Backport to 6.4: #7969 and #8172 (#8183)

* Improve Jolokia docs and remove proxy restriction (#7969)

* Update links to point to new GS location (#8172)

* Run make update

filebeat/docs/migration.asciidoc

@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ https://github.com/elastic/logstash-forwarder[Logstash Forwarder] to {beatname_u
 
 {beatname_uc} requires the {logstash-ref}/plugins-inputs-beats.html[Beats input
 plugin for Logstash]. For information about getting started with this plugin,
-see {stack-ov}/get-started-elastic-stack.html#logstash-setup[Configure Logstash to
+see {stack-gs}/get-started-elastic-stack.html#logstash-setup[Configure Logstash to
 listen for Beats input] in the {stack} getting started tutorial.
 
 In both the 1.5.x and 2.x versions of Logstash, this plugin can be loaded in

filebeat/docs/modules-getting-started.asciidoc

@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ following the numbered steps under <<filebeat-getting-started>>.
 Before running {beatname_uc} modules:
 
 * Install and configure the Elastic stack. See
-{stack-ov}/get-started-elastic-stack.html[Getting started with the {stack}].
+{stack-gs}/get-started-elastic-stack.html[Getting started with the {stack}].
 
 * Complete the {beatname_uc} installation instructions described in
 <<filebeat-installation>>. After installing {beatname_uc}, return to this

libbeat/docs/gettingstarted.asciidoc

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 Each Beat is a separately installable product. Before installing Beats, you need
 to install and configure the {stack}. To learn how to get up and running
-quickly, see {stack-ov}/get-started-elastic-stack.html[Getting started with the
+quickly, see {stack-gs}/get-started-elastic-stack.html[Getting started with the
 {stack}].
 
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libbeat/docs/shared-download-and-install.asciidoc

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 
 *Before you begin*: If you haven't installed the {stack}, do that now. See
-{stack-ov}/get-started-elastic-stack.html[Getting started with the {stack}].
+{stack-gs}/get-started-elastic-stack.html[Getting started with the {stack}].
 
 To download and install {beatname_uc}, use the commands that work with your system
 (<<deb, deb>> for Debian/Ubuntu, <<rpm, rpm>> for Redhat/Centos/Fedora, <<mac,

libbeat/docs/shared-getting-started-intro.asciidoc

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ related products:
 * {kib} for the UI.
 * {ls} (optional) for parsing and enhancing the data.
 
-See {stack-ov}/get-started-elastic-stack.html[Getting started with the {stack}]
+See {stack-gs}/get-started-elastic-stack.html[Getting started with the {stack}]
 for more information.
 
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libbeat/docs/shared-logstash-config.asciidoc

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 To send events to {ls}, you also need to create a {ls} configuration pipeline
 that listens for incoming Beats connections and indexes the received events into
 {es}. For more information, see the section about
-{stack-ov}/get-started-elastic-stack.html#logstash-setup[configuring {ls}] in
+{stack-gs}/get-started-elastic-stack.html#logstash-setup[configuring {ls}] in
 the {stack} getting started tutorial. Also see the documentation for the
 {logstash-ref}/plugins-inputs-beats.html[{beats} input] and
 {logstash-ref}/plugins-outputs-elasticsearch.html[{es} output] plugins.

metricbeat/docs/modules/jolokia.asciidoc

@@ -5,7 +5,18 @@ This file is generated! See scripts/docs_collector.py
 [[metricbeat-module-jolokia]]
 == Jolokia module
 
-This is the Jolokia module.
+This module collects metrics from
+https://jolokia.org/reference/html/agents.html[Jolokia agents] running on a
+target JMX server or dedicated proxy server. The default metricset is `jmx`.
+
+To collect metrics, {beatname_uc} communicates with a Jolokia HTTP/REST
+endpoint that exposes the JMX metrics over HTTP/REST/JSON.
+
+[float]
+=== Compatibility
+
+The Jolokia module is tested with Jolokia 1.5.0. It should work with version
+1.2.2 and later.
 
 
 

metricbeat/module/jolokia/_meta/docs.asciidoc

@@ -1,2 +1,13 @@
-This is the Jolokia module.
+This module collects metrics from
+https://jolokia.org/reference/html/agents.html[Jolokia agents] running on a
+target JMX server or dedicated proxy server. The default metricset is `jmx`.
+
+To collect metrics, {beatname_uc} communicates with a Jolokia HTTP/REST
+endpoint that exposes the JMX metrics over HTTP/REST/JSON.
+
+[float]
+=== Compatibility
+
+The Jolokia module is tested with Jolokia 1.5.0. It should work with version
+1.2.2 and later.
 

metricbeat/module/jolokia/jmx/_meta/docs.asciidoc

@@ -1,58 +1,68 @@
-This is the `jmx` metricset of the Jolokia module.
+The `jmx` metricset collects metrics from
+https://jolokia.org/reference/html/agents.html[Jolokia agents].
 
 [float]
 === Features and configuration
-Tested with Jolokia 1.3.4.
+Tested with Jolokia 1.5.0.
 
-Metrics to be collected from each Jolokia instance are defined in the mapping section with an MBean ObjectName and
-an array of Attributes to be requested with Elastic field names under which the return values should be saved.
+To collect metrics from a Jolokia instance, define a mapping section that
+specifies an MBean `ObjectName` followed by an array of attributes to fetch. For
+each attribute in the array, specify the Elastic field name where the
+returned value will be saved. 
 
-For example: to get the "Uptime" attribute from the "java.lang:type=Runtime" MBean and map it to something like
-"uptime" (actually "jolokia.jmx.uptime", the prexif is added by beats framework) you have to configure following
-mapping:
+For example, to get the `Uptime` attribute from the `java.lang:type=Runtime`
+MBean and map it to an event field called `jolokia.testnamespace.uptime`,
+configure the following mapping:
 
 [source,yaml]
----
+----
 - module: jolokia
   metricsets: ["jmx"]
   hosts: ["localhost:8778"]
-  namespace: "metrics"
+  namespace: "testnamespace" <1>
   jmx.mappings:
     - mbean: 'java.lang:type=Runtime'
       attributes:
         - attr: Uptime
-          field: uptime
-          event: uptime
+          field: uptime <2>
+          event: uptime <3>
       target:
           url: "service:jmx:rmi:///jndi/rmi://targethost:9999/jmxrmi"
           user: "jolokia"
           password: "s!cr!t"
----
+----
+<1> The `namespace` setting is required. This setting is used along with the
+module name to qualify field names in the output event.
+<2> The field where the returned value will be saved. This field will be called
+`jolokia.testnamespace.uptime` in the output event.  
+<3> The `event` setting is optional. Use this setting to group all attributes
+with the same `event` value into the same event when sending data to Elastic. 
 
-In case the underlying attribute is an object (e.g. see HeapMemoryUsage attribute in java.lang:type=Memory) its
-structure will be published to Elastic "as is".
+If the underlying attribute is an object (such as the `HeapMemoryUsage`
+attribute in `java.lang:type=Memory`), its structure will be published to
+Elastic "as is".
 
-It is possible to configure nested metric aliases by using dots in the mapping name (e.g. gc.cms_collection_time). For examples please refer to the
+You can configure nested metric aliases by using dots in the mapping name (for
+example, `gc.cms_collection_time`). For more examples, see
 https://github.com/elastic/beats/blob/{doc-branch}/metricbeat/module/jolokia/jmx/_meta/test/config.yml[/jolokia/jmx/test/config.yml].
 
-All metrics from a single mapping will be POSTed to the defined host/port and sent to Elastic as a single event.
-To make it possible to differentiate between metrics from multiple similar applications running on the same host,
-please configure multiple modules.
+All metrics from a single mapping will be POSTed to the defined host/port and
+sent to Elastic as a single event. To make it possible to differentiate between
+metrics from multiple similar applications running on the same host, you should
+configure multiple modules.
 
-When wildcards are used, an event will be sent to Elastic for each matching mbean, in that case a `mbean` field is added.
-
-Optionally, an `event` name can be added to each attribute, this makes all metrics with the same `event`
-to be grouped in the same event when being sent to Elastic.
-
-It is required to set a namespace in the general module config section.
+When wildcards are used, an event is sent to Elastic for each matching
+MBean, and an `mbean` field is added to the event.
 
 [float]
 === Limitations
-No authentication against Jolokia is supported yet.
-All Jolokia requests have canonicalNaming set to false (details see here: https://jolokia.org/reference/html/protocol.html).
+All Jolokia requests have `canonicalNaming` set to `false`. See the
+https://jolokia.org/reference/html/protocol.html[Jolokia Protocol] documentation
+for more detail about this parameter.
 
 
 [float]
 === Exposed fields, dashboards, indexes, etc.
-Since this is a very general module that can be tailored for any application that exposes its metrics over Jolokia, it
-comes with no exposed fields description, dashboards or index patterns.
+Because this module is very general and can be tailored for any application that
+exposes its metrics over Jolokia, it comes with no exposed field descriptions,
+dashboards, or index patterns.

winlogbeat/docs/getting-started.asciidoc

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ include::../../libbeat/docs/shared-getting-started-intro.asciidoc[]
 === Step 1: Install Winlogbeat
 
 *Before you begin*: If you haven't installed the {stack}, do that now. See
-{stack-ov}/get-started-elastic-stack.html[Getting started with the {stack}].
+{stack-gs}/get-started-elastic-stack.html[Getting started with the {stack}].
 
 . Download the Winlogbeat zip file from the
 https://www.elastic.co/downloads/beats/winlogbeat[downloads page].