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Next steps overview

Start these steps after you receive the Your deployment is ready notification.

The notification confirms that platform readiness checks have passed and provides the available Elasticsearch, Kibana, and Fleet endpoints.

Complete the following steps in order.

1. Reset the Elastic password

Reset the initial Elasticsearch administrator password before sharing platform access or configuring integrations.

Reset the administrator password.

2. Configure networking

Configure the network path required for your deployment.

If public access is enabled

Verify that the required public endpoints are reachable from the networks that need access.

If private access is required

Create an Azure Private Endpoint using the Private Link information provided for the deployment and make sure the required client networks can reach it.

Configure private access.

3. Configure DNS

Configure DNS for the endpoints you plan to use.

Platform-provided DNS domain

Use the hostnames provided by the platform. Additional customer DNS records might not be required.

Company-owned DNS domain

Create the required DNS records using the endpoint information provided by the platform.

For private access, make sure the service hostnames resolve to the Private Endpoint from the required client networks.

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4. Configure certificates

Complete the certificate workflow for the service hostnames that require customer-provided certificates.

Make sure the certificate covers the required Elasticsearch, Kibana, and Fleet hostnames and is trusted by the clients that will connect to them.

Configure TLS certificates.

5. Verify access

After networking, DNS, and certificates are configured, verify:

  1. DNS resolution;
  2. HTTPS connectivity;
  3. TLS certificate validation;
  4. Elasticsearch access;
  5. Kibana access.

Verify Elasticsearch and Kibana access.

Platform ready for use

After access verification succeeds, continue to Operate to:

  • configure users and single sign-on;
  • onboard search or observability data;
  • use Elasticsearch and Kibana;
  • monitor and manage the platform.

If a step fails, see Get Help.