# Communication between elastic agent and fleet server

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/communication-between-elastic-agent-and-fleet-server/284845>\
**Category:** Elastic Security\
**Tags:** fleet\
**Created:** [September 22, 2021, 10:16am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/communication-between-elastic-agent-and-fleet-server/284845 "2021-09-22T10:16:21Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Paurav\_Thakkar](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/paurav_thakkar/32/78190_2.png) [@Paurav\_Thakkar](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Paurav_Thakkar)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2021, 10:16am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/communication-between-elastic-agent-and-fleet-server/284845/1 "2021-09-22T10:16:21Z")

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Hi,  
I am new to elastic security and I am trying to get a better understanding of it. so how does the elastic agent communicate with fleet server (webhooks or API polling) and will there be any delay when I request some change in fleet server and when it gets implemented in elastic agent?

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [October 20, 2021, 10:17am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/communication-between-elastic-agent-and-fleet-server/284845/2 "2021-10-20T10:17:12Z")

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