diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/common/constants.js b/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/common/constants.js
index 372f0bd492d24a..d87bb2c8be8fe0 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/common/constants.js
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/common/constants.js
@@ -152,3 +152,10 @@ export const DEBOUNCE_FAST_MS = 10; // roughly how long it takes to render a fra
 export const CLUSTER_ALERTS_ADDRESS_CONFIG_KEY = 'cluster_alerts.email_notifications.email_address';
 
 export const STANDALONE_CLUSTER_CLUSTER_UUID = '__standalone_cluster__';
+
+export const INDEX_PATTERN = '.monitoring-*-6-*';
+export const INDEX_PATTERN_KIBANA = '.monitoring-kibana-6-*';
+export const INDEX_PATTERN_LOGSTASH = '.monitoring-logstash-6-*';
+export const INDEX_PATTERN_BEATS = '.monitoring-beats-6-*';
+export const INDEX_ALERTS = '.monitoring-alerts-6';
+export const INDEX_PATTERN_ELASTICSEARCH = '.monitoring-es-6-*';
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/config.js b/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/config.js
index 6074b8c34b232c..0775d219c0238c 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/config.js
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/config.js
@@ -30,23 +30,14 @@ export const config = (Joi) => {
         }).default()
       }).default()
     }).default(),
-    index_pattern: Joi.string().default('.monitoring-*-6-*'),
     kibana: Joi.object({
-      index_pattern: Joi.string().default('.monitoring-kibana-6-*'),
       collection: Joi.object({
         enabled: Joi.boolean().default(true),
         interval: Joi.number().default(10000) // op status metrics get buffered at `ops.interval` and flushed to the bulk endpoint at this interval
       }).default()
     }).default(),
-    logstash: Joi.object({
-      index_pattern: Joi.string().default('.monitoring-logstash-6-*')
-    }).default(),
-    beats: Joi.object({
-      index_pattern: Joi.string().default('.monitoring-beats-6-*')
-    }).default(),
     cluster_alerts: Joi.object({
       enabled: Joi.boolean().default(true),
-      index: Joi.string().default('.monitoring-alerts-6'),
       email_notifications: Joi.object({
         enabled: Joi.boolean().default(true),
         email_address: Joi.string().email(),
@@ -62,7 +53,6 @@ export const config = (Joi) => {
     }).default(),
     elasticsearch: Joi.object({
       customHeaders: Joi.object().default({}),
-      index_pattern: Joi.string().default('.monitoring-es-6-*'),
       logQueries: Joi.boolean().default(false),
       requestHeadersWhitelist: Joi.array().items().single().default(DEFAULT_REQUEST_HEADERS),
       sniffOnStart: Joi.boolean().default(false),
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/server/lib/__tests__/ccs_utils.js b/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/server/lib/__tests__/ccs_utils.js
index 8b2ae13803782f..e2aa07ad78ee11 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/server/lib/__tests__/ccs_utils.js
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/server/lib/__tests__/ccs_utils.js
@@ -10,76 +10,65 @@ import { parseCrossClusterPrefix, prefixIndexPattern } from '../ccs_utils';
 
 describe('ccs_utils', () => {
   describe('prefixIndexPattern', () => {
-    const indexPatternName = 'xyz';
     const indexPattern = '.monitoring-xyz-1-*,.monitoring-xyz-2-*';
 
     it('returns the index pattern if ccs is not enabled', () => {
       const get = sinon.stub();
       const config = { get };
 
-      get.withArgs(indexPatternName).returns(indexPattern);
       get.withArgs('xpack.monitoring.ccs.enabled').returns(false);
 
       // falsy string values should be ignored
-      const allPattern = prefixIndexPattern(config, indexPatternName, '*');
-      const onePattern = prefixIndexPattern(config, indexPatternName, 'do_not_use_me');
+      const allPattern = prefixIndexPattern(config, indexPattern, '*');
+      const onePattern = prefixIndexPattern(config, indexPattern, 'do_not_use_me');
 
       expect(allPattern).to.be(indexPattern);
       expect(onePattern).to.be(indexPattern);
-      // uses the config and indexPatternName supplied
-      expect(get.callCount).to.eql(4);
+      expect(get.callCount).to.eql(2);
     });
 
     it('returns the index pattern if ccs is not used', () => {
       const get = sinon.stub();
       const config = { get };
 
-      get.withArgs(indexPatternName).returns(indexPattern);
       get.withArgs('xpack.monitoring.ccs.enabled').returns(true);
 
       // falsy string values should be ignored
-      const undefinedPattern = prefixIndexPattern(config, indexPatternName);
-      const nullPattern = prefixIndexPattern(config, indexPatternName, null);
-      const blankPattern = prefixIndexPattern(config, indexPatternName, '');
+      const undefinedPattern = prefixIndexPattern(config, indexPattern);
+      const nullPattern = prefixIndexPattern(config, indexPattern, null);
+      const blankPattern = prefixIndexPattern(config, indexPattern, '');
 
       expect(undefinedPattern).to.be(indexPattern);
       expect(nullPattern).to.be(indexPattern);
       expect(blankPattern).to.be(indexPattern);
-      // uses the config and indexPatternName supplied
-      expect(get.callCount).to.eql(6);
+      expect(get.callCount).to.eql(3);
     });
 
     it('returns the ccs-prefixed index pattern', () => {
       const get = sinon.stub();
       const config = { get };
 
-      get.withArgs(indexPatternName).returns(indexPattern);
       get.withArgs('xpack.monitoring.ccs.enabled').returns(true);
 
-      const abcPattern = prefixIndexPattern(config, indexPatternName, 'aBc');
-      const underscorePattern = prefixIndexPattern(config, indexPatternName, 'cluster_one');
+      const abcPattern = prefixIndexPattern(config, indexPattern, 'aBc');
+      const underscorePattern = prefixIndexPattern(config, indexPattern, 'cluster_one');
 
       expect(abcPattern).to.eql('aBc:.monitoring-xyz-1-*,aBc:.monitoring-xyz-2-*');
       expect(underscorePattern).to.eql('cluster_one:.monitoring-xyz-1-*,cluster_one:.monitoring-xyz-2-*');
-
-      // uses the config and indexPatternName supplied, but only calls once
-      expect(get.callCount).to.eql(4);
+      expect(get.callCount).to.eql(2);
     });
 
     it('returns the ccs-prefixed index pattern when wildcard and the local cluster pattern', () => {
       const get = sinon.stub();
       const config = { get };
 
-      get.withArgs(indexPatternName).returns(indexPattern);
       get.withArgs('xpack.monitoring.ccs.enabled').returns(true);
 
-      const pattern = prefixIndexPattern(config, indexPatternName, '*');
+      const pattern = prefixIndexPattern(config, indexPattern, '*');
 
       // it should have BOTH patterns so that it searches all CCS clusters and the local cluster
       expect(pattern).to.eql('*:.monitoring-xyz-1-*,*:.monitoring-xyz-2-*' + ',' + indexPattern);
-
-      // uses the config and indexPatternName supplied, but only calls once
-      expect(get.callCount).to.eql(2);
+      expect(get.callCount).to.eql(1);
     });
   });
 
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/server/lib/ccs_utils.js b/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/server/lib/ccs_utils.js
index d879a8d51c1008..30409960edd9ec 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/server/lib/ccs_utils.js
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/server/lib/ccs_utils.js
@@ -11,13 +11,12 @@
  * which means that the index pattern will be returned without using {@code ccs}.
  *
  * @param  {Object} config The Kibana configuration object.
- * @param  {String} indexPatternName The index pattern name (e.g., 'xpack.monitoring.elasticsearch.index_pattern')
+ * @param  {String} indexPattern The index pattern name
  * @param  {String} ccs The optional cluster-prefix to prepend.
  * @return {String} The index pattern with the {@code cluster} prefix appropriately prepended.
  */
-export function prefixIndexPattern(config, indexPatternName, ccs) {
+export function prefixIndexPattern(config, indexPattern, ccs) {
   const ccsEnabled = config.get('xpack.monitoring.ccs.enabled');
-  const indexPattern = config.get(indexPatternName);
 
   if (!ccsEnabled || !ccs) {
     return indexPattern;
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/server/lib/elasticsearch/verify_monitoring_auth.js b/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/server/lib/elasticsearch/verify_monitoring_auth.js
index 609fc9d46394a6..5462cd492fbc80 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/server/lib/elasticsearch/verify_monitoring_auth.js
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/server/lib/elasticsearch/verify_monitoring_auth.js
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 
 import { get } from 'lodash';
 import Boom from 'boom';
+import { INDEX_PATTERN } from '../../../common/constants';
 
 /*
  * Check the currently logged-in user's privileges for "read" privileges on the
@@ -36,7 +37,6 @@ export async function verifyMonitoringAuth(req) {
  */
 async function verifyHasPrivileges(req) {
   const { callWithRequest } = req.server.plugins.elasticsearch.getCluster('monitoring');
-  const config = req.server.config();
 
   const response = await callWithRequest(req, 'transport.request', {
     method: 'POST',
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ async function verifyHasPrivileges(req) {
     body: {
       index: [
         {
-          names: [ config.get('xpack.monitoring.index_pattern') ], // uses wildcard
+          names: [ INDEX_PATTERN ], // uses wildcard
           privileges: [ 'read' ]
         }
       ]
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/server/routes/api/v1/alerts/index.js b/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/server/routes/api/v1/alerts/index.js
index d9cea7f88b322c..093e71e66ee2d9 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/server/routes/api/v1/alerts/index.js
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/server/routes/api/v1/alerts/index.js
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import { alertsClusterSearch } from '../../../../cluster_alerts/alerts_cluster_s
 import { checkLicense } from '../../../../cluster_alerts/check_license';
 import { getClusterLicense } from '../../../../lib/cluster/get_cluster_license';
 import { prefixIndexPattern } from '../../../../lib/ccs_utils';
+import { INDEX_PATTERN_ELASTICSEARCH, INDEX_ALERTS } from '../../../../../common/constants';
 
 /*
  * Cluster Alerts route.
@@ -35,8 +36,8 @@ export function clusterAlertsRoute(server) {
       const config = server.config();
       const ccs = req.payload.ccs;
       const clusterUuid = req.params.clusterUuid;
-      const esIndexPattern = prefixIndexPattern(config, 'xpack.monitoring.elasticsearch.index_pattern', ccs);
-      const alertsIndex = prefixIndexPattern(config, 'xpack.monitoring.cluster_alerts.index', ccs);
+      const esIndexPattern = prefixIndexPattern(config, INDEX_PATTERN_ELASTICSEARCH, ccs);
+      const alertsIndex = prefixIndexPattern(config, INDEX_ALERTS, ccs);
       const options = {
         start: req.payload.timeRange.min,
         end: req.payload.timeRange.max
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/server/routes/api/v1/apm/instance.js b/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/server/routes/api/v1/apm/instance.js
index 7f9a79046d994a..fad9e59902eed9 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/server/routes/api/v1/apm/instance.js
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/server/routes/api/v1/apm/instance.js
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import { getMetrics } from '../../../../lib/details/get_metrics';
 import { metricSet } from './metric_set_overview';
 import { handleError } from '../../../../lib/errors';
 import { getApmInfo } from '../../../../lib/apm';
+import { INDEX_PATTERN_BEATS } from '../../../../../common/constants';
 
 export function apmInstanceRoute(server) {
   server.route({
@@ -35,7 +36,7 @@ export function apmInstanceRoute(server) {
       const config = server.config();
       const clusterUuid = req.params.clusterUuid;
       const ccs = req.payload.ccs;
-      const apmIndexPattern = prefixIndexPattern(config, 'xpack.monitoring.beats.index_pattern', ccs);
+      const apmIndexPattern = prefixIndexPattern(config, INDEX_PATTERN_BEATS, ccs);
 
       try {
         const [ metrics, apmSummary ] = await Promise.all([
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/server/routes/api/v1/apm/instances.js b/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/server/routes/api/v1/apm/instances.js
index ec8c3cdd8d8612..6a5ab2c45b9dcd 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/server/routes/api/v1/apm/instances.js
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/server/routes/api/v1/apm/instances.js
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import Joi from 'joi';
 import { prefixIndexPattern } from '../../../../lib/ccs_utils';
 import { getStats, getApms } from '../../../../lib/apm';
 import { handleError } from '../../../../lib/errors';
+import { INDEX_PATTERN_BEATS } from '../../../../../common/constants';
 
 export function apmInstancesRoute(server) {
   server.route({
@@ -31,7 +32,7 @@ export function apmInstancesRoute(server) {
       const config = server.config();
       const ccs = req.payload.ccs;
       const clusterUuid = req.params.clusterUuid;
-      const apmIndexPattern = prefixIndexPattern(config, 'xpack.monitoring.beats.index_pattern', ccs);
+      const apmIndexPattern = prefixIndexPattern(config, INDEX_PATTERN_BEATS, ccs);
 
       try {
 
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/server/routes/api/v1/apm/overview.js b/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/server/routes/api/v1/apm/overview.js
index ecad1a444f7b01..66e39ce61ff77e 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/server/routes/api/v1/apm/overview.js
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/server/routes/api/v1/apm/overview.js
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import { getMetrics } from '../../../../lib/details/get_metrics';
 import { metricSet } from './metric_set_overview';
 import { handleError } from '../../../../lib/errors';
 import { getApmClusterStatus } from './_get_apm_cluster_status';
+import { INDEX_PATTERN_BEATS } from '../../../../../common/constants';
 
 export function apmOverviewRoute(server) {
   server.route({
@@ -33,7 +34,7 @@ export function apmOverviewRoute(server) {
       const config = server.config();
       const ccs = req.payload.ccs;
       const clusterUuid = req.params.clusterUuid;
-      const apmIndexPattern = prefixIndexPattern(config, 'xpack.monitoring.beats.index_pattern', ccs);
+      const apmIndexPattern = prefixIndexPattern(config, INDEX_PATTERN_BEATS, ccs);
 
       try {
         const [
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/server/routes/api/v1/beats/beat_detail.js b/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/server/routes/api/v1/beats/beat_detail.js
index 7bce52319c7e98..b8020fd007ba9b 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/server/routes/api/v1/beats/beat_detail.js
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/server/routes/api/v1/beats/beat_detail.js
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import { getBeatSummary } from '../../../../lib/beats';
 import { getMetrics } from '../../../../lib/details/get_metrics';
 import { handleError } from '../../../../lib/errors';
 import { metricSet } from './metric_set_detail';
+import { INDEX_PATTERN_BEATS } from '../../../../../common/constants';
 
 export function beatsDetailRoute(server) {
   server.route({
@@ -36,7 +37,7 @@ export function beatsDetailRoute(server) {
       const beatUuid = req.params.beatUuid;
       const config = server.config();
       const ccs = req.payload.ccs;
-      const beatsIndexPattern = prefixIndexPattern(config, 'xpack.monitoring.beats.index_pattern', ccs);
+      const beatsIndexPattern = prefixIndexPattern(config, INDEX_PATTERN_BEATS, ccs);
 
       const summaryOptions = {
         clusterUuid,
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/server/routes/api/v1/beats/beats.js b/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/server/routes/api/v1/beats/beats.js
index f2e7a46f0278a2..282bbf7a353a43 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/server/routes/api/v1/beats/beats.js
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/server/routes/api/v1/beats/beats.js
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import Joi from 'joi';
 import { prefixIndexPattern } from '../../../../lib/ccs_utils';
 import { getStats, getBeats } from '../../../../lib/beats';
 import { handleError } from '../../../../lib/errors';
+import { INDEX_PATTERN_BEATS } from '../../../../../common/constants';
 
 export function beatsListingRoute(server) {
   server.route({
@@ -32,7 +33,7 @@ export function beatsListingRoute(server) {
       const config = server.config();
       const ccs = req.payload.ccs;
       const clusterUuid = req.params.clusterUuid;
-      const beatsIndexPattern = prefixIndexPattern(config, 'xpack.monitoring.beats.index_pattern', ccs);
+      const beatsIndexPattern = prefixIndexPattern(config, INDEX_PATTERN_BEATS, ccs);
 
       try {
 
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/server/routes/api/v1/beats/overview.js b/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/server/routes/api/v1/beats/overview.js
index b2f0267265538a..0fc32f5c3de581 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/server/routes/api/v1/beats/overview.js
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/server/routes/api/v1/beats/overview.js
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import { getMetrics } from '../../../../lib/details/get_metrics';
 import { getLatestStats, getStats } from '../../../../lib/beats';
 import { handleError } from '../../../../lib/errors';
 import { metricSet } from './metric_set_overview';
+import { INDEX_PATTERN_BEATS } from '../../../../../common/constants';
 
 export function beatsOverviewRoute(server) {
   server.route({
@@ -34,7 +35,7 @@ export function beatsOverviewRoute(server) {
       const config = server.config();
       const ccs = req.payload.ccs;
       const clusterUuid = req.params.clusterUuid;
-      const beatsIndexPattern = prefixIndexPattern(config, 'xpack.monitoring.beats.index_pattern', ccs);
+      const beatsIndexPattern = prefixIndexPattern(config, INDEX_PATTERN_BEATS, ccs);
 
       try {
         const [
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/server/routes/api/v1/cluster/cluster.js b/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/server/routes/api/v1/cluster/cluster.js
index 1b0d3d83f13168..7c3344626f852d 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/server/routes/api/v1/cluster/cluster.js
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/server/routes/api/v1/cluster/cluster.js
@@ -8,6 +8,13 @@ import Joi from 'joi';
 import { getClustersFromRequest } from '../../../../lib/cluster/get_clusters_from_request';
 import { handleError } from '../../../../lib/errors';
 import { prefixIndexPattern } from '../../../../lib/ccs_utils';
+import {
+  INDEX_PATTERN_KIBANA,
+  INDEX_PATTERN_ELASTICSEARCH,
+  INDEX_PATTERN_LOGSTASH,
+  INDEX_PATTERN_BEATS,
+  INDEX_ALERTS
+} from '../../../../../common/constants';
 
 export function clusterRoute(server) {
   /*
@@ -33,12 +40,12 @@ export function clusterRoute(server) {
     handler: (req) => {
       const config = server.config();
       const ccs = req.payload.ccs;
-      const esIndexPattern = prefixIndexPattern(config, 'xpack.monitoring.elasticsearch.index_pattern', ccs);
-      const kbnIndexPattern = prefixIndexPattern(config, 'xpack.monitoring.kibana.index_pattern', ccs);
-      const lsIndexPattern = prefixIndexPattern(config, 'xpack.monitoring.logstash.index_pattern', ccs);
-      const beatsIndexPattern = prefixIndexPattern(config, 'xpack.monitoring.beats.index_pattern', ccs);
-      const apmIndexPattern = prefixIndexPattern(config, 'xpack.monitoring.beats.index_pattern', ccs);
-      const alertsIndex = prefixIndexPattern(config, 'xpack.monitoring.cluster_alerts.index', ccs);
+      const esIndexPattern = prefixIndexPattern(config, INDEX_PATTERN_ELASTICSEARCH, ccs);
+      const kbnIndexPattern = prefixIndexPattern(config, INDEX_PATTERN_KIBANA, ccs);
+      const lsIndexPattern = prefixIndexPattern(config, INDEX_PATTERN_LOGSTASH, ccs);
+      const beatsIndexPattern = prefixIndexPattern(config, INDEX_PATTERN_BEATS, ccs);
+      const apmIndexPattern = prefixIndexPattern(config, INDEX_PATTERN_BEATS, ccs);
+      const alertsIndex = prefixIndexPattern(config, INDEX_ALERTS, ccs);
       const indexPatterns = { esIndexPattern, kbnIndexPattern, lsIndexPattern, beatsIndexPattern, apmIndexPattern, alertsIndex };
       const options = {
         clusterUuid: req.params.clusterUuid,
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/server/routes/api/v1/cluster/clusters.js b/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/server/routes/api/v1/cluster/clusters.js
index 5d3a903ab38d71..2ce91020623df6 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/server/routes/api/v1/cluster/clusters.js
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/server/routes/api/v1/cluster/clusters.js
@@ -9,6 +9,13 @@ import { getClustersFromRequest } from '../../../../lib/cluster/get_clusters_fro
 import { verifyMonitoringAuth } from '../../../../lib/elasticsearch/verify_monitoring_auth';
 import { handleError } from '../../../../lib/errors';
 import { prefixIndexPattern } from '../../../../lib/ccs_utils';
+import {
+  INDEX_PATTERN_ELASTICSEARCH,
+  INDEX_PATTERN_KIBANA,
+  INDEX_PATTERN_LOGSTASH,
+  INDEX_PATTERN_BEATS,
+  INDEX_ALERTS
+} from '../../../../../common/constants';
 
 export function clustersRoute(server) {
   /*
@@ -40,12 +47,12 @@ export function clustersRoute(server) {
         // wildcard means to search _all_ clusters
         const ccs = '*';
         const config = server.config();
-        const esIndexPattern = prefixIndexPattern(config, 'xpack.monitoring.elasticsearch.index_pattern', ccs);
-        const kbnIndexPattern = prefixIndexPattern(config, 'xpack.monitoring.kibana.index_pattern', ccs);
-        const lsIndexPattern = prefixIndexPattern(config, 'xpack.monitoring.logstash.index_pattern', ccs);
-        const beatsIndexPattern = prefixIndexPattern(config, 'xpack.monitoring.beats.index_pattern', ccs);
-        const apmIndexPattern = prefixIndexPattern(config, 'xpack.monitoring.beats.index_pattern', ccs);
-        const alertsIndex = prefixIndexPattern(config, 'xpack.monitoring.cluster_alerts.index', ccs);
+        const esIndexPattern = prefixIndexPattern(config, INDEX_PATTERN_ELASTICSEARCH, ccs);
+        const kbnIndexPattern = prefixIndexPattern(config, INDEX_PATTERN_KIBANA, ccs);
+        const lsIndexPattern = prefixIndexPattern(config, INDEX_PATTERN_LOGSTASH, ccs);
+        const beatsIndexPattern = prefixIndexPattern(config, INDEX_PATTERN_BEATS, ccs);
+        const apmIndexPattern = prefixIndexPattern(config, INDEX_PATTERN_BEATS, ccs);
+        const alertsIndex = prefixIndexPattern(config, INDEX_ALERTS, ccs);
         const indexPatterns = { esIndexPattern, kbnIndexPattern, lsIndexPattern, beatsIndexPattern, apmIndexPattern, alertsIndex };
 
         clusters = await getClustersFromRequest(req, indexPatterns);
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/server/routes/api/v1/elasticsearch/ccr.js b/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/server/routes/api/v1/elasticsearch/ccr.js
index b3e85cdcee1e80..9047d1f676e853 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/server/routes/api/v1/elasticsearch/ccr.js
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/server/routes/api/v1/elasticsearch/ccr.js
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import moment from 'moment';
 import { get, groupBy } from 'lodash';
 import { handleError } from '../../../../lib/errors/handle_error';
 import { prefixIndexPattern } from '../../../../lib/ccs_utils';
+import { INDEX_PATTERN_ELASTICSEARCH } from '../../../../../common/constants';
 
 function getBucketScript(max, min) {
   return {
@@ -185,7 +186,7 @@ export function ccrRoute(server) {
     async handler(req) {
       const config = server.config();
       const ccs = req.payload.ccs;
-      const esIndexPattern = prefixIndexPattern(config, 'xpack.monitoring.elasticsearch.index_pattern', ccs);
+      const esIndexPattern = prefixIndexPattern(config, INDEX_PATTERN_ELASTICSEARCH, ccs);
 
       try {
         const { callWithRequest } = req.server.plugins.elasticsearch.getCluster('monitoring');
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/server/routes/api/v1/elasticsearch/ccr_shard.js b/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/server/routes/api/v1/elasticsearch/ccr_shard.js
index cc8268a3599114..955c32d5b6a79f 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/server/routes/api/v1/elasticsearch/ccr_shard.js
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/server/routes/api/v1/elasticsearch/ccr_shard.js
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import Joi from 'joi';
 import { handleError } from '../../../../lib/errors/handle_error';
 import { prefixIndexPattern } from '../../../../lib/ccs_utils';
 import { getMetrics } from '../../../../lib/details/get_metrics';
+import { INDEX_PATTERN_ELASTICSEARCH } from '../../../../../common/constants';
 
 function getFormattedLeaderIndex(leaderIndex) {
   let leader = leaderIndex;
@@ -92,7 +93,7 @@ export function ccrShardRoute(server) {
       const index = req.params.index;
       const shardId = req.params.shardId;
       const ccs = req.payload.ccs;
-      const esIndexPattern = prefixIndexPattern(config, 'xpack.monitoring.elasticsearch.index_pattern', ccs);
+      const esIndexPattern = prefixIndexPattern(config, INDEX_PATTERN_ELASTICSEARCH, ccs);
 
       const filters = [
         {
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/server/routes/api/v1/elasticsearch/index_detail.js b/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/server/routes/api/v1/elasticsearch/index_detail.js
index e27ec33db86ab1..76ba483b0fdd74 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/server/routes/api/v1/elasticsearch/index_detail.js
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/server/routes/api/v1/elasticsearch/index_detail.js
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import { getShardAllocation, getShardStats } from '../../../../lib/elasticsearch
 import { handleError } from '../../../../lib/errors/handle_error';
 import { prefixIndexPattern } from '../../../../lib/ccs_utils';
 import { metricSet } from './metric_set_index_detail';
+import { INDEX_PATTERN_ELASTICSEARCH } from '../../../../../common/constants';
 
 const { advanced: metricSetAdvanced, overview: metricSetOverview } = metricSet;
 
@@ -45,7 +46,7 @@ export function esIndexRoute(server) {
         const indexUuid = req.params.id;
         const start = req.payload.timeRange.min;
         const end = req.payload.timeRange.max;
-        const esIndexPattern = prefixIndexPattern(config, 'xpack.monitoring.elasticsearch.index_pattern', ccs);
+        const esIndexPattern = prefixIndexPattern(config, INDEX_PATTERN_ELASTICSEARCH, ccs);
         const isAdvanced = req.payload.is_advanced;
         const metricSet = isAdvanced ? metricSetAdvanced : metricSetOverview;
 
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/server/routes/api/v1/elasticsearch/indices.js b/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/server/routes/api/v1/elasticsearch/indices.js
index 4e9d434372bae0..22ad4f6e330c47 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/server/routes/api/v1/elasticsearch/indices.js
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/server/routes/api/v1/elasticsearch/indices.js
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import { getIndices } from '../../../../lib/elasticsearch/indices';
 import { getShardStats } from '../../../../lib/elasticsearch/shards';
 import { handleError } from '../../../../lib/errors/handle_error';
 import { prefixIndexPattern } from '../../../../lib/ccs_utils';
+import { INDEX_PATTERN_ELASTICSEARCH } from '../../../../../common/constants';
 
 export function esIndicesRoute(server) {
   server.route({
@@ -38,7 +39,7 @@ export function esIndicesRoute(server) {
       const { clusterUuid } = req.params;
       const { show_system_indices: showSystemIndices } = req.query;
       const { ccs } = req.payload;
-      const esIndexPattern = prefixIndexPattern(config, 'xpack.monitoring.elasticsearch.index_pattern', ccs);
+      const esIndexPattern = prefixIndexPattern(config, INDEX_PATTERN_ELASTICSEARCH, ccs);
 
       try {
         const clusterStats = await getClusterStats(req, esIndexPattern, clusterUuid);
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/server/routes/api/v1/elasticsearch/ml_jobs.js b/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/server/routes/api/v1/elasticsearch/ml_jobs.js
index f6387bd1fa25e5..a84e63539554e8 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/server/routes/api/v1/elasticsearch/ml_jobs.js
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/server/routes/api/v1/elasticsearch/ml_jobs.js
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import { getMlJobs } from '../../../../lib/elasticsearch/get_ml_jobs';
 import { getShardStats } from '../../../../lib/elasticsearch/shards';
 import { handleError } from '../../../../lib/errors/handle_error';
 import { prefixIndexPattern } from '../../../../lib/ccs_utils';
+import { INDEX_PATTERN_ELASTICSEARCH } from '../../../../../common/constants';
 
 export function mlJobRoute(server) {
   server.route({
@@ -34,7 +35,7 @@ export function mlJobRoute(server) {
       const config = server.config();
       const ccs = req.payload.ccs;
       const clusterUuid = req.params.clusterUuid;
-      const esIndexPattern = prefixIndexPattern(config, 'xpack.monitoring.elasticsearch.index_pattern', ccs);
+      const esIndexPattern = prefixIndexPattern(config, INDEX_PATTERN_ELASTICSEARCH, ccs);
 
       try {
         const clusterStats = await getClusterStats(req, esIndexPattern, clusterUuid);
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/server/routes/api/v1/elasticsearch/node_detail.js b/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/server/routes/api/v1/elasticsearch/node_detail.js
index 6f5d37930e7c19..2bec1646f896e9 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/server/routes/api/v1/elasticsearch/node_detail.js
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/server/routes/api/v1/elasticsearch/node_detail.js
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import { getMetrics } from '../../../../lib/details/get_metrics';
 import { handleError } from '../../../../lib/errors/handle_error';
 import { prefixIndexPattern } from '../../../../lib/ccs_utils';
 import { metricSets } from './metric_set_node_detail';
+import { INDEX_PATTERN_ELASTICSEARCH } from '../../../../../common/constants';
 
 const { advanced: metricSetAdvanced, overview: metricSetOverview } = metricSets;
 
@@ -45,7 +46,7 @@ export function esNodeRoute(server) {
       const nodeUuid = req.params.nodeUuid;
       const start = req.payload.timeRange.min;
       const end = req.payload.timeRange.max;
-      const esIndexPattern = prefixIndexPattern(config, 'xpack.monitoring.elasticsearch.index_pattern', ccs);
+      const esIndexPattern = prefixIndexPattern(config, INDEX_PATTERN_ELASTICSEARCH, ccs);
       const isAdvanced = req.payload.is_advanced;
 
       let metricSet;
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/server/routes/api/v1/elasticsearch/nodes.js b/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/server/routes/api/v1/elasticsearch/nodes.js
index 7fe93e1394b219..217cc3d2262c98 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/server/routes/api/v1/elasticsearch/nodes.js
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/server/routes/api/v1/elasticsearch/nodes.js
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import { getNodes } from '../../../../lib/elasticsearch/nodes';
 import { getShardStats } from '../../../../lib/elasticsearch/shards';
 import { handleError } from '../../../../lib/errors/handle_error';
 import { prefixIndexPattern } from '../../../../lib/ccs_utils';
+import { INDEX_PATTERN_ELASTICSEARCH } from '../../../../../common/constants';
 
 export function esNodesRoute(server) {
   server.route({
@@ -34,7 +35,7 @@ export function esNodesRoute(server) {
       const config = server.config();
       const ccs = req.payload.ccs;
       const clusterUuid = req.params.clusterUuid;
-      const esIndexPattern = prefixIndexPattern(config, 'xpack.monitoring.elasticsearch.index_pattern', ccs);
+      const esIndexPattern = prefixIndexPattern(config, INDEX_PATTERN_ELASTICSEARCH, ccs);
 
       try {
         const clusterStats = await getClusterStats(req, esIndexPattern, clusterUuid);
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/server/routes/api/v1/elasticsearch/overview.js b/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/server/routes/api/v1/elasticsearch/overview.js
index ad1d65c67b6b09..068c36f5064e92 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/server/routes/api/v1/elasticsearch/overview.js
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/server/routes/api/v1/elasticsearch/overview.js
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import { getShardStats } from '../../../../lib/elasticsearch/shards';
 import { handleError } from '../../../../lib/errors/handle_error';
 import { prefixIndexPattern } from '../../../../lib/ccs_utils';
 import { metricSet } from './metric_set_overview';
+import { INDEX_PATTERN_ELASTICSEARCH } from '../../../../../common/constants';
 
 export function esOverviewRoute(server) {
   server.route({
@@ -36,7 +37,7 @@ export function esOverviewRoute(server) {
       const config = server.config();
       const ccs = req.payload.ccs;
       const clusterUuid = req.params.clusterUuid;
-      const esIndexPattern = prefixIndexPattern(config, 'xpack.monitoring.elasticsearch.index_pattern', ccs);
+      const esIndexPattern = prefixIndexPattern(config, INDEX_PATTERN_ELASTICSEARCH, ccs);
 
       try {
         const [ clusterStats, metrics, shardActivity ] = await Promise.all([
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/server/routes/api/v1/kibana/instance.js b/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/server/routes/api/v1/kibana/instance.js
index 6486ea530d53f6..39d16c4e6fa97f 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/server/routes/api/v1/kibana/instance.js
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/server/routes/api/v1/kibana/instance.js
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import { handleError } from '../../../../lib/errors';
 import { getMetrics } from '../../../../lib/details/get_metrics';
 import { prefixIndexPattern } from '../../../../lib/ccs_utils';
 import { metricSet } from './metric_set_instance';
+import { INDEX_PATTERN_KIBANA } from '../../../../../common/constants';
 
 /**
  * Kibana instance: This will fetch all data required to display a Kibana
@@ -41,7 +42,7 @@ export function kibanaInstanceRoute(server) {
       const ccs = req.payload.ccs;
       const clusterUuid = req.params.clusterUuid;
       const kibanaUuid = req.params.kibanaUuid;
-      const kbnIndexPattern = prefixIndexPattern(config, 'xpack.monitoring.kibana.index_pattern', ccs);
+      const kbnIndexPattern = prefixIndexPattern(config, INDEX_PATTERN_KIBANA, ccs);
 
       try {
         const [ metrics, kibanaSummary ] = await Promise.all([
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/server/routes/api/v1/kibana/instances.js b/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/server/routes/api/v1/kibana/instances.js
index 580172ecd7ecea..ca076fd8aec64b 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/server/routes/api/v1/kibana/instances.js
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/server/routes/api/v1/kibana/instances.js
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import { prefixIndexPattern } from '../../../../lib/ccs_utils';
 import { getKibanaClusterStatus } from './_get_kibana_cluster_status';
 import { getKibanas } from '../../../../lib/kibana/get_kibanas';
 import { handleError } from '../../../../lib/errors';
+import { INDEX_PATTERN_KIBANA } from '../../../../../common/constants';
 
 export function kibanaInstancesRoute(server) {
   /**
@@ -35,7 +36,7 @@ export function kibanaInstancesRoute(server) {
       const config = server.config();
       const ccs = req.payload.ccs;
       const clusterUuid = req.params.clusterUuid;
-      const kbnIndexPattern = prefixIndexPattern(config, 'xpack.monitoring.kibana.index_pattern', ccs);
+      const kbnIndexPattern = prefixIndexPattern(config, INDEX_PATTERN_KIBANA, ccs);
 
       try {
         const [ clusterStatus, kibanas ] = await Promise.all([
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/server/routes/api/v1/kibana/overview.js b/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/server/routes/api/v1/kibana/overview.js
index b7f396eef138fb..275ac81127b975 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/server/routes/api/v1/kibana/overview.js
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/server/routes/api/v1/kibana/overview.js
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import { getKibanaClusterStatus } from './_get_kibana_cluster_status';
 import { getMetrics } from '../../../../lib/details/get_metrics';
 import { metricSet } from './metric_set_overview';
 import { handleError } from '../../../../lib/errors';
+import { INDEX_PATTERN_KIBANA } from '../../../../../common/constants';
 
 export function kibanaOverviewRoute(server) {
   /**
@@ -36,7 +37,7 @@ export function kibanaOverviewRoute(server) {
       const config = server.config();
       const ccs = req.payload.ccs;
       const clusterUuid = req.params.clusterUuid;
-      const kbnIndexPattern = prefixIndexPattern(config, 'xpack.monitoring.kibana.index_pattern', ccs);
+      const kbnIndexPattern = prefixIndexPattern(config, INDEX_PATTERN_KIBANA, ccs);
 
       try {
         const [ clusterStatus, metrics ] = await Promise.all([
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/server/routes/api/v1/logstash/node.js b/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/server/routes/api/v1/logstash/node.js
index 6916fa871e810b..28755903c82b87 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/server/routes/api/v1/logstash/node.js
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/server/routes/api/v1/logstash/node.js
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import { handleError } from '../../../../lib/errors';
 import { getMetrics } from '../../../../lib/details/get_metrics';
 import { prefixIndexPattern } from '../../../../lib/ccs_utils';
 import { metricSets } from './metric_set_node';
+import { INDEX_PATTERN_LOGSTASH } from '../../../../../common/constants';
 
 const { advanced: metricSetAdvanced, overview: metricSetOverview } = metricSets;
 
@@ -50,7 +51,7 @@ export function logstashNodeRoute(server) {
       const config = server.config();
       const ccs = req.payload.ccs;
       const clusterUuid = req.params.clusterUuid;
-      const lsIndexPattern = prefixIndexPattern(config, 'xpack.monitoring.logstash.index_pattern', ccs);
+      const lsIndexPattern = prefixIndexPattern(config, INDEX_PATTERN_LOGSTASH, ccs);
       const logstashUuid = req.params.logstashUuid;
 
       let metricSet;
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/server/routes/api/v1/logstash/nodes.js b/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/server/routes/api/v1/logstash/nodes.js
index 34e3b6cb2a4ccf..f0af65bccaff5c 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/server/routes/api/v1/logstash/nodes.js
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/server/routes/api/v1/logstash/nodes.js
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import { getClusterStatus } from '../../../../lib/logstash/get_cluster_status';
 import { getNodes } from '../../../../lib/logstash/get_nodes';
 import { handleError } from '../../../../lib/errors';
 import { prefixIndexPattern } from '../../../../lib/ccs_utils';
+import { INDEX_PATTERN_LOGSTASH } from '../../../../../common/constants';
 
 /*
  * Logstash Nodes route.
@@ -45,7 +46,7 @@ export function logstashNodesRoute(server) {
       const config = server.config();
       const ccs = req.payload.ccs;
       const clusterUuid = req.params.clusterUuid;
-      const lsIndexPattern = prefixIndexPattern(config, 'xpack.monitoring.logstash.index_pattern', ccs);
+      const lsIndexPattern = prefixIndexPattern(config, INDEX_PATTERN_LOGSTASH, ccs);
 
       try {
         const [ clusterStatus, nodes ] = await Promise.all([
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/server/routes/api/v1/logstash/overview.js b/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/server/routes/api/v1/logstash/overview.js
index 35fe0271a1885e..c8cfc5b74c9fc6 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/server/routes/api/v1/logstash/overview.js
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/server/routes/api/v1/logstash/overview.js
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import { getMetrics } from '../../../../lib/details/get_metrics';
 import { handleError } from '../../../../lib/errors';
 import { prefixIndexPattern } from '../../../../lib/ccs_utils';
 import { metricSet } from './metric_set_overview';
+import { INDEX_PATTERN_LOGSTASH } from '../../../../../common/constants';
 
 /*
  * Logstash Overview route.
@@ -46,7 +47,7 @@ export function logstashOverviewRoute(server) {
       const config = server.config();
       const ccs = req.payload.ccs;
       const clusterUuid = req.params.clusterUuid;
-      const lsIndexPattern = prefixIndexPattern(config, 'xpack.monitoring.logstash.index_pattern', ccs);
+      const lsIndexPattern = prefixIndexPattern(config, INDEX_PATTERN_LOGSTASH, ccs);
 
       try {
         const [ metrics, clusterStatus ] = await Promise.all([
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/server/routes/api/v1/logstash/pipeline.js b/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/server/routes/api/v1/logstash/pipeline.js
index 3a93dd57a98182..433c48f02b3eaa 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/server/routes/api/v1/logstash/pipeline.js
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/server/routes/api/v1/logstash/pipeline.js
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import Joi from 'joi';
 import { handleError } from '../../../../lib/errors';
 import { getPipeline } from '../../../../lib/logstash/get_pipeline';
 import { prefixIndexPattern } from '../../../../lib/ccs_utils';
+import { INDEX_PATTERN_LOGSTASH } from '../../../../../common/constants';
 
 /*
  * Logstash Pipeline route.
@@ -41,7 +42,7 @@ export function logstashPipelineRoute(server) {
       const config = server.config();
       const ccs = req.payload.ccs;
       const clusterUuid = req.params.clusterUuid;
-      const lsIndexPattern = prefixIndexPattern(config, 'xpack.monitoring.logstash.index_pattern', ccs);
+      const lsIndexPattern = prefixIndexPattern(config, INDEX_PATTERN_LOGSTASH, ccs);
 
       const pipelineId = req.params.pipelineId;
       // Optional params default to empty string, set to null to be more explicit.
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/server/routes/api/v1/logstash/pipelines/cluster_pipelines.js b/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/server/routes/api/v1/logstash/pipelines/cluster_pipelines.js
index 5a90e4ec9e9dc3..247e734360dc91 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/server/routes/api/v1/logstash/pipelines/cluster_pipelines.js
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/server/routes/api/v1/logstash/pipelines/cluster_pipelines.js
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import { getClusterStatus } from '../../../../../lib/logstash/get_cluster_status
 import { getPipelines, processPipelinesAPIResponse } from '../../../../../lib/logstash/get_pipelines';
 import { handleError } from '../../../../../lib/errors';
 import { prefixIndexPattern } from '../../../../../lib/ccs_utils';
+import { INDEX_PATTERN_LOGSTASH } from '../../../../../../common/constants';
 
 /**
  * Retrieve pipelines for a cluster
@@ -35,7 +36,7 @@ export function logstashClusterPipelinesRoute(server) {
       const config = server.config();
       const { ccs } = req.payload;
       const clusterUuid = req.params.clusterUuid;
-      const lsIndexPattern = prefixIndexPattern(config, 'xpack.monitoring.logstash.index_pattern', ccs);
+      const lsIndexPattern = prefixIndexPattern(config, INDEX_PATTERN_LOGSTASH, ccs);
 
       const throughputMetric = 'logstash_cluster_pipeline_throughput';
       const nodesCountMetric = 'logstash_cluster_pipeline_nodes_count';
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/server/routes/api/v1/logstash/pipelines/node_pipelines.js b/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/server/routes/api/v1/logstash/pipelines/node_pipelines.js
index 8aace30bb61f31..faec0791d7c326 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/server/routes/api/v1/logstash/pipelines/node_pipelines.js
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/server/routes/api/v1/logstash/pipelines/node_pipelines.js
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import { getNodeInfo } from '../../../../../lib/logstash/get_node_info';
 import { getPipelines, processPipelinesAPIResponse } from '../../../../../lib/logstash/get_pipelines';
 import { handleError } from '../../../../../lib/errors';
 import { prefixIndexPattern } from '../../../../../lib/ccs_utils';
+import { INDEX_PATTERN_LOGSTASH } from '../../../../../../common/constants';
 
 /**
  * Retrieve pipelines for a node
@@ -36,7 +37,7 @@ export function logstashNodePipelinesRoute(server) {
       const config = server.config();
       const { ccs } = req.payload;
       const { clusterUuid, logstashUuid } = req.params;
-      const lsIndexPattern = prefixIndexPattern(config, 'xpack.monitoring.logstash.index_pattern', ccs);
+      const lsIndexPattern = prefixIndexPattern(config, INDEX_PATTERN_LOGSTASH, ccs);
       const throughputMetric = 'logstash_node_pipeline_throughput';
       const nodesCountMetric = 'logstash_node_pipeline_nodes_count';
       const metricSet = [
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/xpack_main/common/constants.js b/x-pack/plugins/xpack_main/common/constants.js
index 5f0b956fb1da6f..1dec1a2264ea0b 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/xpack_main/common/constants.js
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/xpack_main/common/constants.js
@@ -34,6 +34,12 @@ export const KIBANA_SYSTEM_ID = 'kibana';
  */
 export const BEATS_SYSTEM_ID = 'beats';
 
+/**
+ * The name of the Apm System ID used to publish and look up Apm stats through the Monitoring system.
+ * @type {string}
+ */
+export const APM_SYSTEM_ID = 'beats';
+
 /**
  * The name of the Kibana System ID used to look up Logstash stats through the Monitoring system.
  * @type {string}
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/xpack_main/server/lib/telemetry/monitoring/get_beats_stats.js b/x-pack/plugins/xpack_main/server/lib/telemetry/monitoring/get_beats_stats.js
index 321e2ebdad642c..d38d8f519c047b 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/xpack_main/server/lib/telemetry/monitoring/get_beats_stats.js
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/xpack_main/server/lib/telemetry/monitoring/get_beats_stats.js
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 
 import { get } from 'lodash';
 import { createQuery } from './create_query';
+import { INDEX_PATTERN_BEATS } from '../../../../../monitoring/common/constants';
 
 const HITS_SIZE = 10000; // maximum hits to receive from ES with each search
 
@@ -173,10 +174,8 @@ export function processResults(results = [], { clusters, clusterHostSets, cluste
  * @return {Promise}
  */
 async function fetchBeatsByType(server, callCluster, clusterUuids, start, end, { page = 0, ...options } = {}, type) {
-  const config = server.config();
-
   const params = {
-    index: config.get('xpack.monitoring.beats.index_pattern'),
+    index: INDEX_PATTERN_BEATS,
     ignoreUnavailable: true,
     filterPath: [
       'hits.hits._source.cluster_uuid',
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/xpack_main/server/lib/telemetry/monitoring/get_cluster_uuids.js b/x-pack/plugins/xpack_main/server/lib/telemetry/monitoring/get_cluster_uuids.js
index f573a71b77d5e1..9f8aac44a47282 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/xpack_main/server/lib/telemetry/monitoring/get_cluster_uuids.js
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/xpack_main/server/lib/telemetry/monitoring/get_cluster_uuids.js
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 
 import { get } from 'lodash';
 import { createQuery } from './create_query';
+import { INDEX_PATTERN_ELASTICSEARCH } from '../../../../../monitoring/common/constants';
 
 /**
  * Get a list of Cluster UUIDs that exist within the specified timespan.
@@ -33,7 +34,7 @@ export function getClusterUuids(server, callCluster, start, end) {
 export function fetchClusterUuids(server, callCluster, start, end) {
   const config = server.config();
   const params = {
-    index: config.get('xpack.monitoring.elasticsearch.index_pattern'),
+    index: INDEX_PATTERN_ELASTICSEARCH,
     size: 0,
     ignoreUnavailable: true,
     filterPath: 'aggregations.cluster_uuids.buckets.key',
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/xpack_main/server/lib/telemetry/monitoring/get_es_stats.js b/x-pack/plugins/xpack_main/server/lib/telemetry/monitoring/get_es_stats.js
index 377ce8160f2b49..55198a5ec85d48 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/xpack_main/server/lib/telemetry/monitoring/get_es_stats.js
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/xpack_main/server/lib/telemetry/monitoring/get_es_stats.js
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
  */
 
 import { get } from 'lodash';
+import { INDEX_PATTERN_ELASTICSEARCH } from '../../../../../monitoring/common/constants';
 
 /**
  * Get statistics for all selected Elasticsearch clusters.
@@ -30,7 +31,7 @@ export function getElasticsearchStats(server, callCluster, clusterUuids) {
 export function fetchElasticsearchStats(server, callCluster, clusterUuids) {
   const config = server.config();
   const params = {
-    index: config.get('xpack.monitoring.elasticsearch.index_pattern'),
+    index: INDEX_PATTERN_ELASTICSEARCH,
     size: config.get('xpack.monitoring.max_bucket_size'),
     ignoreUnavailable: true,
     filterPath: [
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/xpack_main/server/lib/telemetry/monitoring/get_high_level_stats.js b/x-pack/plugins/xpack_main/server/lib/telemetry/monitoring/get_high_level_stats.js
index b845fb5115492c..fbbb81d6fd89ea 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/xpack_main/server/lib/telemetry/monitoring/get_high_level_stats.js
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/xpack_main/server/lib/telemetry/monitoring/get_high_level_stats.js
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
 
 import { get } from 'lodash';
 import { createQuery } from './create_query';
+import { INDEX_PATTERN_KIBANA, INDEX_PATTERN_BEATS, INDEX_PATTERN_LOGSTASH } from '../../../../../monitoring/common/constants';
+import { KIBANA_SYSTEM_ID, BEATS_SYSTEM_ID, APM_SYSTEM_ID, LOGSTASH_SYSTEM_ID } from '../../../../common/constants';
 
 /**
  * Update a counter associated with the {@code key}.
@@ -139,6 +141,24 @@ function mapToList(map, keyName) {
   return list;
 }
 
+/**
+ * Returns the right index pattern to find monitoring documents based on the product id
+ *
+ * @param {*} product The product id, which should be in the constants file
+ */
+function getIndexPatternForStackProduct(product) {
+  switch (product) {
+    case KIBANA_SYSTEM_ID:
+      return INDEX_PATTERN_KIBANA;
+    case BEATS_SYSTEM_ID:
+    case APM_SYSTEM_ID:
+      return INDEX_PATTERN_BEATS;
+    case LOGSTASH_SYSTEM_ID:
+      return INDEX_PATTERN_LOGSTASH;
+  }
+  return null;
+}
+
 /**
  * Get statistics about selected Elasticsearch clusters, for the selected {@code product}.
  *
@@ -170,7 +190,7 @@ export function getHighLevelStats(server, callCluster, clusterUuids, start, end,
 export function fetchHighLevelStats(server, callCluster, clusterUuids, start, end, product) {
   const config = server.config();
   const params = {
-    index: config.get(`xpack.monitoring.${product}.index_pattern`),
+    index: getIndexPatternForStackProduct(product),
     size: config.get('xpack.monitoring.max_bucket_size'),
     ignoreUnavailable: true,
     filterPath: [