Self-managed custom LLMs

You can set up connectors for self-managed LLMs to maintain more control of your data, operate in an air-gapped environment, or use specific open-source models of your choosing.

For model performance on Elastic Security and Observability AI tasks, refer to the LLM performance matrix for Observability and the LLM performance matrix for Elastic Security.

The following guides describe how to set up self-managed LLMs for Elastic Security and Observability.

Self-managed LLMs for Elastic Security:

• For production environments or air-gapped environments, you can connect to vLLM.
• For test environments, you can connect to LM Studio.

Self-managed LLMs for Observability:

• For production, test, or air-gapped environments, you can connect to LM Studio.