Install Elastic Agents in a containerized environment
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You can run Elastic Agent inside of a container — either with Fleet Server or standalone. Docker images for all versions of Elastic Agent are available from the Elastic Docker registry, and we provide deployment manifests for running on Kubernetes.
To learn how to run Elastic Agents in a containerized environment, see:
Run Elastic Agent on Kubernetes using Helm (Fleet-managed and standalone)
Using a custom ingest pipeline with the Kubernetes Integration
Run Elastic Agent on ECK — for Elastic Cloud on Kubernetes users
Enrollment handling for Elastic Agent in a containerized environment has some special nuances. For details refer to Enrollment handing for containerized agents.