Deduplicate some of the Plugin management content

deploy-manage/deploy/cloud-enterprise/add-plugins.md

@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 ---
 navigation_title: Add plugins and extensions
+mapped_pages:
+  - https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/cloud-enterprise/current/ece-add-plugins.html
 applies_to:
   deployment:
     ece:
@@ -26,7 +28,7 @@
 
 You can also [create](elasticsearch://extend/index.md) and add custom plugins.
 
-To add plugins when creating a new deployment:
+## Add plugins when creating a new {{ece}} deployment
 
 1. [Log into the Cloud UI](/deploy-manage/deploy/cloud-enterprise/log-into-cloud-ui.md) and select **Create deployment**.
 2. Make your initial deployment selections, then select **Advanced settings**.
@@ -36,7 +38,7 @@
 
 The deployment spins up with the plugins installed.
 
-To add plugins to an existing deployment:
+## Add plugins to an existing {{ece}} deployment
 
 1. [Log into the Cloud UI](/deploy-manage/deploy/cloud-enterprise/log-into-cloud-ui.md).
 2. On the **Deployments** page, select your deployment.

deploy-manage/deploy/elastic-cloud/_snippets/enable-extensions-on-deployment.md

@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+1. Log in to [{{ecloud}}](https://cloud.elastic.co?page=docs&placement=docs-body).
+2. Find your deployment on the home page or on the **Hosted deployments** page, then select **Manage** to access its settings menus.
+
+    On the **Hosted deployments** page you can narrow your deployments by name, ID, or choose from several other filters. To customize your view, use a combination of filters, or change the format from a grid to a list.
+
+3. From the **Actions** dropdown, select **Edit deployment**.
+4. Select **Manage user settings and extensions**.
+5. Select the **Extensions** tab.
+6. Select the plugins or extensions that you want to enable.
+7. Select **Back**.
+8. Select **Save**. The {{es}} cluster is then updated with new nodes that have the plugin installed.

deploy-manage/deploy/elastic-cloud/add-plugins-extensions.md

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
   - https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/cloud-heroku/current/ech-adding-plugins.html
   - https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/cloud-heroku/current/ech-adding-elastic-plugins.html
   - https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/cloud/current/ec-adding-plugins.html
+  - https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/cloud/current/ec-adding-elastic-plugins.html
 applies_to:
   deployment:
     ess: ga
@@ -13,27 +14,38 @@
 
 # Add plugins and extensions in {{ech}} [ec-adding-plugins]
 
-Plugins extend the core functionality of {{es}}. There are many suitable plugins, including:
+Plugins extend the core functionality of {{es}}. {{ech}} simplifies plugin management by offering compatible plugins for your {{es}} version. These plugins are automatically upgraded with your deployment, except when there are breaking changes.
+
+In {{ech}} deployments, you can add plugins by selecting them from the available list. Plugin availability depends on your {{es}} version.
+
+There are many suitable plugins, including:
 
 * Discovery plugins, such as the cloud AWS plugin that allows discovering nodes on EC2 instances.
 * Analysis plugins, to provide analyzers targeted at languages other than English.
 * Scripting plugins, to provide additional scripting languages.
 
-Plugins can come from different sources: the official ones created or at least maintained by Elastic, community-sourced plugins from other users, and plugins that you provide. Some of the official plugins are always provided with our service, and can be [enabled per deployment](elasticsearch://reference/elasticsearch-plugins/plugin-management.md).
-
-There are two ways to add plugins to a hosted deployment in {{ecloud}}:
+Plugins can come from different sources: official ones created or maintained by Elastic, community-sourced plugins from other users, and plugins that you provide. Some of the official plugins are always provided with our service, and can be [enabled per deployment](#ec-adding-elastic-plugins).
 
-* [Enable one of the official plugins already available in {{ecloud}}](elasticsearch://reference/elasticsearch-plugins/plugin-management.md).
-* [Upload a custom plugin and then enable it per deployment](upload-custom-plugins-bundles.md).
+To add plugins to a hosted deployment in {{ecloud}}, you can:
 
-Custom plugins can include the official {{es}} plugins not provided with {{ecloud}}, any of the community-sourced plugins, or [plugins that you write yourself](elasticsearch://extend/index.md). Uploading custom plugins is available only to Gold, Platinum, and Enterprise subscriptions. For more information, check [Upload custom plugins and bundles](upload-custom-plugins-bundles.md).
+* [Enable one of the official plugins already available in {{ecloud}}](#ec-adding-elastic-plugins). To learn more about the official and community-sourced plugins, refer to [{{es}} plugins](elasticsearch://reference/elasticsearch-plugins/index.md).
+* [Upload a custom plugin and then enable it per deployment](upload-custom-plugins-bundles.md). Custom plugins can include the official {{es}} plugins not provided with {{ecloud}}, any of the community-sourced plugins, or [plugins that you write yourself](elasticsearch://extend/index.md).
 
-To learn more about the official and community-sourced plugins, refer to [{{es}} Plugins and Integrations](elasticsearch://reference/elasticsearch-plugins/index.md).
 
 For a detailed guide with examples of using the {{ecloud}} API to create, get information about, update, and delete extensions and plugins, check [Managing plugins and extensions through the API](manage-plugins-extensions-through-api.md).
 
-Plugins are not supported for {{kib}}. To learn more, check [Restrictions for {{es}} and {{kib}} plugins](restrictions-known-problems.md#ec-restrictions-plugins).
+## Add plugins provided with {{ech}} [ec-adding-elastic-plugins]
+
+You can use a variety of official plugins that are compatible with your version of {{es}}. When you upgrade to a new {{es}} version, these plugins are upgraded with the rest of your deployment.
+
+### Before you begin [ec_before_you_begin_6]
+
+Some restrictions apply when adding plugins. For example, plugins are not supported for {{kib}}. To learn more, check [Restrictions for {{es}} and {{kib}} plugins](restrictions-known-problems.md#ec-restrictions-plugins).
 
+Only Gold, Platinum, Enterprise, and Private subscriptions have access to uploading custom plugins. All subscription levels, including Standard, can upload scripts and dictionaries.
 
+### Enable plugins for a deployment
 
+:::{include} _snippets/enable-extensions-on-deployment.md
+:::
 

deploy-manage/deploy/elastic-cloud/upload-custom-plugins-bundles.md

@@ -136,17 +136,8 @@ Refer to [Managing plugins and extensions through the API](../../../deploy-manag
 
 After uploading your files, you can select to enable them when creating a new {{es}} deployment. For existing deployments, you must update your deployment configuration to use the new files:
 
-1. Log in to [{{ecloud}}](https://cloud.elastic.co?page=docs&placement=docs-body).
-2. Find your deployment on the home page or on the **Hosted deployments** page, then select **Manage** to access its settings menus.
-
-    On the **Hosted deployments** page you can narrow your deployments by name, ID, or choose from several other filters. To customize your view, use a combination of filters, or change the format from a grid to a list.
-
-3. From the **Actions** dropdown, select **Edit deployment**.
-4. Select **Manage user settings and extensions**.
-5. Select the **Extensions** tab.
-6. Select the custom extension.
-7. Select **Back**.
-8. Select **Save**. The {{es}} cluster is then updated with new nodes that have the plugin installed.
+:::{include} _snippets/enable-extensions-on-deployment.md
+:::
 
 
 ## Update your extension [ec-update-bundles-and-plugins]

deploy-manage/users-roles/cluster-or-deployment-auth/kerberos.md

@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ For detailed information of available realm settings, see [Kerberos realm settin
 
 ::::{applies-item} { ess:, ece: }
 
-1. Create a [custom bundle](elasticsearch://reference/elasticsearch-plugins/plugin-management.md) that contains your `krb5.conf` and `keytab` files, and add it to your cluster.
+1. Add a custom bundle that contains your `krb5.conf` and `keytab` files to your cluster. For {{ech}}, follow [Upload custom plugins and bundles](/deploy-manage/deploy/elastic-cloud/upload-custom-plugins-bundles.md). For {{ece}}, follow [Add custom bundles and plugins](/deploy-manage/deploy/cloud-enterprise/add-custom-bundles-plugins.md).
 
     :::{tip}
     You should use these exact filenames for {{ecloud}} to recognize the file in the bundle.

explore-analyze/machine-learning/nlp/ml-nlp-inference.md

@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ PUT ner-test
 ```
 
 ::::{tip}
-To use the `annotated_text` data type in this example, you must install the [mapper annotated text plugin](elasticsearch://reference/elasticsearch-plugins/mapper-annotated-text.md). For more installation details, refer to [Add plugins provided with {{ech}}](elasticsearch://reference/elasticsearch-plugins/plugin-management.md).
+To use the `annotated_text` data type in this example, you must install the [mapper annotated text plugin](elasticsearch://reference/elasticsearch-plugins/mapper-annotated-text.md).
 ::::
 
 You can then use the new pipeline to index some documents. For example, use a bulk indexing request with the `pipeline` query parameter for your NER pipeline: