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== Installing the Elastic Stack
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This guide is intended for users seeking to install all or part of the Elastic Stack as part of
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clean or fresh installation. If you are upgrading, then please refer to <<upgrading-elastic-stack>>.
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clean or fresh installation. If you are upgrading, then please refer to <<upgrading-elastic-stack>>.
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Beginning with 5.0, installing the Elastic Stack and understanding the compatibility between products
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As a result, when performing any Elastic Stack installation, you should always start with the same
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version across the entire stack. For example, if you select Elasticsearch 5.1.2, then you should also
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select Kibana 5.1.2, Logstash 5.1.2, and Beats 5.1.2.
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=== Installing on the Elastic Cloud
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The Elastic Cloud supports installing Elasticsearch 5.0, Kibana 5.0, and X-Pack 5.0. Unlike the
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Elastic Cloud is the official hosted Elasticsearch and Kibana offering from Elastic and it's designed to be easy. A single click creates an Elasticsearch cluster configured to the size you want, with or without high availability. X-Pack is always installed and provides features such as security and monitoring. Kibana can be enabled on a cluster with a click, and a number of commonly requested plugins are readily available.
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do so by {cloudref}/getting-started.html[running Elasticsearch in the Elastic Cloud].
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Some Elastic Cloud features can be used only with a specific link:https://www.elastic.co/cloud/as-a-service/subscriptions[subscription level]. For example, you can install custom plugins, dictionaries, and scripts only if you are a Gold or Platinum customer.
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To learn more about Elastic Cloud, see our {cloudref}/getting-started.html[getting started documentation]. Or link:https://www.elastic.co/cloud/as-a-service/signup[sign up for a free trial] and start exploring hosted Elasticsearch within minutes.
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A single click in the Elastic Cloud console can upgrade a cluster to a newer version, add more processing capacity, change plugins, and enable or disable high availability, all at the same time. During the upgrade process, Elasticsearch, Kibana, X-Pack and the officially included plugins are all upgraded to the correct version together.
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{cloudref}/_upgrading_to_elasticsearch_5_0.html[Elastic Cloud upgrade process here].
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Although the upgrade process on Elastic Cloud is simple, you are still subject to breaking changes in Elasticsearch, and major version upgrades require a full cluster restart. Minor version upgrades and all other cluster configuration changes are performed with no downtime.
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To avoid downtime on production clusters due to major version upgrades:
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. Provision an additional cluster with the new Elasticsearch version, reindex your data, and send index requests to both clusters temporarily.
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. Verify that the new cluster performs as expected, fix any problems, and then swap in the new cluster permanently.
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. Delete the old cluster to stop incurring additional costs. You are billed extra only for the time that the additional cluster was running. Billing for usage is by the hour.
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To learn more about upgrade process on Elastic Cloud, see {cloudref}/_upgrading_to_elasticsearch_5_0.html[
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Upgrading to Elasticsearch 5.0] and {cloudref}/changing-a-cluster.html#changing-a-cluster[Changing a Cluster]
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