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You do not need to configure any settings to use Kibana machine learning features. They are enabled by default.
General machine learning settings
xpack.ml.enabledSet to
true(default) to enable Kibana machine learning features.If set to
falseinkibana.yml, the machine learning icon is hidden in this Kibana instance. Ifxpack.ml.enabledis set totrueinelasticsearch.yml, however, you can still use the machine learning APIs. To disable machine learning entirely, see the Elasticsearch machine learning settings.