[8.x](backport #5999) Add failureThreshold to elastic-agent self-monitoring config #6090
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What does this PR do?
Use
failure_threshold
introduced in elastic/beats#41570 in self-monitoring configuration to avoid elastic-agent reporting DEGRADED if it fails to fetch metrics due to a component starting/stopping.The default value for the failure threshold is set to 2 but it can be configured via config file or fleet policy.
Why is it important?
It is important to avoid a misrepresentation of agent status due to a single metrics fetch erroring out once.
See #5332
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[ ] I have made corresponding changes to the documentation[ ] I have made corresponding change to the default configuration files[ ] I have added an entry in./changelog/fragments
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