APM app settings

You do not need to configure any settings to use the APM app. It is enabled by default.

APM Indices

Index defaults can be changed in the APM app. Select Settings > Indices. Index settings in the APM app take precedence over those set in kibana.yml.

General APM settings

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If you’d like to change any of the default values, copy and paste the relevant settings into your kibana.yml configuration file. Changing these settings may disable features of the APM App.

xpack.apm.enabled: [7.16.0] Deprecated in 7.16.0. In 8.0 and later, this setting will no longer be supported. Set to false to disable the APM app. Defaults to true.
xpack.apm.maxServiceEnvironments: Maximum number of unique service environments recognized by the UI. Defaults to 100.
xpack.apm.serviceMapFingerprintBucketSize: Maximum number of unique transaction combinations sampled for generating service map focused on a specific service. Defaults to 100.
xpack.apm.serviceMapFingerprintGlobalBucketSize: Maximum number of unique transaction combinations sampled for generating the global service map. Defaults to 100.
xpack.apm.serviceMapEnabled: Set to false to disable service maps. Defaults to true.
xpack.apm.serviceMapTraceIdBucketSize: Maximum number of trace IDs sampled for generating service map focused on a specific service. Defaults to 65.
xpack.apm.serviceMapTraceIdGlobalBucketSize: Maximum number of trace IDs sampled for generating the global service map. Defaults to 6.
xpack.apm.serviceMapMaxTracesPerRequest: Maximum number of traces per request for generating the global service map. Defaults to 50.
xpack.apm.ui.enabled: Set to false to hide the APM app from the main menu. Defaults to true.
xpack.apm.ui.transactionGroupBucketSize: Number of top transaction groups displayed in the APM app. Defaults to 1000.
xpack.apm.ui.maxTraceItems: Maximum number of child items displayed when viewing trace details. Defaults to 1000.
xpack.observability.annotations.index: Index name where Observability annotations are stored. Defaults to observability-annotations.
xpack.apm.metricsInterval: Sets a fixed_interval for date histograms in metrics aggregations. Defaults to 30.
xpack.apm.agent.migrations.enabled: Set to false to disable cloud APM migrations. Defaults to true.
xpack.apm.indices.error: Matcher for all error indices. Defaults to logs-apm*,apm-*.
xpack.apm.indices.onboarding: Matcher for all onboarding indices. Defaults to apm-*.
xpack.apm.indices.span: Matcher for all span indices. Defaults to traces-apm*,apm-*.
xpack.apm.indices.transaction: Matcher for all transaction indices. Defaults to traces-apm*,apm-*.
xpack.apm.indices.metric: Matcher for all metrics indices. Defaults to metrics-apm*,apm-*.
xpack.apm.indices.sourcemap: Matcher for all source map indices. Defaults to apm-*.
xpack.apm.autocreateApmIndexPattern: Set to false to disable the automatic creation of the APM index pattern when the APM app is opened. Defaults to true.

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