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Elasticsearch

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Supported Platforms 

Platform	Metrics	Logs	Traces
Linux	✓	✓
Windows	✓	✓
macOS	✓	✓

Prerequisites 

This receiver supports Elasticsearch versions 7.9+.

If Elasticsearch security features are enabled, you must have either the monitor or manage cluster privilege. See the Elasticsearch docs for more information on authorization and Security privileges.

Configuration Table 

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
telemetry_types	telemetrySelector	["Logs", "Metrics"]	Choose Telemetry Type.
hostname*	string	“localhost”	The hostname or IP address of the Elasticsearch API.
port	int	9200	The TCP port of the Elasticsearch API.
username	string		Username used to authenticate.
password	string		Password used to authenticate.
collection_interval	int	60	Sets how often (seconds) to scrape for metrics.
nodes	strings	_node	Filters that define which nodes are scraped for node-level metrics. It should be set to ‘_node’ if the collector is installed on all nodes. ‘_all’ if a single collector is scraping the entire cluster. https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/7.9/cluster.html#cluster-nodes.
skip_cluster_metrics	bool	false	Enable to disable the collection of cluster-level metrics.
json_log_paths	strings	- \"/var/log/elasticsearch/__server.json\" \n- \"/var/log/elasticsearch/__deprecation.json\" \n- \"/var/log/elasticsearch/__index_search_slowlog.json\" \n- \"/var/log/elasticsearch/__index_indexing_slowlog.json\" \n- \"/var/log/elasticsearch/*_audit.json\"	File paths for the JSON formatted logs.
gc_log_paths	strings	- \"/var/log/elasticsearch/gc.log*\"	File paths for the garbage collection logs.
start_at	enum	end	Start reading the file from the ‘beginning’ or ’end’.