Configuring monitoring data streams and indices
Elastic Cloud Hosted lets you manage and configure one or more deployments of the versioned Elastic Stack, hosted on Elastic Cloud. Availability This functionality is generally available and ready for production usage. Elastic Cloud on Kubernetes extends Kubernetes orchestration capabilities to allow you to deploy and manage components of the Elastic Stack. Availability This functionality is generally available and ready for production usage. This documentation corresponds to the latest patch available for each minor version. If you're not using the latest patch, check the release notes for changes. Elastic Cloud Enterprise is a self-managed orchestration platform for deploying and managing the Elastic Stack at scale. Availability This functionality is generally available and ready for production usage. This documentation corresponds to the latest patch available for each minor version. If you're not using the latest patch, check the release notes for changes. Self-managed deployments are Elastic Stack deployments managed without the assistance of an orchestrator. Availability This functionality is generally available and ready for production usage. This documentation corresponds to the latest patch available for each minor version. If you're not using the latest patch, check the release notes for changes.
ECH
Generally available
ECK
Generally available
ECE
Generally available
Self-managed
Generally available
Monitoring data is stored in data streams or indices in Elasticsearch. The default data stream or index settings may not work for your situation. For example, you might want to change index lifecycle management (ILM) settings, add custom mappings, or change the number of shards and replicas. The steps to change these settings depend on the monitoring method:
- Configuring data streams created by Elastic Agent
- Configuring data streams created by Metricbeat 8 (the default for ECH, ECE, and ECK deployments)
- Configuring indices created by Metricbeat 7 or internal collection
Changing mappings or settings can cause your monitoring dashboards to stop working correctly.