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docs: when to update Elastic Agents (#1186)
### Motivation Improve documentation for Elastic Agents management. <!-- TODO: Say why you made your changes. --> ### Modifications - Add a "When to update" section - Add a table of contents <!-- TODO: Say what changes you made. --> <!-- TODO: Attach screenshots if you changed the UI. --> ### Verification <!-- TODO: Say how you tested your changes. -->
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# Elastic Agent
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## Table of contents
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- [Overview](#overview)
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- [Fleet](#fleet)
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- [Installation](#installation)
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- [Configuration](#configuration)
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- [When to update](#when-to-update)
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- [Investigating the metrics](#investigating-the-metrics)
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## Overview
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The agent runs as a DaemonSet and collects:
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- Collect Kubernetes container logs has been de-activated. We already collect these logs using Fluent Bit and we want to avoid duplication.
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- Collect Kubernetes events from Kubernetes API Server has been de-activated. We already collect these events using Event exporter and we want to avoid duplication.
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## When to update
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- Update Elastic Agent whenever the Elastic Stack (e.g. Elastic Cloud) is upgraded to keep versions aligned.
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- Perform updates via Helm (code change), not directly in Elastic Fleet, to avoid configuration drift.
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- Also update for critical fixes or security advisories from Elastic.
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## Investigating the metrics
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Index: `metrics-*`

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