# Confirm connection
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/confirm-connection/309498
**Category:** Beats
**Tags:** fleet
**Created:** [July 13, 2022, 7:31am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/confirm-connection/309498 "2022-07-13T07:31:46Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@puritymind85](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/puritymind85)
#### Post date: [July 13, 2022, 7:31am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/confirm-connection/309498/1 "2022-07-13T07:31:46Z")
Hello. Configuring ELK it is necessary to configure fleet and agent. The agent is running on the 3rd installation point fleet still shows Confirm connection. Tell me what could be the problem?
Everything is installed on one server. version 8.3. IP is specified, services are running.
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### Author:  [@MichelLaterman](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/MichelLaterman)
#### Post date: [July 18, 2022, 6:39pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/confirm-connection/309498/2 "2022-07-18T18:39:48Z")
Hello,
I'm not sure if I understand your question entirely.
You do not need to run fleet/elastic-agent when running Elasticsearch. The elastic-agent is meant to assist in collecting information, and fleet is used to manage agent lifecycles and configuration.
The elastic-agent can run in stand-alone mode (without fleet): [Install standalone Elastic Agents (advanced users) | Fleet and Elastic Agent Guide [8.3] | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/fleet/current/install-standalone-elastic-agent.html).
However if you want to be able to be able to configure the agents and update them through the UI fleet is required.
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [August 15, 2022, 8:39pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/confirm-connection/309498/3 "2022-08-15T20:39:53Z")
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