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dedemorton authored Jul 30, 2021
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[[beats-agent-comparison]]
= {beats} and {agent} capabilities

//QUESTION: I think we need a short intro here for new users who don't know
//about Beats, but might need to consider using it if the service they want to
//monitor is not yet covered by agent. Is this good enough?

Elastic provides two main ways to send data to {es}:

* *{beats}* are lightweight data shippers that send operational data to
{es}. Elastic provides separate {beats} for different types of data, such as
logs, metrics, and uptime. Depending on what data you want to collect, you may
need to install mutliple shippers on a single host.

//QUESTION: Should I list the Beats by name here? Or maybe describe capabilities:
//audit data, log files, cloud data, availability, systems journals, metrics,
//network traffic, and Windows event logs." when written out, it's clear that
//beats have more functionality right now. That's true, but is that what we
//want to convey?

* *{agent}* is a single agent for logs, metrics, security data, and threat
prevention. {agent} supports central management through {fleet}.

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|UNIX
|{y} (beta)
|NEED INFO HERE
|{y} (beta)
|===

[discrete]
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NOTE: {endpoint-sec} has a different output matrix.

//QUESTION: Is the endpoint matrix available somewhere so that I can point to it?

[options,header]
|===
|Output |Beats |{fleet}-managed {agent} |Standalone {agent}
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[[supported-configurations]]
== Supported configurations

//QUESTION: I've removed the verbs and gerunds from the config description
//because they made the info harder to scan. I think the verb/gerund is
//implied by the section title here and not required. Plus the link to the Beats
//docs removes ambiguities.

[options,header]
|===
|Beats configuration |{agent} support
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