Metrics settings in Kibana

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You do not need to configure any settings to use the Metrics app in Kibana. It is enabled by default.

General Metrics settings

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xpack.infra.enabled

Set to false to disable the Logs and Metrics app plugin Kibana. Defaults to true.

xpack.infra.sources.default.logAlias

Index pattern for matching indices that contain log data. Defaults to filebeat-*,kibana_sample_data_logs*. To match multiple wildcard patterns, use a comma to separate the names, with no space after the comma. For example, logstash-app1-*,default-logs-*.

xpack.infra.sources.default.metricAlias

Index pattern for matching indices that contain Metricbeat data. Defaults to metricbeat-*. To match multiple wildcard patterns, use a comma to separate the names, with no space after the comma. For example, logstash-app1-*,default-logs-*.

xpack.infra.sources.default.fields.timestamp

Timestamp used to sort log entries. Defaults to @timestamp.

xpack.infra.sources.default.fields.message

Fields used to display messages in the Logs app. Defaults to ['message', '@message'].

xpack.infra.sources.default.fields.tiebreaker

Field used to break ties between two entries with the same timestamp. Defaults to _doc.

xpack.infra.sources.default.fields.host

Field used to identify hosts. Defaults to host.name.

xpack.infra.sources.default.fields.container

Field used to identify Docker containers. Defaults to container.id.

xpack.infra.sources.default.fields.pod

Field used to identify Kubernetes pods. Defaults to kubernetes.pod.uid.