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GCE Network Host [discovery-gce-network-host]

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GCE Network Host [discovery-gce-network-host]

When the discovery-gce plugin is installed, the following are also allowed as valid network host settings:

GCE Host ValueDescription
_gce:privateIp:X_The private IP address of the machine for a given network interface.
_gce:hostname_The hostname of the machine.
_gce_Same as _gce:privateIp:0_ (recommended).

Examples:

yaml
# get the IP address from network interface 1
network.host: _gce:privateIp:1_
# Using GCE internal hostname
network.host: _gce:hostname_
# shortcut for _gce:privateIp:0_ (recommended)
network.host: _gce_

How to start (short story) [discovery-gce-usage-short]

  • Create Google Compute Engine instance (with compute rw permissions)
  • Install Elasticsearch
  • Install Google Compute Engine Cloud plugin
  • Modify elasticsearch.yml file
  • Start Elasticsearch