IMPORTANT: No additional bug fixes or documentation updates
will be released for this version. For the latest information, see the
current release documentation.
Installation layout
editInstallation layout
editElastic Agent files are installed in the following locations.
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/Library/Elastic/Agent/* - Elastic Agent program files
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/Library/Elastic/Agent/elastic-agent.yml - Main Elastic Agent configuration
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/Library/Elastic/Agent/fleet.enc - Main Elastic Agent Fleet encrypted configuration
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/Library/Elastic/Agent/data/elastic-agent-*/logs/elastic-agent.ndjson - Log files for Elastic Agent and Beats shippers [1]
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/usr/bin/elastic-agent - Shell wrapper installed into PATH
You can install Elastic Agent in a custom base path other than /Library. When installing Elastic Agent with the ./elastic-agent install
command, use the --base-path CLI option to specify the custom base path.
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/opt/Elastic/Agent/* - Elastic Agent program files
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/opt/Elastic/Agent/elastic-agent.yml - Main Elastic Agent configuration
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/opt/Elastic/Agent/fleet.enc - Main Elastic Agent Fleet encrypted configuration
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/opt/Elastic/Agent/data/elastic-agent-*/logs/elastic-agent.ndjson - Log files for Elastic Agent and Beats shippers [1]
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/usr/bin/elastic-agent - Shell wrapper installed into PATH
You can install Elastic Agent in a custom base path other than /opt. When installing Elastic Agent with the ./elastic-agent install
command, use the --base-path CLI option to specify the custom base path.
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C:\Program Files\Elastic\Agent* - Elastic Agent program files
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C:\Program Files\Elastic\Agent\elastic-agent.yml - Main Elastic Agent configuration
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C:\Program Files\Elastic\Agent\fleet.enc - Main Elastic Agent Fleet encrypted configuration
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C:\Program Files\Elastic\Agent\data\elastic-agent-*\logs\elastic-agent.ndjson - Log files for Elastic Agent and Beats shippers [1]
You can install Elastic Agent in a custom base path other than C:\Program Files. When installing Elastic Agent with the .\elastic-agent.exe install
command, use the --base-path CLI option to specify the custom base path.
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/usr/share/elastic-agent/* - Elastic Agent program files
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/etc/elastic-agent/elastic-agent.yml - Main Elastic Agent configuration
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/etc/elastic-agent/fleet.enc - Main Elastic Agent Fleet encrypted configuration
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/var/lib/elastic-agent/data/elastic-agent-*/logs/elastic-agent.ndjson - Log files for Elastic Agent and Beats shippers [1]
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/usr/bin/elastic-agent - Shell wrapper installed into PATH
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/usr/share/elastic-agent/* - Elastic Agent program files
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/etc/elastic-agent/elastic-agent.yml - Main Elastic Agent configuration
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/etc/elastic-agent/fleet.enc - Main Elastic Agent Fleet encrypted configuration
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/var/lib/elastic-agent/data/elastic-agent-*/logs/elastic-agent.ndjson - Log files for Elastic Agent and Beats shippers [1]
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/usr/bin/elastic-agent - Shell wrapper installed into PATH
[1] Logs file names end with a date (
YYYYMMDD) and optional number: elastic-agent-YYYYMMDD.ndjson, elastic-agent-YYYYMMDD-1.ndjson, and so on as new files are created during rotation.