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HTTP Metrics
Collect and ship HTTP endpoint server metrics to Logstash and Elasticsearch.
Metricbeat is a lightweight shipper that helps you monitor your servers by collecting HTTP endpoint server metrics. Configure Metricbeat using the pre-defined examples below to collect and ship abitrary HTTP endpoint server metrics and statistics to Logstash or Elasticsearch.
Step 1 - Install Metricbeat
deb (Debian/Ubuntu/Mint)
curl -L -O https://artifacts.elastic.co/downloads/beats//-oss-7.8.1-amd64.deb
sudo dpkg -i -oss-7.8.1-amd64.deb
rpm (CentOS/RHEL/Fedora)
curl -L -O https://artifacts.elastic.co/downloads/beats//-oss-7.8.1-x86_64.rpm
sudo rpm -vi -oss-7.8.1-x86_64.rpm
macOS
curl -L -O https://artifacts.elastic.co/downloads/beats//-oss-7.8.1-darwin-x86_64.tar.gz
tar xzvf -oss-7.8.1-darwin-x86_64.tar.gz
Windows
- Download the Windows zip file from the official downloads page.
- Extract the contents of the zip file into C:\Program Files.
- Rename the
-<version>-windows
directory to ``. - Open a PowerShell prompt as an Administrator (right-click the PowerShell icon and select Run As Administrator). If you are running Windows XP, you may need to download and install PowerShell.
- Run the following commands to install as a Windows service:
cd 'C:\Program Files\'
.\install-service-.ps1
PowerShell.exe -ExecutionPolicy UnRestricted -File .\install-service-.ps1
.
Step 2 - Locate configuration file
deb/rpm /etc/metricbeat/metricbeat.yml
mac/win <EXTRACTED_ARCHIVE>/metricbeat.yml
Step 3 - Configure output
We'll be shipping to Logstash so that we have the option to run filters before the data is indexed.
Comment out the elasticsearch output block.
## Comment out elasticsearch output
#output.elasticsearch:
# hosts: ["localhost:9200"]
Step 4 - Validate configuration
Let's check the configuration file is syntactically correct by running directly inside the terminal.
If the file is invalid, will print an error loading config file
error message with details on how to correct the problem.
deb/rpm
sudo -e -c /etc//.yml
macOS
cd <EXTRACTED_ARCHIVE>
./ -e -c .yml
Windows
cd <EXTRACTED_ARCHIVE>
.\.exe -e -c .yml
Step 5 - Enable module
There are several built in metricbeat modules you can use. To enable the HTTP module run.
deb/rpm
metricbeat modules list
metricbeat modules enable http
macOS
./metricbeat modules list
./metricbeat modules enable http
Windows
PS > .\metricbeat.exe modules enable http
Step 6 - Configure module
Each module has its own configuration file where different metricsets can be enabled / disabled. Locate the configuration file for the HTTP module.
deb/rpm
/etc/metricbeat/modules.d/http.yml
mac/win
~/<EXTRACTED_ARCHIVE>/modules.d/http.yml
By default the HTTP json and server metricsets are disabled. To enable or disable a metric simply comment or uncomment the line out.
- module: http
#metricsets:
# - json
period: 10s
hosts: ["localhost:80"]
namespace: "json_namespace"
path: "/"
#body: ""
#method: "GET"
#username: "user"
#password: "secret"
#request.enabled: false
#response.enabled: false
#json.is_array: false
#dedot.enabled: false
- module: http
#metricsets:
# - server
host: "localhost"
port: "8080"
enabled: false
#paths:
# - path: "/foo"
# namespace: "foo"
# fields: # added to the the response in root. overwrites existing fields
# key: "value"