# Several questions about Elastic Agent standalone mode

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/several-questions-about-elastic-agent-standalone-mode/380092>\
**Category:** Elastic Agent\
**Created:** [July 14, 2025, 8:03am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/several-questions-about-elastic-agent-standalone-mode/380092 "2025-07-14T08:03:05Z")\
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**Post date:** [July 14, 2025, 8:03am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/several-questions-about-elastic-agent-standalone-mode/380092/1 "2025-07-14T08:03:05Z")

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- Why does the documentation suggest downloading the ZIP instead of using the MSI installer?
- If I need to add another integration to the agent, is it enough to simply modify the `elastic-agent.yml` file and restart the agent?
- I followed the procedure exactly as described in the documentation, but I'm getting errors like this one:

```auto
Filebeat is unable to load the ingest pipelines for the configured modules because the Elasticsearch output is not configured/enabled. If you have already loaded the ingest pipelines or are using Logstash pipelines, you can ignore this warning.

```

- The only change I made to the `yml` file generated in Kibana was adding the API key. Do I need permissions to create pipelines? Why isn't that included by default in the `yml` generated by Kibana?

Thanks in advance!