# Heartbeat Deployment For Uptime

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/heartbeat-deployment-for-uptime/361149>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Created:** [June 10, 2024, 1:06pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/heartbeat-deployment-for-uptime/361149 "2024-06-10T13:06:04Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Yogesh\_AS](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/yogesh_as/32/131781_2.png) [@Yogesh\_AS](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Yogesh_AS)\
**Post date:** [June 10, 2024, 1:06pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/heartbeat-deployment-for-uptime/361149/1 "2024-06-10T13:06:04Z")

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Hi, we've installed the Elastic Agent in our work environment. We're looking to perform port checks and monitor port uptime. Can I configure this functionality with the existing Elastic Agent that we have already deployed on our server, or do I need to separately install Heartbeat along with the Elastic Agent?

From what I understand, if we deploy the Elastic Agent, we don't have to deploy Heartbeat separately; it is packaged with the Elastic Agent by default.

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**Author:** ![bhavyarm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/bhavyarm/32/22392_2.png) [@bhavyarm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/bhavyarm)\
**Post date:** [July 29, 2024, 9:10pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/heartbeat-deployment-for-uptime/361149/2 "2024-07-29T21:10:08Z")

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From #Kibana to #Beats

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**Author:** ![bhavyarm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/bhavyarm/32/22392_2.png) [@bhavyarm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/bhavyarm)\
**Post date:** [July 29, 2024, 9:10pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/heartbeat-deployment-for-uptime/361149/3 "2024-07-29T21:10:08Z")

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Removed #elastic-stack-alerting