Description
Problem
With #11529 we are moving away from using the integration as our main contributor to setup apm-server ingestion. Once that is completed and released our installation documentation will not be up to date.
Goal
Provide up to date documentation for ingesting data with apm-server
using the apm-data
plugin or the apm
integration package.
Context
Currently the data ingestion setup with apm-server
always relies on installing the apm
integration package, responsible for all required setup steps.
Once #11529 is released we will be in a different scenario than today:
- all required Elasticsearch assets to enable ingestion will be managed by and through the
apm-data
Elasticsearch plugin - running apm-server data ingestion component with Fleet server will be managed by the
apm
integration package (referred to as an "input-only" package because does not handle data streams and mappings)
We need to identify where in the documentation changes are required and apply them to ensure we provide up to date information.
e.g. at https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/observability/current/apm-getting-started-apm-server.html##