Quick reference

The applies_to directive uses the following format:

<key>: <lifecycle> <version>

This page provides minimal reference information on the applies_to directive. For more detailed information, refer to Applies to.

applies_to accepts the following keys in this structure.

• serverless: Applies to Elastic Cloud Serverless.
  • security: Applies to Serverless security projects.
  • elasticsearch: Applies to Serverless search projects.
  • observability: Applies to Serverless observability projects.
• stack: Applies to the Elastic Stack including any Elastic Stack components.
• deployment: Applies to some deployment type(s).
  • ece: Applies to Elastic Cloud Enterprise deployments.
  • eck: Applies to Elastic Cloud on Kubernetes deployments.
  • self: Applies to self-managed deployments.
  • ess: Applies to Elastic Cloud Hosted deployments.
• product: Applies to a specific product that uses a unique versioning scheme (for example, not stack, ece, eck).
  • apm_agent_dotnet: Applies to the Elastic APM .NET agent.
  • apm_agent_go: Applies to the Elastic APM Go agent.
  • apm_agent_java: Applies to the Elastic APM Java agent.
  • apm_agent_node: Applies to the Elastic APM Node.js agent.
  • apm_agent_php: Applies to the Elastic APM PHP agent.
  • apm_agent_python: Applies to the Elastic APM Python agent.
  • apm_agent_ruby: Applies to the Elastic APM Ruby agent.
  • apm_agent_rum: Applies to the APM RUM JavaScript agent.
  • curator: Applies to Elasticsearch Curator (Curator).
  • ecctl: Applies to Elastic cloud control (ECCTL).
  • edot_android: Applies to the Elastic Distribution of OpenTelemetry Android (EDOT Android).
  • edot_cf_aws: Applies to the Elastic Distribution of OpenTelemetry Cloud Forwarder (EDOT Cloud Forwarder).
  • edot_collector: Applies to the Elastic Distribution of OpenTelemetry Collector (EDOT Collector).
  • edot_dotnet: Applies to the Elastic Distribution of OpenTelemetry .NET (EDOT .NET).
  • edot_ios: Applies to the Elastic Distribution of OpenTelemetry iOS (EDOT iOS).
  • edot_java: Applies to the Elastic Distribution of OpenTelemetry Java (EDOT Java).
  • edot_node: Applies to the Elastic Distribution of OpenTelemetry Node.js (EDOT Node.js).
  • edot_php: Applies to the Elastic Distribution of OpenTelemetry PHP (EDOT PHP).
  • edot_python: Applies to the Elastic Distribution of OpenTelemetry Python (EDOT Python).

applies_to accepts the following lifecycle states:

• preview
• beta
• ga
• deprecated
• removed
• unavailable

applies_to accepts the following version formats:

• Major.Minor
• Major.Minor.Patch

Regardless of the version format used in the source file, the version number is always rendered in the Major.Minor.Patch format.