Deploy an Elastic Cloud on Kubernetes orchestrator
Elastic Cloud on Kubernetes extends Kubernetes orchestration capabilities to allow you to deploy and manage components of the Elastic Stack. Availability This functionality is generally available and ready for production usage. This documentation corresponds to the latest patch available for each minor version. If you're not using the latest patch, check the release notes for changes.
ECK
Generally available
With Elastic Cloud on Kubernetes (ECK), you can extend the basic Kubernetes orchestration capabilities to easily deploy, secure, upgrade your Elasticsearch cluster, along with other Elastic applications.
In this section, you'll learn how to do the following:
- Installing the ECK Operator: Learn different installation methods, including Helm and YAML manifests.
- Deploying in air-gapped environments: Follow best practices for installing and operating ECK in restricted networks.
- Configuring ECK: Understand the available configuration options to optimize your ECK deployment.
To learn how to deploy Elasticsearch, Kibana, or other Elastic applications using ECK, refer to Manage deployments in Elastic Cloud on Kubernetes.
For a quickstart experience covering installation of ECK and deployment of an Elasticsearch cluster with a Kibana instance, refer to Elastic Cloud on Kubernetes > Quickstart