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Elastic Docs You are viewing previous versions of the Elastic Docs. To view the latest versions, go to elastic.co/docs. Welcome to the docs that cover all changes in Elastic Stack 8.19 and earlier. To view the docs for the latest Elastic product versions, including Elastic Stack 9.1 and Elastic Cloud Serverless, go to elastic.co/docs. Browse all docs API reference Release docs Solutions Platform Deploy Search Build custom applications with your data using Elasticsearch. Get started View Elasticsearch docs Observability Monitor applications and systems with Elastic Observability. Get started View Observability docs Security Detect, investigate, and respond to threats with Elastic Security. Get started View Security docs Elasticsearch The core distributed search and analytics engine at the heart of the Elastic platform. View Elasticsearch docs Logstash A data collection engine with real-time pipelining capabilities. View Logstash docs Kibana Kibana gives shape to your data and is the extensible user interface of the Elastic platform. View Kibana docs Fleet and Elastic Agent A unified method to collect logs, metrics, and security data. View Fleet and Elastic Agent docs Beats Lightweight data shippers that send data to your cluster. View Beats docs Elastic Cloud Enterprise Deploy Elastic Cloud on public or private clouds, virtual machines, or your own premises. View Elastic Cloud Enterprise docs Elastic Cloud on Kubernetes Deploy Elastic Cloud on Kubernetes. View Elastic Cloud Kubernetes docs Self managed Install, configure, and run Elastic products on your own premises. 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