@@ -119,6 +119,14 @@ Elastic support team.
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. {metricbeat-ref}/metricbeat-starting.html[Start {metricbeat}].
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+ . Verify that your monitoring data exists in ESMS.
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+ +
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+ --
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+ Open {kib} in your web browser. Use the {kib} URL and the administrator user ID
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+ that was provided to you by the Elastic support team. Add an
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+ {kibana-ref}/index-patterns.html[index pattern] and
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+ {kibana-ref}/discover.html[explore] your monitoring data.
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+ --
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////
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To use collectors and exporters:
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@@ -159,7 +167,7 @@ Alternatively, you can put those settings in the `elasticsearch.yml` file on
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each node. This method, however, requires you to restart each node.
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--
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- ////
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+
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[discrete]
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[[esms-kibana]]
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=== Collecting monitoring data about {kib}
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metricsets:
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- stats
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period: 10s
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- hosts: ["http://localhost:5601 "] <1>
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+ hosts: ["KIBANA_URL "] <1>
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xpack.enabled: true <2>
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- <1> This setting identifies the host and port number that are used to access {kib}.
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+ <1> This setting identifies the host and port number that you use to access
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+ {kib}. For example, `http://localhost:5601`.
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<2> This setting ensures that {kib} can read the monitoring data successfully.
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That is to say, it's stored in the same location and format as monitoring data
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that is sent by {ref}/es-monitoring-exporters.html[exporters].
@@ -261,8 +270,8 @@ via HTTPS. For example, use a `hosts` setting like
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`https://localhost:5601` in the `modules.d/kibana.yml` file.
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. Identify where to send the {kib} monitoring data and supply the necessary
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- security information. Add the following settings in the {metricbeat}
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- configuration file (`metricbeat.yml`):
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+ security information. If you have not already done so, add the following
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+ settings in the {metricbeat} configuration file (`metricbeat.yml`):
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[source,yaml]
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. {metricbeat-ref}/metricbeat-starting.html[Start {metricbeat}].
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- ////
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+ . Verify that your monitoring data exists in ESMS.
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+ +
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+ --
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+ Open {kib} in your web browser. Use the {kib} URL and the administrator user ID
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+ that was provided to you by the Elastic support team. If it doesn't already
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+ exist, add an {kibana-ref}/index-patterns.html[index pattern] and
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+ {kibana-ref}/discover.html[explore] your monitoring data.
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+ --
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To use HTTP exporters:
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TBD
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