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Troubleshooting monitoring in Logstash [monitoring-troubleshooting]

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Troubleshooting monitoring in Logstash [monitoring-troubleshooting]

Logstash monitoring not working after upgrade [_logstash_monitoring_not_working_after_upgrade]

When upgrading from older versions, the built-in logstash_system user is disabled for security reasons. To resume monitoring:

  1. Change the logstash_system password:

    console
    PUT _security/user/logstash_system/_password
    {
      "password": "newpassword"
    }
    
  2. Re-enable the logstash_system user:

    console
    PUT _security/user/logstash_system/_enable