---
title: Enable an Elastic Managed integration
description: Enable an Elastic Managed integration in Kibana to ingest data from a cloud source. Elastic provisions and manages the collector for you.
url: https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/elastic/docs-content/pull/7375/manage-data/ingest/managed-integrations/enable-managed-integration
products:
  - Elastic Agent
  - Elastic Cloud Hosted
  - Elastic Cloud Serverless
  - Elastic Observability
  - Elastic Security
  - Elasticsearch
  - Fleet
applies_to:
  - Elastic Cloud Serverless: Preview
  - Elastic Stack: Preview from 9.0 to 9.4
---

# Enable an Elastic Managed integration
Enable an Elastic Managed integration in Kibana to start collecting data from a cloud source. Elastic provisions and operates the collector for you on Elastic-managed infrastructure, so there's nothing to install or maintain. For details on the architecture, refer to [Elastic Managed integrations](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/elastic/docs-content/pull/7375/manage-data/ingest/managed-integrations/managed-integrations).

## Before you begin

To enable an Elastic Managed integration, you need:
- One of these deployment types:
  - An Elastic Cloud Serverless project
- An Elastic Cloud Hosted deployment on version 9.5 or later, or on version 9.0 to 9.4 to use the technical preview
- The `Fleet: All` and `Integrations: All` [Kibana privileges](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/elastic/docs-content/pull/7375/reference/fleet/fleet-roles-privileges) to create or edit an Elastic Managed integration. These are the same privileges required for any Fleet integration.


## Find Elastic Managed integrations

<applies-to>
  - Elastic Stack: Preview from 9.2 to 9.4
</applies-to>

To find which Elastic integrations can run as Elastic Managed integrations in Kibana:
<applies-switch>
  <applies-item title="{serverless: preview, stack: ga 9.5+}" applies-to="Elastic Cloud Serverless: Preview, Elastic Stack: Planned">
    1. In Kibana, find **Integrations** in the navigation menu or use the [global search field](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/elastic/docs-content/pull/7375/explore-analyze/find-and-organize/find-apps-and-objects).
    2. Open the **Setup method** filter and select **Managed Integration**.
  </applies-item>

  <applies-item title="stack: preview =9.4" applies-to="Elastic Stack: Preview in 9.4">
    1. In Kibana, find **Integrations** in the navigation menu or use the [global search field](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/elastic/docs-content/pull/7375/explore-analyze/find-and-organize/find-apps-and-objects).
    2. Open the **Setup method** filter and select **Agentless**.
  </applies-item>

  <applies-item title="stack: preview 9.2-9.3" applies-to="Elastic Stack: Preview from 9.2 to 9.3">
    1. In Kibana, find **Integrations** in the navigation menu or use the [global search field](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/elastic/docs-content/pull/7375/explore-analyze/find-and-organize/find-apps-and-objects).
    2. Enable the **Only agentless integrations** toggle.
  </applies-item>
</applies-switch>

For a complete list of integrations that can run as Elastic Managed integrations, refer to [Managed integrations quick reference](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/elastic/integration-docs/tree/main/reference/managed_integrations).

## Enable the integration

1. In Kibana, go to **Integrations** and select an integration that can be deployed as an Elastic Managed integration.
2. Select **Add `<integration>`**.
3. Provide the credentials and any other required configuration for the source.
4. Choose the deployment mode:
   - <applies-to>Elastic Cloud Serverless: Preview, Elastic Stack: Planned</applies-to> In the **Deployment** section, select **Elastic Managed Integration**.
- <applies-to>Elastic Stack: Preview from 9.0 to 9.4</applies-to> In the **Deployment options** section, select **Agentless**.
5. Select **Save and continue**.

Within a few minutes, data from the source appears in the integration's data streams in your cluster.
<tip>
  For integrations that authenticate to a cloud provider, you can use [cloud connector authentication](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/elastic/docs-content/pull/7375/manage-data/ingest/managed-integrations/cloud-connector-deployment) to avoid managing API keys directly.
</tip>


## Next steps

- Learn more about [how Elastic Managed integrations work](/elastic/docs-content/pull/7375/manage-data/ingest/managed-integrations/managed-integrations#managed-integrations-architecture).
- Review common questions in the [Elastic Managed integrations FAQ](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/elastic/docs-content/pull/7375/manage-data/ingest/managed-integrations/managed-integrations-faq).