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Elastic Agent configuration

The following pages provide insights into the default configurations of the Elastic Agent in different environments and scenarios, as well as examples of Elastic Agent configuration for different custom use cases.

  • Default configuration - Standalone Elastic Agent
  • Default configuration - Elastic Agent on Kubernetes
  • Configure metrics collection
  • Configure logs collection
  • Configure profiles collection
  • Monitor internal metrics
  • Authentication methods
  • Configure tracing collection
  • Custom data stream routing
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      • Custom data stream routing
      • Migrate components
      • Proxy settings
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