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Kibana APM agent configuration API

Adjust APM agent configuration without need to redeploy your application.

Kibana APM agent configuration API is one of 60 APIs that Kibana publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

Tagged areas include APM agent configuration. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, and authentication docs.

This API exposes 7 operations across 5 paths, and defines 17 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.0.3.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://{kibana_url}.

7 operations 5 paths 17 schemas 1 DELETE4 GET1 POST1 PUT

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.0.3
Base URL
https://localhost:5601/api
Authentication
API Key, HTTP Basic
Contact
Kibana Team
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 2

Kibana APM agent configuration API declares 2 security schemes for authenticating requests. An API key is passed in the header as Authorization (apiKeyAuth). It accepts HTTP basic authentication (basicAuth). By default, every request must be authenticated.

  • apiKeyAuth — These APIs use key-based authentication. You must create an API key and use the encoded value in the request header. For example: Authorization: ApiKey base64A…

Paths & Operations 7

Across 5 paths, the API surfaces 7 operations — 1 DELETE, 4 GET, 1 POST, 1 PUT. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

APM agent configuration 7

Adjust APM agent configuration without need to redeploy your application.

DELETE
/api/apm/settings/agent-configuration
Delete agent configuration
deleteAgentConfiguration 2 params body → 200400401403404
GET
/api/apm/settings/agent-configuration
Get a list of agent configurations
getAgentConfigurations 1 param → 200400401404
PUT
/api/apm/settings/agent-configuration
Create or update agent configuration
createUpdateAgentConfiguration 3 params body → 200400401403404
GET
/api/apm/settings/agent-configuration/agent_name
Get agent name for service
getAgentNameForService 2 params → 200400401404
GET
/api/apm/settings/agent-configuration/environments
Get environments for service
getEnvironmentsForService 2 params → 200400401404
POST
/api/apm/settings/agent-configuration/searchdeprecated
Lookup single agent configuration
searchSingleConfiguration 2 params body → 200400401404
GET
/api/apm/settings/agent-configuration/view
Get single agent configuration
getSingleAgentConfiguration 3 params → 200400401404

Schemas 17

The contract defines 17 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are APM_UI_agent_configuration_object (6 properties), APM_UI_search_agent_configuration_object (4 properties), APM_UI_search_agent_configuration_response (4 properties), APM_UI_404_response (3 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

APM_UI_single_agent_configuration_response
APM_UI_service_agent_name_response
object
1 property
APM_UI_401_response
object
3 properties
APM_UI_search_agent_configuration_response
object
4 properties
APM_UI_agent_configurations_response
object
1 property
APM_UI_agent_configuration_intake_object
object
3 properties 2 required
APM_UI_403_response
object
3 properties
APM_UI_delete_agent_configurations_response
object
1 property
APM_UI_settings_object
object
Agent configuration settings
APM_UI_agent_configuration_object
object
Agent configuration
6 properties 4 required
APM_UI_search_agent_configuration_object
object
4 properties 1 required
APM_UI_service_object
object
Service
2 properties
APM_UI_service_environments_response
object
1 property
APM_UI_service_environment_object
object
2 properties
APM_UI_delete_service_object
object
Service
1 property 1 required
APM_UI_404_response
object
3 properties
APM_UI_400_response
object
3 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

kibana-apm-agent-configuration-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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