The Elastic APM integration became generally available in 7.16 — see the APM Guide for updated documentation. Standalone APM Server users can see the Legacy APM Overview and Legacy APM Server Reference.
Tune Elasticsearchedit
The Elasticsearch reference provides insight on tuning Elasticsearch.
Tune for indexing speed provides information on:
- Refresh interval
- Disabling swapping
- Optimizing filesystem cache
- Considerations regarding faster hardware
- Setting the indexing buffer size
Tune for disk usage provides information on:
- Disabling unneeded features
- Shard size
- Shrink index