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Articles by Stef Nestor

Principal Support Engineer, Elastic

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Monitoring Elasticsearch index lifecycle management with the history index

Learn how to view the ILM history index, filter to issues, and set up monitoring to alert when intervention is required.

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Connect a custom AWS S3 snapshot repository to Elastic Cloud

Capture a snapshot backup of your Elasticsearch cluster running in Elastic Cloud via a custom AWS S3 snapshot repository in under 10 minutes.

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Managing and troubleshooting Elasticsearch memory

This blog provides tips and resources for troubleshooting Elasticsearch memory allocation. See the top allocation management theory links our Support team sends to users and where they direct users to resolve their resource allocation issues.

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Generating a browser HAR file for Kibana troubleshooting

Learn what a browser HAR file is, its benefits, and how to capture and analyze it by major browsers supported by Kibana.

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How to set up Okta SAML login for Kibana on Elastic Cloud

Learn how to set up SAML authentication between Okta and an Elastic Cloud Deployment in under 10 minutes.

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Troubleshooting Kibana health

This blog post provides a troubleshooting framework for Kibana’s health overall, focusing on its Task Manager and Alerting framework.

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Troubleshooting guide: Solving 6 common issues in Kibana Discover load

This blog post provides a troubleshooting guide for the Kibana® Discover UI view, including long loads, time outs, and errors.

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Troubleshooting Elasticsearch ILM: Common issues and fixes

ILM escalations mainly emerge from a handful of configuration issues. This blog covers frequent tickets, diagnostic flow, and common error recoveries. All commands shown can be run via Kibana’s Dev Tools.

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How to set up Elastic Cloud: Advice from Elastic Support

Set yourself up for success and automate insights for the future by configuring your cluster for full observability, including metric and log collection, troubleshooting view, and alerts to automate APM.