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[[configuring-monitoring]]
= Configure monitoring in {kib}
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<titleabbrev>Configure monitoring</titleabbrev>
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If you enable the {monitor-features} in your cluster, there are two methods to
collect metrics about {kib}:

* <<monitoring-metricbeat,{metricbeat} collection methods>>
* <<monitoring-kibana,Legacy collection methods>>

You can also use {kib} to
<<monitoring-data,visualize monitoring data from across the {stack}>>.

To learn about monitoring in general, see
{ref}/monitor-elasticsearch-cluster.html[Monitor a cluster].
