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Configure APM Serveredit

To configure APM Server, edit the configuration file. The default configuration file is called apm-server.yml. The location of the file varies by platform. To locate the file, see Directory layout.

See the Config File Format for more about the structure of the config file.

The following topics describe how to configure APM Server:

  • General configuration options
  • Output
  • SSL/TLS settings
  • Elasticsearch index template
  • Index lifecycle management
  • Jaeger
  • Logging
  • Configure the Kibana endpoint
  • Real User Monitoring (RUM)
  • Instrumentation
  • Project paths
  • Use environment variables in the configuration
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