# Elastic Agent and Fleet Server Communication

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-agent-and-fleet-server-communication/284823>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** fleet, elastic-agent\
**Created:** [September 22, 2021, 9:06am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-agent-and-fleet-server-communication/284823 "2021-09-22T09:06:22Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Mann\_Mehta](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/mann_mehta/32/84916_2.png) [@Mann\_Mehta](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Mann_Mehta)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2021, 9:06am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-agent-and-fleet-server-communication/284823/1 "2021-09-22T09:06:22Z")

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Need a deeper understanding of how authentication workflow is implemented during the first time installation of elastic agent and how the communication of elastic agent with the fleet server is organized.

I have gone through the publicly available docs that will be helpful if I get to know this in much more detail.

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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, 9:07am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-agent-and-fleet-server-communication/284823/2 "2021-10-20T09:07:10Z")

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