Elasticsearch module

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The elasticsearch module collects metrics about Elasticsearch.

Compatibility

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The elasticsearch module works with Elasticsearch 6.7.0 and later.

Module-specific configuration notes

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Like other Metricbeat modules, the elasticsearch module accepts a hosts configuration setting. This setting can contain a list of entries. The related scope setting determines how each entry in the hosts list is interpreted by the module.

  • If scope is set to node (default), each entry in the hosts list indicates a distinct node in an Elasticsearch cluster.
  • If scope is set to cluster, each entry in the hosts list indicates a single endpoint for a distinct Elasticsearch cluster (for example, a load-balancing proxy fronting the cluster).

The elasticsearch module can be used to collect metrics shown in our Elastic Stack monitoring features UI in Kibana. To enable this usage, set xpack.enabled: true and remove any metricsets from the module’s configuration. Alternatively, run metricbeat modules disable elasticsearch and metricbeat modules enable elasticsearch-xpack.

Example configuration

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The Elasticsearch module supports the standard configuration options that are described in Modules. Here is an example configuration:

metricbeat.modules:
- module: elasticsearch
  metricsets:
    - node
    - node_stats
    #- index
    #- index_recovery
    #- index_summary
    #- shard
    #- ml_job
  period: 10s
  hosts: ["http://localhost:9200"]
  #username: "elastic"
  #password: "changeme"
  #ssl.certificate_authorities: ["/etc/pki/root/ca.pem"]

  #index_recovery.active_only: true
  #xpack.enabled: false
  #scope: node

This module supports TLS connections when using ssl config field, as described in SSL. It also supports the options described in Standard HTTP config options.

Metricsets

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The following metricsets are available: