Can the output of the APM Server support HTTP?

[ysj2018]

I have a requirement where the data from the APM Server needs to be sent directly to HTTP for subsequent processing. I couldn't find an HTTP output on the official website.

However, I found someone has developed beats-output-http.

When I opened the source code of the APM Server, I discovered that the APM Server also references the outputs of Beats. Can I use the APM Server to directly reference beats-output-http?

Are there any limitations to this? Please help me translate this paragraph.

[simitt]

APM Server only supports outputs listed in the docs, which does not include output to a generic http endpoint.
One of the supported output options is logstash, which then supports output to generic http endpoints, see https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/logstash/current/plugins-outputs-http.html. This might be an option for what you try to accomplish.
Closing this issue, it is not a bug and the question was also repeated in https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-the-output-of-the-apm-server-support-http/372314)

[ysj2018]

Thank you for your reply. If we do have this requirement, but find Logstash too heavy for our needs, and we want to custom develop a plugin that can output data to HTTP, are there any relevant guidance documents or rules that we need to adhere to?

[simitt]

We do not support building custom output plugins for APM Server, so unfortunately there are also no documents available for guidance. It would require you to customise APM Server code functionality, which then might make it harder to upgrade to newer versions in the future, as there wouldn't be any guarantees that your customization would still work.

cc @mlunadia for awareness of this request.