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Elastic Enterprise Search server
editElastic Enterprise Search server
editEnterprise Search server is an Elastic service this is required for the following features and functionalities:
- The Elastic web crawler
- Elastic managed connectors (AKA native connectors) that run on Elastic Cloud
- The App Search and Workplace Search standalone products
Enterprise Search service
editThe following documentation covers installing, operating, and upgrading the Enterprise Search service:
Connector services
editThe Enterprise Search server artifacts used in Elastic Cloud include the connector services required for native connectors. However, the downloadable artifacts for Enterprise Search server do not.
When running Enterprise Search on your own infrastructure, you must additionally run one or more connector services to use connectors.
Refer to the connectors repository for more information.