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Kibana Guide [7.5] » APM » Using APM » APM settings in Kibana
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APM settings in Kibana

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.

If you’d like to change any of the default values, copy and paste the relevant settings into your kibana.yml configuration file. Changing these settings may disable features of the APM App.

xpack.apm.enabled

Set to false to disable the APM app. Defaults to true.

xpack.apm.ui.enabled

Set to false to hide the APM app from the menu. Defaults to true.

xpack.apm.ui.transactionGroupBucketSize

Number of top transaction groups displayed in the APM app. Defaults to 100.

xpack.apm.ui.maxTraceItems

Maximum number of child items displayed when viewing trace details. Defaults to 1000.

apm_oss.indexPattern

The index pattern used for integrations with Machine Learning and Query Bar. It must match all apm indices. Defaults to apm-*.

apm_oss.errorIndices

Matcher for all error indices. Defaults to apm-*.

apm_oss.onboardingIndices

Matcher for all onboarding indices. Defaults to apm-*.

apm_oss.spanIndices

Matcher for all span indices. Defaults to apm-*.

apm_oss.transactionIndices

Matcher for all transaction indices. Defaults to apm-*.

apm_oss.metricsIndices

Matcher for all metrics indices. Defaults to apm-*.

apm_oss.sourcemapIndices

Matcher for all source map indices. Defaults to apm-*.
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