ~
  - add_kubernetes_metadata: ~


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

# Sets log level. The default log level is info.
# Available log levels are: 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",
# "publisher", "service".
#logging.selectors: ["*"]

# ============================= X-Pack Monitoring ==============================
# Metricbeat can export internal metrics to a central Elasticsearch monitoring
# cluster.  This requires xpack monitoring to be enabled in Elasticsearch.  The
# reporting is disabled by default.

# Set to true to enable the monitoring reporter.
#monitoring.enabled: false

# Sets the UUID of the Elasticsearch cluster under which monitoring data for this
# Metricbeat instance will appear in the Stack Monitoring UI. If output.elasticsearch
# is enabled, the UUID is derived from the Elasticsearch cluster referenced by output.elasticsearch.
#monitoring.cluster_uuid:

# Uncomment to send the metrics to Elasticsearch. Most settings from the
# Elasticsearch output are accepted here as well.
# Note that the settings should point to your Elasticsearch *monitoring* cluster.
# Any setting that is not set is automatically inherited from the Elasticsearch
# output configuration, so if you have the Elasticsearch output configured such
# that it is pointing to your Elasticsearch monitoring cluster, you can simply
# uncomment the following line.
#monitoring.elasticsearch:

# ============================== Instrumentation ===============================

# Instrumentation support for the metricbeat.
#instrumentation:
    # Set to true to enable instrumentation of metricbeat.
    #enabled: false

    # Environment in which metricbeat is running on (eg: staging, production, etc.)
    #environment: ""

    # APM Server hosts to report instrumentation results to.
    #hosts:
    #  - http://localhost:8200

    # API Key for the APM Server(s).
    # If api_key is set then secret_token will be ignored.
    #api_key:

    # Secret token for the APM Server(s).
    #secret_token:


# ================================= Migration ==================================

# This allows to enable 6.7 migration aliases
#migration.6_to_7.enabled: true

and given below is /modules.d/Elasticsearch-xpack.yml file

# Module: elasticsearch
# Docs: https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/metricbeat/7.10/metricbeat-module-elasticsearch.html

- module: elasticsearch
  xpack.enabled: true
  period: 10s
  #metricsets:
  #- cluster_stats
  #- index
  #- index_recovery
  #- index_summary
  #- node
  #- node_stats
  #- pending_tasks
  #- shard
  scope: cluster
  hosts:
    - "https://xx.xx.xx.xx:9200" #em1
    - "https://xx.xx.xx.xx:9200" #em2
    - "https://xx.xx.xx.xx:9200" #em3

  ssl.certificate_authorities: ["/etc/elasticsearch/certs/ca/ca.crt"]
  username: "aniket"
  password: "xxxx

i don't know why my monitor-es size is increasing day by day earlier it was 20 to 50gb size but now its is increasing

health status index                          uuid                   pri rep docs.count docs.deleted store.size pri.store.size
green  open   .monitoring-es-7-mb-2021.10.06 RFhbberbTIy6fxU5OgBVJA   1   1   21626826            0     33.6gb         16.9gb
green  open   .monitoring-es-7-mb-2021.10.05 Jg5m_P5-T9-XBvDR5dR-2w   1   1   51205974            0     78.9gb         39.4gb
green  open   .monitoring-es-7-mb-2021.10.04 0z2dprepTEetBCQRajsmBg   1   1   56555054            0     87.5gb         43.7gb
green  open   .monitoring-es-7-mb-2021.10.03 xumFYcFcR1CF1R98q-t6XQ   1   1   63201813            0     97.5gb         48.7gb
green  open   .monitoring-es-7-mb-2021.10.02 uCJdSZiwRKCCD9jLQX9unw   1   1   66309480            0    102.2gb         51.1gb
green  open   .monitoring-es-7-mb-2021.10.01 ec0ZPFFESxu4u60A87OEBA   1   1   68579358            0    106.5gb         53.2gb
green  open   .monitoring-es-7-mb-2021.09.30 6jpA04IyR1Cihze8MZo6-Q   1   1   68286780            0    106.7gb         53.3gb
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You mean "decreasing" right?

no.. pri.store.size is increasing

sorry , i mean sometime .monitoring-es-7-mb size gets increases.

It's decreasing in time.

I can't tell why there is a difference though. May be more events one day vs another day?

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