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[[fleet]]
= {fleet}

{fleet} in {kib} enables you to add and manage integrations for popular
services and platforms, as well as manage {elastic-agent} installations in
standalone or {fleet} mode.

Standalone mode requires you to manually configure and manage the agent locally.

{fleet} mode offers several advantages:

* A central place to configure and monitor your {agent}s.
* An overview of the data ingest in your {es} cluster.
* Multiple integrations to collect and transform data.

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image::fleet/images/fleet-start.png[{fleet} app in {kib}]

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== Get started

To get started with {fleet}, refer to the
{fleet-guide}/index.html[{fleet}] docs.
