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=== APM Settings in Kibana
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<titleabbrev>APM Settings</titleabbrev>
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You do not need to configure any settings to use APM. It is enabled by default.

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[[general-apm-settings-kb]]
==== General APM Settings

xpack.apm.enabled:: Set to `false` to disabled the APM plugin {kib}. Defaults to
`true`.

xpack.apm.ui.enabled:: Set to `false` to hide the APM plugin {kib} from the menu. Defaults to
`true`.

apm_oss.indexPattern:: Index pattern is used for integrations with Machine Learning and Kuery Bar. It must match all apm indices. Defaults to `apm-&#42;`.

apm_oss.errorIndices:: Matcher for indices containing error documents. Defaults to `apm-*`.

apm_oss.onboardingIndices:: Matcher for indices containing onboarding documents. Defaults to `apm-*`.

apm_oss.spanIndices:: Matcher for indices containing span documents. Defaults to `apm-*`.

apm_oss.transactionIndices:: Matcher for indices containing transaction documents. Defaults to `apm-*`.