mirror of
https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch.git
synced 2025-04-25 07:37:19 -04:00
44 lines
2 KiB
Text
44 lines
2 KiB
Text
[role="xpack"]
|
|
[[how-monitoring-works]]
|
|
== How monitoring works
|
|
++++
|
|
<titleabbrev>How it works</titleabbrev>
|
|
++++
|
|
|
|
Each monitored {stack} component is considered unique in the cluster based on
|
|
its persistent UUID, which is written to the <<path-settings,`path.data`>>
|
|
directory when the node or instance starts.
|
|
|
|
Monitoring documents are just ordinary JSON documents built by monitoring each
|
|
{stack} component at a specified collection interval. If you want to alter how
|
|
these documents are structured or stored, refer to <<config-monitoring-indices>>.
|
|
|
|
You can use {agent} or {metricbeat} to collect monitoring data and to ship it
|
|
directly to the monitoring cluster.
|
|
|
|
To learn how to collect monitoring data, refer to:
|
|
|
|
* One of the following topics depending on how you want to collect monitoring
|
|
data from {es}:
|
|
** <<configuring-elastic-agent>>: Uses a single agent to
|
|
gather logs and metrics. Can be managed from a central location in {fleet}.
|
|
** <<configuring-metricbeat>>: Uses a lightweight {beats}
|
|
shipper to gather metrics. May be preferred if you have an existing investment
|
|
in {beats} or are not yet ready to use {agent}.
|
|
** <<collecting-monitoring-data>>: Uses internal exporters to
|
|
gather metrics. Not recommended. If you have previously configured legacy
|
|
collection methods, you should migrate to using {agent} or {metricbeat}.
|
|
* {kibana-ref}/xpack-monitoring.html[Monitoring {kib}]
|
|
* {logstash-ref}/configuring-logstash.html[Monitoring {ls}]
|
|
* {enterprise-search-ref}/monitoring.html[Monitoring {ents}]
|
|
* Monitoring {beats}:
|
|
** {auditbeat-ref}/monitoring.html[{auditbeat}]
|
|
** {filebeat-ref}/monitoring.html[{filebeat}]
|
|
** {heartbeat-ref}/monitoring.html[{heartbeat}]
|
|
** {metricbeat-ref}/monitoring.html[{metricbeat}]
|
|
** {packetbeat-ref}/monitoring.html[{packetbeat}]
|
|
** {winlogbeat-ref}/monitoring.html[{winlogbeat}]
|
|
* {apm-guide-ref}/monitor-apm.html[Monitoring APM Server]
|
|
* {fleet-guide}/monitor-elastic-agent.html[Monitoring {agent}s]
|
|
{fleet}-managed agents) or
|
|
{fleet-guide}/elastic-agent-monitoring-configuration.html[Configure monitoring for standalone {agent}s]
|