[7.16](backport #29155) Change elastic-agent pprof default to false

x-pack/elastic-agent/CHANGELOG.next.asciidoc

@@ -149,4 +149,4 @@
 - Add diagnostics command to gather beat metadata. {pull}28265[28265]
 - Add diagnostics collect command to gather beat metadata, config, policy, and logs and bundle it into an archive. {pull}28461[28461]
 - Add `KIBANA_FLEET_SERVICE_TOKEN` to Elastic Agent container. {pull}28096[28096]
-- Enable pprof endpoints for beats processes. Allow pprof endpoints for elastic-agent if enabled. {pull}28983[28983]
+- Allow pprof endpoints for elastic-agent or beats if enabled. {pull}28983[28983] {pull}29155[29155]

x-pack/elastic-agent/_meta/config/common.p2.yml.tmpl

@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ inputs:
 #   metrics: true
 #   # exposes /debug/pprof/ endpoints
 #   # recommended that these endpoints are only enabled if the monitoring endpoint is set to localhost
-#   pprof: true
+#   pprof: false
 #   # exposes agent metrics using http, by default sockets and named pipes are used
 #   http:
 #       # enables http endpoint

x-pack/elastic-agent/_meta/config/common.reference.p2.yml.tmpl

@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ inputs:
 #   metrics: false
 #   # exposes /debug/pprof/ endpoints
 #   # recommended that these endpoints are only enabled if the monitoring endpoint is set to localhost
-#   pprof: true
+#   pprof: false
 #   # exposes agent metrics using http, by default sockets and named pipes are used
 #   http:
 #       # enables http endpoint

x-pack/elastic-agent/_meta/config/elastic-agent.docker.yml.tmpl

@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ inputs:
 #   metrics: false
 #   # exposes /debug/pprof/ endpoints
 #   # recommended that these endpoints are only enabled if the monitoring endpoint is set to localhost
-#   pprof: true
+#   pprof: false
 #   # exposes agent metrics using http, by default sockets and named pipes are used
 #   http:
 #       # enables http endpoint

x-pack/elastic-agent/elastic-agent.docker.yml

@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ inputs:
 #   metrics: false
 #   # exposes /debug/pprof/ endpoints
 #   # recommended that these endpoints are only enabled if the monitoring endpoint is set to localhost
-#   pprof: true
+#   pprof: false
 #   # exposes agent metrics using http, by default sockets and named pipes are used
 #   http:
 #       # enables http endpoint

x-pack/elastic-agent/elastic-agent.reference.yml

@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ inputs:
 #   metrics: false
 #   # exposes /debug/pprof/ endpoints
 #   # recommended that these endpoints are only enabled if the monitoring endpoint is set to localhost
-#   pprof: true
+#   pprof: false
 #   # exposes agent metrics using http, by default sockets and named pipes are used
 #   http:
 #       # enables http endpoint

x-pack/elastic-agent/elastic-agent.yml

@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ inputs:
 #   metrics: true
 #   # exposes /debug/pprof/ endpoints
 #   # recommended that these endpoints are only enabled if the monitoring endpoint is set to localhost
-#   pprof: true
+#   pprof: false
 #   # exposes agent metrics using http, by default sockets and named pipes are used
 #   http:
 #       # enables http endpoint

x-pack/elastic-agent/pkg/core/monitoring/beats/beats_monitor.go

@@ -122,8 +122,12 @@ func (b *Monitor) EnrichArgs(spec program.Spec, pipelineID string, args []string
 		appendix = append(appendix,
 			"-E", "http.enabled=true",
 			"-E", "http.host="+endpoint,
-			"-E", "http.pprof.enabled=true",
 		)
+		if b.config.Pprof {
+			appendix = append(appendix,
+				"-E", "http.pprof.enabled=true",
+			)
+		}
 	}
 
 	loggingPath := b.generateLoggingPath(spec, pipelineID)

x-pack/elastic-agent/pkg/core/monitoring/config/config.go

@@ -39,6 +39,6 @@ func DefaultConfig() *MonitoringConfig {
 			Port:    defaultPort,
 		},
 		Namespace: defaultNamespace,
-		Pprof:     true,
+		Pprof:     false,
 	}
 }