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Metadataedit
Every new connection to the APM Server starts with a metadata stanza.
This provides general metadata concerning the other objects in the stream.
Rather than send this metadata information from the agent multiple times, the APM Server hangs on to this information and applies it to other objects in the stream as necessary.
Metadata is stored under context when viewing documents in Elasticsearch.
Metadata Schemaedit
The APM Server uses JSON Schema for validating requests. The specification for metadata is defined below:
{
"$id": "doc/spec/metadata.json",
"title": "Metadata",
"description": "Metadata concerning the other objects in the stream.",
"type": ["object"],
"properties": {
"service": {
"$ref": "service.json"
},
"process": {
"$ref": "process.json"
},
"system": {
"$ref": "system.json"
},
"user": {
"$ref": "user.json"
}
},
"required": ["service"]
}
Service Schemaedit
{
"$id": "doc/spec/service.json",
"title": "Service",
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"agent": {
"description": "Name and version of the Elastic APM agent",
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"name": {
"description": "Name of the Elastic APM agent, e.g. \"Python\"",
"type": "string",
"maxLength": 1024
},
"version": {
"description": "Version of the Elastic APM agent, e.g.\"1.0.0\"",
"type": "string",
"maxLength": 1024
}
},
"required": ["name", "version"]
},
"framework": {
"description": "Name and version of the web framework used",
"type": ["object", "null"],
"properties": {
"name": {
"type": "string",
"maxLength": 1024
},
"version": {
"type": "string",
"maxLength": 1024
}
},
"required": ["name", "version"]
},
"language": {
"description": "Name and version of the programming language used",
"type": ["object", "null"],
"properties": {
"name": {
"type": "string",
"maxLength": 1024
},
"version": {
"type": ["string", "null"],
"maxLength": 1024
}
},
"required": ["name"]
},
"name": {
"description": "Immutable name of the service emitting this event",
"type": "string",
"pattern": "^[a-zA-Z0-9 _-]+$",
"maxLength": 1024
},
"environment": {
"description": "Environment name of the service, e.g. \"production\" or \"staging\"",
"type": ["string", "null"],
"maxLength": 1024
},
"runtime": {
"description": "Name and version of the language runtime running this service",
"type": ["object", "null"],
"properties": {
"name": {
"type": "string",
"maxLength": 1024
},
"version": {
"type": "string",
"maxLength": 1024
}
},
"required": ["name", "version"]
},
"version": {
"description": "Version of the service emitting this event",
"type": ["string", "null"],
"maxLength": 1024
}
},
"required": ["agent", "name"]
}
Process Schemaedit
{
"$id": "doc/spec/process.json",
"title": "Process",
"type": ["object", "null"],
"properties": {
"pid": {
"description": "Process ID of the service",
"type": ["integer"]
},
"ppid": {
"description": "Parent process ID of the service",
"type": ["integer", "null"]
},
"title": {
"type": ["string", "null"],
"maxLength": 1024
},
"argv": {
"description": "Command line arguments used to start this process",
"type": ["array", "null"],
"minItems": 0,
"items": {
"type": "string"
}
}
},
"required": ["pid"]
}
System Schemaedit
{
"$id": "doc/spec/system.json",
"title": "System",
"type": ["object", "null"],
"properties": {
"architecture": {
"description": "Architecture of the system the agent is running on.",
"type": ["string", "null"],
"maxLength": 1024
},
"hostname": {
"description": "Hostname of the system the agent is running on.",
"type": ["string", "null"],
"maxLength": 1024
},
"platform": {
"description": "Name of the system platform the agent is running on.",
"type": ["string", "null"],
"maxLength": 1024
}
}
}
User Schemaedit
{
"$id": "docs/spec/user.json",
"title": "User",
"description": "Describes the authenticated User for a request.",
"type": ["object", "null"],
"properties": {
"id": {
"description": "Identifier of the logged in user, e.g. the primary key of the user",
"type": ["string", "integer", "null"],
"maxLength": 1024
},
"email": {
"description": "Email of the logged in user",
"type": ["string", "null"],
"maxLength": 1024
},
"username": {
"description": "The username of the logged in user",
"type": ["string", "null"],
"maxLength": 1024
}
}
}