Things to investigate/consider

• elastic-agent configuration
• elastic-agent program spec
• indexing strategy (e.g. include service name in data stream name? specific data sets for transaction metrics, breakdown metrics, etc.?), constant_keyword fields, reducing flexibility in configuration
• how to read/write non-timeseries data (tail-based sampling, API Keys, source maps)
• how to integrate with cloud-on-k8s (depends on working group) (WIP, tracked separately)
• upgrade plan to 8.0 (will be tracked separately)

Update 03/11, 08/12 (Juan)

Main lines of work required

• Implement the Indexing Strategy (Implement the new indexing strategy #4378, Data streams improvements #4449)

• Automate / Semi-automate APM Package: this includes splitting fields.yml files, generate docs, tests, other assets, document development workflow, etc. (Generate fields for APM package #4432)

• Prepare and test minimal templates, default ILM policies if any

• Move forward with spec proposed changed (linked bellow)

Issues

This list is non exahustive. Check comments for links to PRs done in relation to the APM package.

Required

• Create traces data type package-spec#68
• Do not ignore vars when there are no inputs package-spec#70
• [Fleet] Add support for new template path above data stream folders kibana#82599

Closed issues

• [Ingest Manager] New type for APM integration kibana#81451
• Mimimal template for the APM indexing strategy elasticsearch#64047