elasticsearch/docs/reference/elasticsearch-plugins/discovery-plugins.md

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Discovery plugins [discovery]

Discovery plugins extend Elasticsearch by adding new seed hosts providers that can be used to extend the cluster formation module.

Core discovery plugins [_core_discovery_plugins]

The core discovery plugins are:

EC2 discovery : The EC2 discovery plugin uses the AWS API to identify the addresses of seed hosts.

Azure Classic discovery : The Azure Classic discovery plugin uses the Azure Classic API to identify the addresses of seed hosts.

GCE discovery : The Google Compute Engine discovery plugin uses the GCE API to identify the addresses of seed hosts.