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Architecture

PATROL for Elasticsearch enables you to monitor the Elasticsearch cluster, its nodes and indices. A typical architecture for PATROL for Elasctisearch is as follows:

 

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PATROL for Elasticsearch architecture

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Collector details

The following table lists the different PATROL for Elasctisearch collectors and explains how they work:

Collectors 
(Collection interval)

Monitor type

Description

eskConsumer
(10 minutes)

Elasticsearch (ESK_CONT)

Opens and manages the communication channel with  the JAVA process

eskInventory
(1 minute) 

Elasticsearch (ESK_CONT)

Discovers the elasticsearch inventory, that is, cluster, nodes, and indices

eskPerformance
(1 minute) 

Elasticsearch (ESK_CONT)

Collects the performance data of the elasticsearch cluster

 

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BMC PATROL for Elasticsearch 1.0