Configure APM Server

To configure APM Server, edit the configuration file. The default configuration file is called apm-server.yml. The location of the file varies by platform. To locate the file, see Directory layout.

See the Config File Format for more about the structure of the config file.

The following topics describe how to configure APM Server:

General configuration options
Elasticsearch index template
Index lifecycle management
Instrumentation
Jaeger
Kerberos
Kibana endpoint
Logging
Output
Project paths
Real User Monitoring (RUM)
SSL/TLS settings
Transaction metrics
Use environment variables in the configuration

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