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Now that elastic/beats#9118 is merged, starting 7.1 users will be able configure Metricbeat for monitoring Kibana instances using a simpler syntax.

Previously, users would have to run `metricbeat modules enable kibana` to enable the `kibana` Metricbeat module, then configure the module for Stack Monitoring by manually editing `modules.d/kibana.yml`. Going forward, users will be able to achieve the same effect by running `metricbeat modules enable kibana-xpack`.

This PR updates the docs with this change.

Related: elastic/elasticsearch#40879
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["source","sh",subs="attributes,callouts"]
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metricbeat modules enable kibana
metricbeat modules enable kibana-xpack
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For more information, see
{metricbeat-ref}/configuration-metricbeat.html[Specify which modules to run] and
{metricbeat-ref}/metricbeat-module-kibana.html[{kib} module].
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. Configure the {kib} module in {metricbeat}. +
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You must specify the following settings in the `modules.d/kibana.yml` file:

[source,yaml]
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- module: kibana
metricsets:
- stats
period: 10s
hosts: ["http://localhost:5601"] <1>
xpack.enabled: true <2>
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<1> This setting identifies the host and port number that are used to access {kib}.
<2> This setting ensures that {kib} can read the monitoring data successfully.
That is to say, it's stored in the same location and format as monitoring data
that is sent by {ref}/es-monitoring-exporters.html[exporters].
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. By default the module will collect {kib} monitoring metrics from `http://localhost:5601`.
If the local {kib} instance has a different address, you must specify it via the `hosts` setting
in the `modules.d/kibana-xpack.yml` file.

. If the Elastic {security-features} are enabled, you must also provide a user
ID and password so that {metricbeat} can collect metrics successfully.

... Create a user on the production cluster that has the
.. Create a user on the production cluster that has the
`remote_monitoring_collector` {stack-ov}/built-in-roles.html[built-in role].
Alternatively, use the `remote_monitoring_user`
{stack-ov}/built-in-users.html[built-in user].
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file.
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For example, add the following settings in the `modules.d/kibana.yml` file:
For example, add the following settings in the `modules.d/kibana-xpack.yml` file:

[source,yaml]
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. If you configured {kib} to use <<configuring-tls,encrypted communications>>,
you must access it via HTTPS. For example, use a `hosts` setting like
`https://localhost:5601` in the `modules.d/kibana.yml` file.
`https://localhost:5601` in the `modules.d/kibana-xpack.yml` file.

. Identify where to send the monitoring data. +
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