Document deployment types in Elastic Docs

Elastic supports multiple deployment types: self-managed, Elastic Cloud on Kubernetes, Elastic Cloud Enterprise, Elastic Cloud Hosted, and Elastic Cloud Serverless. The same task, such as configuring a setting or setting up monitoring, can require different steps on different deployment types. Some features aren't available on every deployment type.

We document the Elastic Stack across all deployment types in a single source of truth where possible, and handle variation explicitly when needed.

• Deployment types reference for docs contributors: An introduction to the available deployment types, the stack components and flavors available on each, and a primer on where user-facing tasks differ across them.
• Strategies for documenting across deployment types: Editorial approaches, IA placement guidance, examples, and review symptoms for content that varies by deployment type.

• Write cumulative documentation: How to tag content with applies_to
• Deployment options: User-facing overview
• Deploy and manage: Full user-facing deployment documentation