diff --git a/docs/settings/monitoring-settings.asciidoc b/docs/settings/monitoring-settings.asciidoc index 208f41cc60dac..2d155d07f71ca 100644 --- a/docs/settings/monitoring-settings.asciidoc +++ b/docs/settings/monitoring-settings.asciidoc @@ -1,8 +1,8 @@ [role="xpack"] [[monitoring-settings-kb]] -=== Monitoring Settings in Kibana +=== Monitoring settings in Kibana ++++ -Monitoring Settings +Monitoring settings ++++ By default, the Monitoring application is enabled, but data collection @@ -44,6 +44,13 @@ you to use a single {kib} instance to search and visualize data in your production cluster as well as monitor data sent to a dedicated monitoring cluster. +`xpack.monitoring.elasticsearch.url`:: +Specifies the location of the {es} cluster where your monitoring data is stored. +By default, this is the same as the `elasticsearch.url`. This setting enables +you to use a single {kib} instance to search and visualize data in your +production cluster as well as monitor data sent to a dedicated monitoring +cluster. deprecated[6.6.0,Replaced by `xpack.monitoring.elasticsearch.hosts`] + `xpack.monitoring.elasticsearch.username`:: Specifies the user ID that {kib} uses for authentication when it retrieves data from the monitoring cluster. If not set, {kib} uses the value of the