Add plugins provided with Elastic Cloud Enterprise

You can use a variety of Elasticsearch plugins that are compatible with your version of Elasticsearch. When you upgrade to a new Elasticsearch version, these plugins are upgraded with the rest of your deployment, unless there are breaking changes.

Different versions of Elasticsearch support different plugins. If a plugin is listed for your version, you can enable it on the deployment.

Add plugins when creating a new Elastic Cloud Enterprise deployment

Log into the Cloud UI and select Create deployment.
Make your initial deployment selections, then select Advanced settings.
Beneath the Elasticsearch master node, expand the Manage plugins and settings caret.
Select the plugins you want.
Select Create deployment.

The deployment spins up with the plugins installed.

Add plugins to an existing Elastic Cloud Enterprise deployment

Log into the Cloud UI.
On the Deployments page, select your deployment.

Narrow the list by name, ID, or choose from several other filters. To further define the list, use a combination of filters.
From your deployment menu, go to the Edit page.
Beneath the Elasticsearch master node, expand the Manage plugins and settings caret.
Select the plugins that you want.
Select Save changes.

There is no downtime when adding plugins to highly available deployments. The deployment is updated with new nodes that have the plugins installed.