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Remove section about turning on agent monitoring in cloud for Fleet Server (elastic#1286)
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[[fleet-server-monitoring]]
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= {fleet-server} monitoring
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= Monitor a self-managed {fleet-server}
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Monitoring {fleet-server} is key since the operation of the {fleet-server} is
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paramount to the health of the deployed agents and the services they offer. When
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{fleet-server} is not operating correctly, it may lead to delayed check-ins,
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status information, and updates for the agents it manages. The monitoring data
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will tell you when to add capacity for {fleet-server}, and provide error logs
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and information to troubleshoot other issues.
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For self-managed {fleet-server}s, monitoring is key because the operation of the
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{fleet-server} is paramount to the health of the deployed agents and the
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services they offer. When {fleet-server} is not operating correctly, it may lead
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to delayed check-ins, status information, and updates for the agents it manages.
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The monitoring data will tell you when to add capacity for {fleet-server}, and
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provide error logs and information to troubleshoot other issues.
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To enable monitoring for {fleet-server}, turn on agent monitoring in the agent
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policy. For self-managed clusters, monitoring is on by default when you create a
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For self-managed clusters, monitoring is on by default when you create a
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new agent policy or use the existing Default {fleet-server} agent policy.
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However, it is off by default in the {ecloud} agent policy because monitoring
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requires additional RAM.
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To turn on {fleet-server} monitoring in the agent policy:
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To monitor {fleet-server}:
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. In {fleet}, go to *Agent Policies* and click on the *{ecloud} agent policy*.
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image::images/fleet-policy-page.png[Fleet Policy Page]
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. In {fleet}, go to *Agent Policies* and click the {fleet-server} agent policy.
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. Click the *Settings* tab and notice that Agent monitoring is
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off by default.
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. Click the *Settings* tab and verify that *Collect agent logs* and
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*Collect agent metrics* are selected.
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. Under *Agent monitoring*, select *Collect agent logs* and
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*Collect agent metrics*.
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image::images/elastic-cloud-agent-policy-page.png[{ecloud} Policy Page]
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The agent will now be able to collect logs and metrics from the {fleet-server}.
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NOTE: The {fleet-server} is deployed as yet another agent in the system.
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. Next, set the *Default namespace*.
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. Next, set the *Default namespace* to something like `fleetserver`.
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Setting the default namespace lets you segregate {fleet-server} monitoring data
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from other collected data. This makes it easier to search and visualize the
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monitoring data. By default the monitoring data is sent to the *default*
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namespace.
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monitoring data.
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image::images/fleet-server-agent-policy-page.png[{fleet-server} agent policy]
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. To confirm your change, click *Save changes*.
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To see the metrics collected for {fleet-server}, go to *Analytics > Discover*.
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To see the metrics collected for the agent running {fleet-server}, go to
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*Analytics > Discover*.
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In the following example, `fleetserver` was configured as the namespace, and
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you can see the metrics collected:
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