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Although {{kib}} is not required to use {{es}}, it is included by default when you use deployment methods such as {{serverless-full}}.
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$$$stack-components$$$
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The {{search-platform}} has components for ingesting, storing, searching, analyzing, and visualizing data at scale:
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The {{search-platform}} has components for ingesting, storing, and exploring data at scale:
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Continue reading to learn how these components work together.
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## Ingest [_ingest]
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Elastic provides a number of components that ingest data.
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Collect and ship logs, metrics, and other types of data with {{agent}} or {{beats}}.
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Manage your {{agents}} with {{fleet}}.
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Collect detailed performance information with Elastic APM.
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There are multiple methods for ingesting data in the {{search-platform}}.
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For example, you can collect and ship logs, metrics, and other types of data with {{agent}} or collect detailed performance information with Elastic APM.
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If you want to transform and enrich data before it's stored, you can use {{es}} ingest pipelines or {{ls}}.
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If you want to transform or enrich data before it's stored, you can use {{es}} ingest pipelines or {{ls}}.
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Trying to decide which ingest component to use? Refer to [](/manage-data/ingest.md) to help you decide.
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Trying to decide which ingest components to use? Refer to [](/manage-data/ingest.md) and [](/manage-data/ingest/tools.md).
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### {{fleet}} and {{agent}} [stack-components-agent]
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## Store, search, and analyze [_store]
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{{es}} is the distributed search, storage, and analytics engine at the heart of the {{search-platform}}.
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{{es}} is the distributed storage, search, and analytics engine at the heart of the {{search-platform}}.
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You can use the {{es}} clients to access data directly by using common programming languages.
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### {{es}} [stack-components-elasticsearch]
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Learn more about [the {{es}} data store](/manage-data/data-store.md), its [distributed architecture](/deploy-manage/distributed-architecture.md), and [APIs](elasticsearch://reference/elasticsearch/rest-apis/index.md).
The clients provide a convenient mechanism to manage API requests and responses to and from {{es}} from popular languages such as Java, Ruby, Go, Python, and others.
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Both official and community contributed clients are available.
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[Learn more about the {{es}} clients](/reference/elasticsearch-clients/index.md).
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## Explore and visualize [_consume]
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Use {{kib}} to explore and visualize the data that's stored in {{es}} and to manage the {{search-platform}}.
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You can use the {{es}} clients to access data directly by using common programming languages.
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It is also the home for the {{es}}, Elastic {{observability}} and {{elastic-sec}} [solutions](/get-started/introduction.md).
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### {{kib}} [stack-components-kibana]
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It also has [query tools](/explore-analyze/query-filter/tools.md) such as **Console**, which provides an interactive way to send requests directly to the {{es}} API and view the responses.
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For secure, automated access, you can create and manage API keys to authenticate your scripts and applications.
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[Learn more about {{kib}}](/explore-analyze/index.md).
The clients provide a convenient mechanism to manage API requests and responses to and from {{es}} from popular languages such as Java, Ruby, Go, Python, and others.
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Both official and community contributed clients are available.
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[Learn more about the {{es}} clients](/reference/elasticsearch-clients/index.md).
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[Learn more about {{kib}}](/explore-analyze/index.md).
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