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Monitor Packetbeat [monitoring]

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Monitor Packetbeat [monitoring]

You can use the {{stack}} {{monitor-features}} to gain insight into the health of Packetbeat instances running in your environment.

To monitor Packetbeat, make sure monitoring is enabled on your {{es}} cluster, then configure the method used to collect Packetbeat metrics. You can use one of following methods:

  • Internal collection - Internal collectors send monitoring data directly to your monitoring cluster.
  • {{metricbeat}} collection - {{metricbeat}} collects monitoring data from your Packetbeat instance and sends it directly to your monitoring cluster.