APM settings in Kibanaedit

You do not need to configure any settings to use APM. It is enabled by default. If you’d like to change any of the default values, copy and paste the relevant settings below into your kibana.yml configuration file.

General APM settingsedit

xpack.apm.enabled
Set to false to disabled the APM plugin Kibana. Defaults to true.
xpack.apm.ui.enabled
Set to false to hide the APM plugin Kibana from the menu. Defaults to true.
xpack.apm.ui.transactionGroupBucketSize
Number of top transaction groups displayed in APM plugin in Kibana. Defaults to 100.
apm_oss.indexPattern
Index pattern is used for integrations with Machine Learning and Kuery Bar. It must match all apm indices. Defaults to apm-*.
apm_oss.errorIndices
Matcher for indices containing error documents. Defaults to apm-*.
apm_oss.onboardingIndices
Matcher for indices containing onboarding documents. Defaults to apm-*.
apm_oss.spanIndices
Matcher for indices containing span documents. Defaults to apm-*.
apm_oss.transactionIndices
Matcher for indices containing transaction documents. Defaults to apm-*.