# Elastic Agent installation options for AWS integration

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-agent-installation-options-for-aws-integration/323148>\
**Category:** Elastic Observability\
**Tags:** fleet\
**Created:** [January 13, 2023, 3:31pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-agent-installation-options-for-aws-integration/323148 "2023-01-13T15:31:36Z")\
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**Author:** ![javaripa](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/javaripa/32/109882_2.png) [@javaripa](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/javaripa)\
**Post date:** [January 13, 2023, 3:31pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-agent-installation-options-for-aws-integration/323148/1 "2023-01-13T15:31:36Z")

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I'm ready to setup AWS Integration on my existing Elastic Cloud deployment.  
As far as I can understand, I need to install an Elastic Agent on a specific host.  
Can I install it in AWS somehow? If yes, what are the available options?  
It would be great if I could run Elastic Agent in ECS task container!  
I am looking for best practises.

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**Author:** ![Sunile\_Manjee](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/sunile_manjee/32/111461_2.png) [@Sunile\_Manjee](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Sunile_Manjee)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2023, 4:47pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-agent-installation-options-for-aws-integration/323148/2 "2023-01-14T16:47:59Z")

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A practice around how and where to install agents often will depend on what you are trying to do and integrate. Yes you can install agent in a containerized env: [Run Elastic Agent in a container | Fleet and Elastic Agent Guide [master] | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/fleet/master/elastic-agent-container.html). I found it is not true for azure container instances due to the limitation on service runtime.