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AutoOps FAQ

Elastic Cloud Hosted

Here are answers to some common questions about AutoOps.

What does AutoOps do?
AutoOps for Elasticsearch significantly simplifies cluster management with performance recommendations, resource utilization and cost insights, real-time issue detection and resolution paths. By analyzing hundreds of Elasticsearch metrics, your configuration, and usage patterns, AutoOps recommends operational and monitoring insights that deliver savings in administration time and hardware costs.
Will AutoOps be available for Elastic Cloud Serverless and self-hosted users?
AutoOps will be available for Elastic Cloud Serverless and self-hosted customers with a different set of capabilities in the future.
Does AutoOps monitor the entire Elastic Stack?
AutoOps is currently limited to Elasticsearch (not Kibana, Logstash, and Beats).
What versions of Elasticsearch are supported for Elastic Cloud Hosted?
AutoOps supports Elasticsearch versions according to the supported Elastic Stack versions.
How is AutoOps currently licensed?
AutoOps' current feature set is available to Elastic Cloud Hosted customers at all subscription tiers. For more information, refer to the subscription page.
How does AutoOps get installed and why may I not see AutoOps available on specific deployments?
AutoOps is automatically applied to Elasticsearch clusters on Elastic Cloud, rolling out in phases across CSPs and regions. Read more about AutoOps regions.
Can AutoOps currently automatically resolve issues?
AutoOps only analyzes metrics, and is a read-only solution.
How long does Elastic retain AutoOps data?
Currently, AutoOps has a four-day retention period for all Elastic Cloud Hosted customers.
Where are AutoOps metrics stored, and does AutoOps affect customer ECU usage?
AutoOps metrics are stored internally within the Elastic infrastructure, not on customer deployments. So using AutoOps does not consume customer ECU.
Has AutoOps replaced Stack Monitoring?

Currently, AutoOps has many of the same features as Stack Monitoring as well as several new ones. However, it only provides insights on Elasticsearch and analyzes metrics, but not logs. Read more in AutoOps and Stack Monitoring comparison.