---
title: Elastic Agent to Elasticsearch: Agent installed
description: Find the integration for your data source. In Kibana,  go to Management> Integrations.Enable the integration and set up Elastic Agent.Launch discover/dashboard...
url: https://www.elastic.co/docs/manage-data/ingest/ingest-reference-architectures/agent-installed
products:
  - Elastic Agent
  - Elastic Stack
applies_to:
  - Elastic Cloud Serverless: Generally available
  - Elastic Stack: Generally available
---

# Elastic Agent to Elasticsearch: Agent installed
![Image showing Elastic Agent collecting data and sending to Elasticsearch](https://www.elastic.co/docs/manage-data/images/ingest-ea-agent-installed.png)

<definitions>
  <definition term="Ingest model">
    Control path: Elastic Agent to Fleet to Elasticsearch Data path: Elastic Agent to Elasticsearch
  </definition>
  <definition term="Use when">
    An Elastic Agent integration exists in the Kibana integrations UI for the software you want to monitor, observe, and protect.
  </definition>
  <definition term="Examples">
    - System integration that collects metrics and logs from operating systems
    - Kubernetes integration that collects metrics and logs from Kubernetes master and worker nodes, and from workloads running on worker node pods
  </definition>
</definitions>


## Process overview

- Find the integration for your data source. In Kibana,  go to **Management> Integrations**.
- Enable the integration and set up Elastic Agent.
- Launch discover/dashboard to explore.

For details and next steps, check out the [Elastic Agent integrations](https://docs.elastic.co/en/integrations) docs for your data source.