elasticsearch/docs/reference/monitoring/configuring-monitoring.asciidoc

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[[configuring-monitoring]]
== Configuring monitoring in {es}
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<titleabbrev>Configuring monitoring</titleabbrev>
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If you enable the Elastic {monitor-features} in your cluster, there are two 
methods to collect metrics about {es}:

* <<collecting-monitoring-data>>
* <<configuring-metricbeat>>

You can also <<configuring-filebeat,use {filebeat} to collect {es} logs>>. 

To learn about monitoring in general, see 
{stack-ov}/xpack-monitoring.html[Monitoring the {stack}]. 

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include::configuring-filebeat.asciidoc[]
include::indices.asciidoc[]