[role="xpack"]
[[setup-xpack]]
== Set up {xpack}

{xpack} is an Elastic Stack extension that provides security, alerting,
monitoring, reporting, machine learning, and many other capabilities. By default, 
when you install {es}, {xpack} is installed. 
 	 
If you want to try all of the {xpack} features, you can 
{kibana-ref}/managing-licenses.html[start a 30-day trial]. At the end of the 
trial period, you can purchase a subscription to keep using the full 
functionality of the {xpack} components. For more information, see 
https://www.elastic.co/subscriptions.

* <<configuring-monitoring>>
* <<configuring-security>>
* <<setup-xpack-client>>
* <<bootstrap-checks-xpack>>