# Is Fleet server able to run synthetic monitoring?

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-fleet-server-able-to-run-synthetic-monitoring/285268
**Category:** Beats
**Tags:** docker, fleet
**Created:** [September 27, 2021, 6:22pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-fleet-server-able-to-run-synthetic-monitoring/285268 "2021-09-27T18:22:10Z")
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### Author: ![rschirin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/rschirin/32/45283_2.png) [@rschirin](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/rschirin)
#### Post date: [September 27, 2021, 6:22pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-fleet-server-able-to-run-synthetic-monitoring/285268/1 "2021-09-27T18:22:10Z")

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Hey there, I am trying to use the Fleet server to test the synthetic monitoring feature.  
Using a Docker-compose I am running a single instance for  
Elasticsearch  
Kibana  
Fleet server

I would like to know what is the missing component in this kind of scenario.  
Is the Fleet server able to test synthetic monitoring by itself or should I enroll another elastic agent?  
I am following docs but I feel it a little bit tricky. I have to jump from one page to another one.

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### Author: ![zx8086](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/zx8086/32/94917_2.png) [@zx8086](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/zx8086)
#### Post date: [September 27, 2021, 6:35pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-fleet-server-able-to-run-synthetic-monitoring/285268/2 "2021-09-27T18:35:12Z")

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Currently using this for the Beats legacy Heartbeat Monitoring - HTTP, ICMP & TCP (TCP has been a bit flaky in the past for fleet managed agents

 ![Screen Shot 2021-09-27 at 8.33.43 PM](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/8/d/8deaaf866d237d9c5708d2999a6d71efbe4b452d.png)  
 ![Screen Shot 2021-09-27 at 8.33.24 PM](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/f/c/fc817cfa94b02661c2a0505e0119238576a7f999.png)

However, I still user a docker container for Elastic-Synthetic with Playwright scripts

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### Author: ![rschirin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/rschirin/32/45283_2.png) [@rschirin](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/rschirin)
#### Post date: [September 28, 2021, 6:26am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-fleet-server-able-to-run-synthetic-monitoring/285268/3 "2021-09-28T06:26:22Z")

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So, basically there are 2 options:

- Using an Elastic-Agent to run synthetic monitoring
- Using the Fleet Server with the Elastic Synthetics integration

is that correct?

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### Author: ![ruflin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ruflin/32/3116_2.png) [@ruflin](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ruflin)
#### Post date: [September 29, 2021, 11:40am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-fleet-server-able-to-run-synthetic-monitoring/285268/4 "2021-09-29T11:40:39Z")

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Correct.

@rschirin Thanks for joining the presentation yesterday 😉

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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 27, 2021, 1:41pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-fleet-server-able-to-run-synthetic-monitoring/285268/5 "2021-10-27T13:41:35Z")

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