---
title: Find your project connection details
description: When you connect clients and tools to a Elastic Cloud Serverless project, these are the main connection details you'll work with: Open your Serverless...
url: https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/elastic/docs-content/pull/7825/deploy-manage/deploy/elastic-cloud/find-connection-details-serverless
products:
  - Elastic Cloud Serverless
applies_to:
  - Elastic Cloud Serverless: Generally available
---

# Find your project connection details
When you connect clients and tools to a Elastic Cloud Serverless project, these are the main connection details you'll work with:
<definitions>
  <definition term="Elasticsearch endpoint">
    The HTTPS URL you use to send requests to your project. Most clients, SDKs, and integrations connect with this URL plus an API key.
  </definition>
  <definition term="API key">
    Authenticates the client to your project. Serverless does not support username and password authentication for these connections.
  </definition>
  <definition term="Cloud ID">
    A unique, encoded string that represents your project's Elasticsearch endpoint (and, where applicable, Kibana endpoint) in a compact form. Compatible clients can use it instead of configuring host URLs individually: the client resolves those endpoints from the Cloud ID.
  </definition>
</definitions>


## Find your Elasticsearch endpoint and Cloud ID

1. Open your Serverless project.
2. Select the **Help** icon in the upper right corner, and then select **Connection Details**.
3. From the **Endpoints** tab, copy the **Elasticsearch endpoint**.
   ![Connection Details flyout showing the Elasticsearch endpoint for a serverless project](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/elastic/docs-content/pull/7825/solutions/images/kibana-serverless-connection-details.png)
4. To copy the **Cloud ID**, enable **Show Cloud ID**, then copy the value.


## Create an API key

You can create an API key from your project's home page, or open the **API keys** page from the navigation menu or with the [global search field](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/elastic/docs-content/pull/7825/explore-analyze/find-and-organize/find-apps-and-objects).
For steps, privileges, and key types, refer to [Serverless project API keys](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/elastic/docs-content/pull/7825/deploy-manage/api-keys/serverless-project-api-keys).

## Next steps

After you have your project's connection details, use them to configure a client or data shipper. Explore these pages:
- [Beats for Elasticsearch Serverless](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/elastic/beats/tree/main/reference/serverless/beats): Configure Beats to send logs, metrics, and other data using your Elasticsearch endpoint and API key.
- [Sending data to Elasticsearch Serverless](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/elastic/logstash/tree/main/reference/connecting-to-serverless): Configure Logstash to send data to your project.
- [Install Elastic Agent](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/elastic/docs-content/pull/7825/reference/fleet/install-elastic-agents): Collect and ship data with Elastic Agent and Fleet.
- [Elasticsearch language clients](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/elastic/docs-content/pull/7825/reference/elasticsearch-clients): Connect applications to your project with an official client library.
- [Ingest: Bring your data to Elastic](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/elastic/docs-content/pull/7825/manage-data/ingest): Browse other ingest options, from APIs and connectors to OpenTelemetry.