[Elastic-Agent] Use /tmp for default monitoring endpoint location for…

… libbeat (#18131) * default tmp socket * changelog * Update x-pack/elastic-agent/CHANGELOG.asciidoc Co-authored-by: Pier-Hugues Pellerin <phpellerin@gmail.com> Co-authored-by: Pier-Hugues Pellerin <phpellerin@gmail.com>
elastic · Apr 30, 2020 · e9e587b · e9e587b
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diff --git a/x-pack/elastic-agent/CHANGELOG.asciidoc b/x-pack/elastic-agent/CHANGELOG.asciidoc
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 - Moved stream.* fields to top of event {pull}17858[17858]
 - Fix an issue where the checkin_frequency, jitter, and backoff options where not configurable. {pull}17843[17843]
 - Use default output by default {pull}18091[18091]
+- Use /tmp for default monitoring endpoint location for libbeat {pull}18131[18131]
 
 ==== New features
 

diff --git a/x-pack/elastic-agent/pkg/core/plugin/app/monitoring/beats/monitoring.go b/x-pack/elastic-agent/pkg/core/plugin/app/monitoring/beats/monitoring.go
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ const (
 	logFileFormatWin = "%s\\logs\\%s\\%s"
 
 	// args: pipeline name, application name
-	mbEndpointFileFormat = "unix://%s/run/%s/%s/%s.sock"
+	mbEndpointFileFormat = "unix:///tmp/elastic-agent/%s/%s/%s.sock"
 	// args: pipeline name, application name
 	mbEndpointFileFormatWin = `npipe:///%s-%s`
 )
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ func getMonitoringEndpoint(program, operatingSystem, pipelineID string) string {
 		return fmt.Sprintf(mbEndpointFileFormatWin, pipelineID, program)
 	}
 
-	return fmt.Sprintf(mbEndpointFileFormat, paths.Data(), pipelineID, program, program)
+	return fmt.Sprintf(mbEndpointFileFormat, pipelineID, program, program)
 }
 
 func getLoggingFile(program, operatingSystem, installPath, pipelineID string) string {