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APM app settingsedit

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

APM Indicesedit

Index defaults can be changed in Kibana. Open the main menu, then click APM > Settings > Indices. Index settings in the APM app take precedence over those set in kibana.yml.

APM app settings in Kibana

General APM settingsedit

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.maxServiceEnvironments

Maximum number of unique service environments recognized by the UI. Defaults to 100.

xpack.apm.serviceMapFingerprintBucketSize

Maximum number of unique transaction combinations sampled for generating service map focused on a specific service. Defaults to 100.

xpack.apm.serviceMapFingerprintGlobalBucketSize

Maximum number of unique transaction combinations sampled for generating the global service map. Defaults to 100.

xpack.apm.ui.enabled logo cloud

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

xpack.apm.ui.transactionGroupBucketSize

Number of top transaction groups displayed in the APM app. Defaults to 1000.

xpack.apm.ui.maxTraceItems logo cloud

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

xpack.observability.annotations.index

Index name where Observability annotations are stored. Defaults to observability-annotations.

xpack.apm.searchAggregatedTransactions

[experimental] This functionality is experimental and may be changed or removed completely in a future release. Elastic will take a best effort approach to fix any issues, but experimental features are not subject to the support SLA of official GA features. Enables Transaction histogram metrics. Defaults to false. When true, additional configuration in APM Server is required. See Configure transaction metrics for more information.

apm_oss.indexPattern logo cloud

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

apm_oss.errorIndices logo cloud

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

apm_oss.onboardingIndices

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

apm_oss.spanIndices logo cloud

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

apm_oss.transactionIndices logo cloud

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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