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@@ -6,22 +6,22 @@ In production, you should send monitoring data to a separate _monitoring cluster
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so that historical data is available even when the nodes you are monitoring are
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not. For example, you can use {metricbeat} to ship monitoring data about {kib},
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{es}, {ls}, and Beats to the monitoring cluster.
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-//If you are sending your data to the {esms-init}, see <<esms>>.
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+If you are sending your data to the {esms-init}, see <<esms>>.
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[IMPORTANT]
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{metricbeat} is the recommended method for collecting and shipping monitoring
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data to a monitoring cluster.
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-If you have previously configured internal collection, you should migrate to
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-using {metricbeat} collection. Use either {metricbeat} collection or
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-internal collection; do not use both.
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+If you have previously configured legacy collection methods, you should migrate
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+to using {metricbeat} collection. Use either {metricbeat} collection or
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+legacy collection methods; do not use both.
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Learn more about <<configuring-metricbeat>>.
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-If you have at least a gold license, using a dedicated monitoring cluster also
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-enables you to monitor multiple clusters from a central location.
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+If you have at least a Gold Subscription, using a dedicated monitoring cluster
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+also enables you to monitor multiple clusters from a central location.
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To store monitoring data in a separate cluster:
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@@ -99,11 +99,11 @@ Alternatively, use the `remote_monitoring_user` <<built-in-users,built-in user>>
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. Configure your production cluster to collect data and send it to the
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-monitoring cluster.
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+monitoring cluster:
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-** <<configuring-metricbeat,Use {metricbeat}>>.
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+** <<configuring-metricbeat,{metricbeat} collection methods>>
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-** <<collecting-monitoring-data,Use HTTP exporters>>.
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+** <<collecting-monitoring-data,Legacy collection methods>>
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. (Optional)
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{logstash-ref}/configuring-logstash.html[Configure {ls} to collect data and send it to the monitoring cluster].
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@@ -119,9 +119,9 @@ cluster.
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. (Optional) Configure {kib} to collect data and send it to the monitoring cluster:
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-** {kibana-ref}/monitoring-metricbeat.html[Use {metricbeat}].
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+** {kibana-ref}/monitoring-metricbeat.html[{metricbeat} collection methods]
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-** {kibana-ref}/monitoring-kibana.html[Use HTTP exporters].
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+** {kibana-ref}/monitoring-kibana.html[Legacy collection methods]
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. (Optional) Create a dedicated {kib} instance for monitoring, rather than using
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a single {kib} instance to access both your production cluster and monitoring
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