IMPORTANT: No additional bug fixes or documentation updates
will be released for this version. For the latest information, see the
current release documentation.
APM agent log sendingedit
Elastic APM agents can automatically capture and send logs directly to APM Server—enabling you to easily ingest log events without needing a separate log shipper like Filebeat.
Requirements
The Elastic APM agent for your programming language.
Pros
- Simple to set up as it only relies on the APM agent
- No modification of the application required
- No need to deploy Filebeat
- No need to store log files in the file system.
Cons
- Experimental feature
- Limited APM agent support
- Not resilient to outages: Log messages can be dropped when buffered in the agent or in APM Server
Supported APM agents/languages
Get startededit
See the Java agent documentation to get started.