Run Metricbeat on Cloud Foundry
editRun Metricbeat on Cloud Foundry
editYou can use Metricbeat on Cloud Foundry to retrieve and ship metrics.
Cloud Foundry credentials
editMetricbeat needs credentials created with UAA so it can connect to loggregator to receive the logs. The uaac
command will create the required credentials for connecting to loggregator.
uaac client add metricbeat --name metricbeat --secret changeme --authorized_grant_types client_credentials,refresh_token --authorities doppler.firehose,cloud_controller.admin_read_only
Use a unique secret: The uaac command shown here is an example. Remember to
replace changeme with your secret, and update the metricbeat.yml file to
use your chosen secret.
Cloud Foundry deploy manifests
editYou deploy Metricbeat as an application with no route.
Cloud Foundry requires that 3 files exist inside of a directory to allow Metricbeat to be pushed. The commands below provide the basic steps for getting it up and running.
curl -L -O https://artifacts.elastic.co/downloads/beats/metricbeat/metricbeat-7.8.1-linux-x86_64.tar.gz tar xzvf metricbeat-7.8.1-linux-x86_64.tar.gz cd metricbeat-7.8.1-linux-x86_64 curl -L -O https://raw.githubusercontent.com/elastic/beats/7.8/deploy/cloudfoundry/metricbeat/metricbeat.yml # Update api_address, client_id, client_secret in downloaded metricbeat. curl -L -O https://raw.githubusercontent.com/elastic/beats/7.8/deploy/cloudfoundry/metricbeat/manifest.yml
Deploy
editTo deploy Metricbeat to Cloud Foundry, run:
cf push
To check the status, run:
$ cf apps name requested state instances memory disk urls metricbeat started 1/1 256M 1G
Metrics should start flowing to Elasticsearch. The events are annotated with metadata added by the add_cloudfoundry_metadata processor.
Set shard_id to scale: By default Metricbeat will generate a random shard_id when it starts. In the case that
Metricbeat needs to be scaled passed 1 instance, be sure to set a static shard_id. Not setting a static shard_id
will result in duplicate events being pushed to Elasticsearch.