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= Configuring the Elasticsearch log store
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You can use Elasticsearch 6 to store and organize log data.

You can make modifications to your log store, including:

* Storage for your Elasticsearch cluster
* Shard replication across data nodes in the cluster, from full replication to no replication
* External access to Elasticsearch data

include::modules/configuring-log-storage-cr.adoc[leveloffset=+1]

include::modules/cluster-logging-elasticsearch-audit.adoc[leveloffset=+1]

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.Additional resources
* xref:../../../observability/logging/log_collection_forwarding/log-forwarding.adoc#log-forwarding[About log collection and forwarding]

include::modules/cluster-logging-elasticsearch-retention.adoc[leveloffset=+1]

include::modules/cluster-logging-logstore-limits.adoc[leveloffset=+1]

include::modules/cluster-logging-elasticsearch-ha.adoc[leveloffset=+1]

include::modules/cluster-logging-elasticsearch-scaledown.adoc[leveloffset=+1]

include::modules/cluster-logging-elasticsearch-storage.adoc[leveloffset=+1]

include::modules/cluster-logging-elasticsearch-persistent-storage-empty.adoc[leveloffset=+1]

include::modules/cluster-logging-manual-rollout-rolling.adoc[leveloffset=+1]

include::modules/cluster-logging-elasticsearch-exposing.adoc[leveloffset=+1]

include::modules/cluster-logging-removing-unused-components-if-no-elasticsearch.adoc[leveloffset=+1]
