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[DOCS] Recommended dedicated Kibana for dedicated monitoring cluster. (#330)
* Recommended dedicated Kibana for dedicated monitoring cluster. * Changed the line lenght to max 80 characters. * Update docs/en/stack/monitoring/how-monitoring-works.asciidoc Co-Authored-By: Lisa Cawley <[email protected]> * Update docs/en/stack/monitoring/how-monitoring-works.asciidoc Co-Authored-By: Lisa Cawley <[email protected]>
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[[how-monitoring-works]]
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== How monitoring works
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Monitoring collects data from {es} nodes, Logstash nodes, and {kib} instances.
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Monitoring collects data from {es} nodes, Logstash nodes, and {kib} instances.
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In general, the {es} cluster you are monitoring controls where the monitoring
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metrics for the stack are stored. By default, they are stored in local indices.
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In general, the {es} cluster you are monitoring controls where the monitoring
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metrics for the stack are stored. By default, they are stored in local indices.
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In production, we strongly recommend using a separate monitoring cluster. Using
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a separate monitoring cluster prevents production cluster outages from impacting
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your ability to access your monitoring data. It also prevents monitoring
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activities from impacting the performance of your production cluster. The
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following diagram illustrates a typical monitoring architecture with separate
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TIP: In production, we strongly recommend using a separate monitoring
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Elasticsearch cluster. Using a separate monitoring cluster
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prevents production cluster outages from impacting your ability to access your
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monitoring data. It also prevents monitoring activities from impacting the
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performance of your production cluster. For the same reason, we also
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recommend to use a separate Kibana instance that is connected to the separate
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monitoring cluster.
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The following diagram illustrates a typical monitoring architecture with separate
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production and monitoring clusters:
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image::monitoring/images/architecture10.png["A typical monitoring environment"]
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beta[] In 6.4 and later, you can use {metricbeat} to collect and ship data about
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{kib}, rather than routing it through {es}. In 6.5 and later, you can also use
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beta[] In 6.4 and later, you can use {metricbeat} to collect and ship data about
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{kib}, rather than routing it through {es}. In 6.5 and later, you can also use
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{metricbeat} to collect and ship data about {es}. For example:
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image::monitoring/images/architecture20.png[A typical monitoring environment that includes {metricbeat}]
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If you have at least a gold license, you can route data from multiple production
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clusters to a single monitoring cluster. For more information about the
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differences between various subscription levels, see: https://www.elastic.co/subscriptions
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clusters to a single monitoring cluster. For more information about the
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differences between various subscription levels, see: https://www.elastic.co/subscriptions
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IMPORTANT: In general, the monitoring cluster and the clusters being monitored
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should be running the same version of the stack. A monitoring cluster cannot
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monitor production clusters running newer versions of the stack. If necessary,
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the monitoring cluster can monitor production clusters running older versions,
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but the versions cannot differ by more than one major version.
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If you use {kib} to visualize data and administer the cluster, you might want to
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create a dedicated {kib} instance for monitoring, rather than using a single
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If you use {kib} to visualize data and administer the cluster, you might want to
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create a dedicated {kib} instance for monitoring, rather than using a single
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{kib} instance to access both your production cluster and monitoring cluster:
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image::monitoring/images/architecture30.png["A separate {kib} instance accesses the monitoring cluster"]
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