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Installing Metricbeat 7.17 agent on Ubuntu

Once you have installed Elasticsearch and Kibana servers you need to grab some data. First choice could be beats modules, either Metricbeat or Packetbeat. There is also Filebeat. Altough installation instructions are available at https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/metricbeat/7.17/metricbeat-installation-configuration.html I found it useful to describe it separately as this page might just disappear out of a sudden. After installation you need to change the configuration file at: Change Kibana and Elasticsearch output addresses. Then start the agent: In case this is the first time you are installing the agent against this particular Elasticsearch server you need to load visualizations and dashboard definitions: Now you’re