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Matt Apperson • Alvin Chen
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735
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Summary

Beats Central Management, introduced in version 6.5 of the Elastic Stack, offers a centralized Kibana UI for managing and updating Beats configurations, aiming to reduce reliance on external tools like Ansible, Puppet, or Chef. This feature allows users to manage Beats configurations securely and efficiently, even at scale, with the help of tags for organized and flexible configuration management. It is available under the Elastic Gold license or Standard license when using the Elastic Cloud service, ensuring a secure deployment. Key security measures include unique authentication tokens, additional user roles, and auto-expiring enrollment tokens. Although currently in beta, this feature is designed to provide users with a seamless management experience, and feedback is actively encouraged to improve and expand its capabilities.