Istio module

This is the Istio module. When using versions prior to 1.5 then the mesh, mixer, pilot, galley, citadel metricsets should be used.

In such case, the Istio module collects metrics from the pre v1.5 Istio prometheus exporters endpoints.

For versions after 1.5, the istiod and proxy metricsets should be used. In such case, the istiod endpoint collects metrics directly from the Istio Daemon while the proxy endpoint collects from each of the proxy sidecars. The metrics exposed by Istio after version 1.5 are documented on Istio Documentation > Reference > Configuration > Istio Standard Metrics.

The Istio module is tested with Istio 1.4 for mesh, mixer, pilot, galley, citadel. The Istio module is tested with Istio 1.7 for istiod and proxy.

The Istio module includes predefined dashboards:

1. Overview information about Istio Daemon.
2. Traffic information collected from istio-proxies.

These dashboards are only compatible with versions of Istio after 1.5 which should be monitored with istiod and proxy metricsets.

The Istio module supports the standard configuration options that are described in Modules. Here is an example configuration:

metricbeat.modules:
# Istio mesh. To collect all Mixer-generated metrics. For versions of Istio prior to 1.5.
- module: istio
  metricsets: ["mesh"]
  period: 10s
  # use istio-telemetry.istio-system:42422, when deploying Metricbeat in a kubernetes cluster as Pod or Daemonset
  hosts: ["localhost:42422"]

# Istio mixer. To monitor Mixer itself. For versions of Istio prior to 1.5.
- module: istio
  metricsets: ["mixer"]
  period: 10s
  # use istio-telemetry.istio-system:15014, when deploying Metricbeat in a kubernetes cluster as Pod or Daemonset
  hosts: ["localhost:15014"]

# Istio galley. To collect all Galley-generated metrics. For versions of Istio prior to 1.5.
- module: istio
  metricsets: ["galley"]
  period: 10s
  # use istio-galley.istio-system:15014, when deploying Metricbeat in a kubernetes cluster as Pod or Daemonset
  hosts: ["localhost:15014"]

# Istio pilot. To collect all Pilot-generated metrics. For versions of Istio prior to 1.5.
- module: istio
  metricsets: ["pilot"]
  period: 10s
  # use istio-pilot.istio-system:15014, when deploying Metricbeat in a kubernetes cluster as Pod or Daemonset
  hosts: ["localhost:15014"]

# Istio citadel. To collect all Citadel-generated metrics. For versions of Istio prior to 1.5.
- module: istio
  metricsets: ["citadel"]
  period: 10s
  # use istio-pilot.istio-system:15014, when deploying Metricbeat in a kubernetes cluster as Pod or Daemonset
  hosts: ["localhost:15014"]

# Istio istiod to monitor the Istio Daemon for versions of Istio after 1.5.
- module: istio
  metricsets: ['istiod']
  period: 10s
  # use istiod.istio-system:15014, when deploying Metricbeat in a kubernetes cluster as Pod or Daemonset
  hosts: ['localhost:15014']

# Istio proxy to monitor Envoy sidecars for versions of Istio after 1.5.
- module: istio
  metricsets: ['proxy']
  period: 10s
  # it's recommended to deploy this metricset with autodiscovery, see metricset's docs for more info
  hosts: ['localhost:15090']

This module supports TLS connections when using ssl config field, as described in SSL. It also supports the options described in Standard HTTP config options.

The following metricsets are available:

• citadel Stack Beta The Elastic Stack includes Elastic's core products such as Elasticsearch, Kibana, Logstash, and Beats. Availability Beta This functionality is in beta and is not ready for production usage. For beta features, the design and code is less mature than official GA features and is being provided as-is with no warranties. Beta features are not subject to the support SLA of official GA features. Specific Support terms apply. Unless stated otherwise on the page, this functionality is available when your Elastic Stack is deployed on Elastic Cloud Hosted, Elastic Cloud Enterprise, Elastic Cloud on Kubernetes, and self-managed environments. 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.
• galley Stack Beta The Elastic Stack includes Elastic's core products such as Elasticsearch, Kibana, Logstash, and Beats. Availability Beta This functionality is in beta and is not ready for production usage. For beta features, the design and code is less mature than official GA features and is being provided as-is with no warranties. Beta features are not subject to the support SLA of official GA features. Specific Support terms apply. Unless stated otherwise on the page, this functionality is available when your Elastic Stack is deployed on Elastic Cloud Hosted, Elastic Cloud Enterprise, Elastic Cloud on Kubernetes, and self-managed environments. 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.
• istiod Stack Beta The Elastic Stack includes Elastic's core products such as Elasticsearch, Kibana, Logstash, and Beats. Availability Beta This functionality is in beta and is not ready for production usage. For beta features, the design and code is less mature than official GA features and is being provided as-is with no warranties. Beta features are not subject to the support SLA of official GA features. Specific Support terms apply. Unless stated otherwise on the page, this functionality is available when your Elastic Stack is deployed on Elastic Cloud Hosted, Elastic Cloud Enterprise, Elastic Cloud on Kubernetes, and self-managed environments. 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.
• mesh Stack Beta The Elastic Stack includes Elastic's core products such as Elasticsearch, Kibana, Logstash, and Beats. Availability Beta This functionality is in beta and is not ready for production usage. For beta features, the design and code is less mature than official GA features and is being provided as-is with no warranties. Beta features are not subject to the support SLA of official GA features. Specific Support terms apply. Unless stated otherwise on the page, this functionality is available when your Elastic Stack is deployed on Elastic Cloud Hosted, Elastic Cloud Enterprise, Elastic Cloud on Kubernetes, and self-managed environments. 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.
• mixer Stack Beta The Elastic Stack includes Elastic's core products such as Elasticsearch, Kibana, Logstash, and Beats. Availability Beta This functionality is in beta and is not ready for production usage. For beta features, the design and code is less mature than official GA features and is being provided as-is with no warranties. Beta features are not subject to the support SLA of official GA features. Specific Support terms apply. Unless stated otherwise on the page, this functionality is available when your Elastic Stack is deployed on Elastic Cloud Hosted, Elastic Cloud Enterprise, Elastic Cloud on Kubernetes, and self-managed environments. 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.
• pilot Stack Beta The Elastic Stack includes Elastic's core products such as Elasticsearch, Kibana, Logstash, and Beats. Availability Beta This functionality is in beta and is not ready for production usage. For beta features, the design and code is less mature than official GA features and is being provided as-is with no warranties. Beta features are not subject to the support SLA of official GA features. Specific Support terms apply. Unless stated otherwise on the page, this functionality is available when your Elastic Stack is deployed on Elastic Cloud Hosted, Elastic Cloud Enterprise, Elastic Cloud on Kubernetes, and self-managed environments. 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.
• proxy Stack Beta The Elastic Stack includes Elastic's core products such as Elasticsearch, Kibana, Logstash, and Beats. Availability Beta This functionality is in beta and is not ready for production usage. For beta features, the design and code is less mature than official GA features and is being provided as-is with no warranties. Beta features are not subject to the support SLA of official GA features. Specific Support terms apply. Unless stated otherwise on the page, this functionality is available when your Elastic Stack is deployed on Elastic Cloud Hosted, Elastic Cloud Enterprise, Elastic Cloud on Kubernetes, and self-managed environments. 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.