# How to enable Beats central management

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-enable-beats-central-management/156897>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Created:** [November 15, 2018, 3:12pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-enable-beats-central-management/156897 "2018-11-15T15:12:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![jettro](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/jettro/32/3418_2.png) [@jettro](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jettro)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2018, 3:12pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-enable-beats-central-management/156897/1 "2018-11-15T15:12:46Z")

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I noticed the very cool feature of Beats central management. In the example there is a beats button on the management screen. I don't see it. I only see the elasticsearch and kibana part. Am I doing something wrong, or do I somehow have to enable it?

Thanks, the new update looks awsome

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**Author:** ![Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/christian_dahlqvist/32/4617_2.png) [@Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Christian_Dahlqvist)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2018, 3:17pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-enable-beats-central-management/156897/2 "2018-11-15T15:17:02Z")

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As per the [subscriptions page](https://www.elastic.co/subscriptions) It does require a commercial or trial license.

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**Author:** ![jettro](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/jettro/32/3418_2.png) [@jettro](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jettro)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2018, 3:28pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-enable-beats-central-management/156897/3 "2018-11-15T15:28:15Z")

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Clear was looking for docs, but could not find them. Looks like I am better at implementing a search solution than actually searching 😉

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**Author:** ![dedemorton](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dedemorton/32/84409_2.png) [@dedemorton](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dedemorton)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2018, 6:25pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-enable-beats-central-management/156897/4 "2018-11-15T18:25:18Z")

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After you activate your license, you'll see the option for Central management. The docs are here, depending on which Beat you're using:

[https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/filebeat/current/configuration-central-management.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/filebeat/current/configuration-central-management.html)

[https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/metricbeat/current/configuration-central-management.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/metricbeat/current/configuration-central-management.html)

We're still working on improvements to the docs, but hopefully this will get you started.

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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:** [December 13, 2018, 8:25pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-enable-beats-central-management/156897/5 "2018-12-13T20:25:23Z")

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