IMPORTANT: No additional bug fixes or documentation updates will be released for this version. For the latest information, see the current release documentation.
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Fleet and Elastic Agent 8.1.0edit

Review important information about the Fleet and Elastic Agent 8.1.0 release.

Known issuesedit

Default agent policy is no longer created automatically

Details

In prior releases, we provided a default agent policy to make it easier for you to get started quickly. Starting in 8.1.0, the default policy is no longer created automatically; instead, you need to create it explicitly.

Impact

The default policy is no longer available, but we make it easy to create one. To create a default policy, do one of the following:

  • In the Add agent flyout, click the Create policy button. If Collect system logs and metrics is selected, Fleet will create a policy that includes the system integration.
  • Use the Fleet API or preconfiguration to create the policy. To learn how, refer to Create an agent policy without using the UI.
For self-managed deployments, Fleet Server policy is no longer created automatically

Details

In prior releases, we provided a default Fleet Server policy. Starting in 8.1.0, the default Fleet Server policy is no longer created automatically for self-managed deployments; instead, you need to create it explicitly.

The Elastic Cloud agent policy is not changed; it is still available by default when using our hosted Elasticsearch Service on Elastic Cloud.

Impact

The default Fleet Server policy is no longer available, but we make it easy to create one. To create a Fleet Server policy, do one of the following:

New featuresedit

The 8.1.0 release adds the following new and notable features.

Elastic Agent
  • Add support for loading input configurations from external configuration files in standalone mode. You can load inputs from YAML configuration files under the folder {path.config}/inputs.d. #30087

Enhancementsedit

Fleet
  • Add shipper label. #122491
  • Add support for non-superuser access to Fleet and Integrations. #122347
  • Add support for bundling packages as zip archives with Kibana source. #122297
  • Make the default integration install explicit. #121628

Bug fixesedit

Fleet
  • Re-add missing packages to keep up to date list. #125787
  • Trim whitespace from package policy names. #125400
Elastic Agent
  • Fix agent configuration overwritten by default Fleet config. #29297
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