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Configure inputs for standalone Elastic Agents
editConfigure inputs for standalone Elastic Agents
editRunning Elastic Agent in standalone mode is an advanced use case. The documentation is incomplete and not yet mature. When possible, we recommend using Fleet-managed agents instead of standalone mode.
The inputs
section of the elastic-agent.yml
file specifies how Elastic Agent
locates and processes input data.
By default Elastic Agent collects system metrics, such as CPU, memory, network, and file system metrics, and sends them to the default output. For example:
inputs: - type: system/metrics data_stream.namespace: default use_output: default streams: - metricset: cpu data_stream.dataset: system.cpu - metricset: memory data_stream.dataset: system.memory - metricset: network data_stream.dataset: system.network - metricset: filesystem data_stream.dataset: system.filesystem
If use_output
is not specified, the default
output is used.