diff --git a/deploy/kubernetes/elastic-agent-standalone-kubernetes.yml b/deploy/kubernetes/elastic-agent-standalone-kubernetes.yml
index f99281b6889..46b625fa0ce 100644
--- a/deploy/kubernetes/elastic-agent-standalone-kubernetes.yml
+++ b/deploy/kubernetes/elastic-agent-standalone-kubernetes.yml
@@ -23,10 +23,10 @@ spec:
       dnsPolicy: ClusterFirstWithHostNet
       containers:
         - name: elastic-agent
-          image: docker.elastic.co/beats/elastic-agent:7.12.0-SNAPSHOT
+          image: docker.elastic.co/beats/elastic-agent:8.0.0
           args: [
             "-c", "/etc/agent.yml",
-            "-e", "-d", "composable.providers.kubernetes",
+            "-e",
           ]
           env:
             - name: ES_USERNAME
@@ -52,11 +52,35 @@ spec:
               mountPath: /etc/agent.yml
               readOnly: true
               subPath: agent.yml
+            - name: proc
+              mountPath: /hostfs/proc
+              readOnly: true
+            - name: cgroup
+              mountPath: /hostfs/sys/fs/cgroup
+              readOnly: true
+            - name: varlibdockercontainers
+              mountPath: /var/lib/docker/containers
+              readOnly: true
+            - name: varlog
+              mountPath: /var/log
+              readOnly: true
       volumes:
         - name: datastreams
           configMap:
             defaultMode: 0640
             name: agent-node-datastreams
+        - name: proc
+          hostPath:
+            path: /proc
+        - name: cgroup
+          hostPath:
+            path: /sys/fs/cgroup
+        - name: varlibdockercontainers
+          hostPath:
+            path: /var/lib/docker/containers
+        - name: varlog
+          hostPath:
+            path: /var/log
 ---
 apiVersion: v1
 kind: ConfigMap
@@ -67,8 +91,6 @@ metadata:
     k8s-app: elastic-agent
 data:
   agent.yml: |-
-    id: ef9cc740-5bf0-11eb-8b51-39775155c3f5
-    revision: 2
     outputs:
       default:
         type: elasticsearch
@@ -87,9 +109,120 @@ data:
       node: ${NODE_NAME}
       scope: node
     inputs:
-      - id: 934ef8aa-ed19-405b-8160-ebf62e3d32f8
-        name: kubernetes-node-metrics
-        revision: 1
+      - name: log-1
+        type: logfile
+        use_output: default
+        meta:
+          package:
+            name: log
+            version: 0.4.6
+        data_stream:
+          namespace: default
+        streams:
+          - data_stream:
+              dataset: generic
+            symlinks: true
+            paths:
+              - /var/log/containers/*${kubernetes.container.id}.log
+      - name: system-3
+        type: system/metrics
+        use_output: default
+        meta:
+          package:
+            name: system
+            version: 0.10.9
+        data_stream:
+          namespace: default
+        streams:
+          - data_stream:
+              dataset: system.core
+              type: metrics
+            metricsets:
+              - core
+            core.metrics:
+              - percentages
+          - data_stream:
+              dataset: system.cpu
+              type: metrics
+            period: 10s
+            cpu.metrics:
+              - percentages
+              - normalized_percentages
+            metricsets:
+              - cpu
+          - data_stream:
+              dataset: system.diskio
+              type: metrics
+            period: 10s
+            diskio.include_devices: null
+            metricsets:
+              - diskio
+          - data_stream:
+              dataset: system.filesystem
+              type: metrics
+            period: 1m
+            metricsets:
+              - filesystem
+            processors:
+              - drop_event.when.regexp:
+                  system.filesystem.mount_point: ^/(sys|cgroup|proc|dev|etc|host|lib|snap)($|/)
+          - data_stream:
+              dataset: system.fsstat
+              type: metrics
+            period: 1m
+            metricsets:
+              - fsstat
+            processors:
+              - drop_event.when.regexp:
+                  system.fsstat.mount_point: ^/(sys|cgroup|proc|dev|etc|host|lib|snap)($|/)
+          - data_stream:
+              dataset: system.load
+              type: metrics
+            period: 10s
+            metricsets:
+              - load
+          - data_stream:
+              dataset: system.memory
+              type: metrics
+            period: 10s
+            metricsets:
+              - memory
+          - data_stream:
+              dataset: system.network
+              type: metrics
+            period: 10s
+            network.interfaces: null
+            metricsets:
+              - network
+          - data_stream:
+              dataset: system.process
+              type: metrics
+            process.include_top_n.by_memory: 5
+            period: 10s
+            processes:
+              - .*
+            process.include_top_n.by_cpu: 5
+            process.cgroups.enabled: false
+            process.cmdline.cache.enabled: true
+            metricsets:
+              - process
+            process.include_cpu_ticks: false
+            system.hostfs: /hostfs
+          - data_stream:
+              dataset: system.process_summary
+              type: metrics
+            period: 10s
+            metricsets:
+              - process_summary
+            system.hostfs: /hostfs
+          - data_stream:
+              dataset: system.socket_summary
+              type: metrics
+            period: 10s
+            metricsets:
+              - socket_summary
+            system.hostfs: /hostfs
+      - name: kubernetes-node-metrics
         type: kubernetes/metrics
         use_output: default
         meta:
@@ -99,9 +232,7 @@ data:
         data_stream:
           namespace: default
         streams:
-          - id: >-
-              kubernetes/metrics-kubernetes.controllermanager-3d50c483-2327-40e7-b3e5-d877d4763fe1
-            data_stream:
+          - data_stream:
               dataset: kubernetes.controllermanager
               type: metrics
             metricsets:
@@ -110,9 +241,7 @@ data:
               - '${kubernetes.pod.ip}:10252'
             period: 10s
             condition: ${kubernetes.pod.labels.component} == 'kube-controller-manager'
-          - id: >-
-              kubernetes/metrics-kubernetes.scheduler-3d50c483-2327-40e7-b3e5-d877d4763fe1
-            data_stream:
+          - data_stream:
               dataset: kubernetes.scheduler
               type: metrics
             metricsets:
@@ -121,9 +250,7 @@ data:
               - '${kubernetes.pod.ip}:10251'
             period: 10s
             condition: ${kubernetes.pod.labels.component} == 'kube-scheduler'
-          - id: >-
-              kubernetes/metrics-kubernetes.proxy-3d50c483-2327-40e7-b3e5-d877d4763fe1
-            data_stream:
+          - data_stream:
               dataset: kubernetes.proxy
               type: metrics
             metricsets:
@@ -131,9 +258,7 @@ data:
             hosts:
               - 'localhost:10249'
             period: 10s
-          - id: >-
-              kubernetes/metrics-kubernetes.container-934ef8aa-ed19-405b-8160-ebf62e3d32f8
-            data_stream:
+          - data_stream:
               dataset: kubernetes.container
               type: metrics
             metricsets:
@@ -144,9 +269,7 @@ data:
               - 'https://${env.NODE_NAME}:10250'
             period: 10s
             ssl.verification_mode: none
-          - id: >-
-              kubernetes/metrics-kubernetes.node-934ef8aa-ed19-405b-8160-ebf62e3d32f8
-            data_stream:
+          - data_stream:
               dataset: kubernetes.node
               type: metrics
             metricsets:
@@ -157,8 +280,7 @@ data:
               - 'https://${env.NODE_NAME}:10250'
             period: 10s
             ssl.verification_mode: none
-          - id: kubernetes/metrics-kubernetes.pod-934ef8aa-ed19-405b-8160-ebf62e3d32f8
-            data_stream:
+          - data_stream:
               dataset: kubernetes.pod
               type: metrics
             metricsets:
@@ -169,9 +291,7 @@ data:
               - 'https://${env.NODE_NAME}:10250'
             period: 10s
             ssl.verification_mode: none
-          - id: >-
-              kubernetes/metrics-kubernetes.system-934ef8aa-ed19-405b-8160-ebf62e3d32f8
-            data_stream:
+          - data_stream:
               dataset: kubernetes.system
               type: metrics
             metricsets:
@@ -182,9 +302,7 @@ data:
               - 'https://${env.NODE_NAME}:10250'
             period: 10s
             ssl.verification_mode: none
-          - id: >-
-              kubernetes/metrics-kubernetes.volume-934ef8aa-ed19-405b-8160-ebf62e3d32f8
-            data_stream:
+          - data_stream:
               dataset: kubernetes.volume
               type: metrics
             metricsets:
@@ -215,10 +333,10 @@ spec:
       serviceAccountName: elastic-agent
       containers:
         - name: elastic-agent
-          image: docker.elastic.co/beats/elastic-agent:7.12.0-SNAPSHOT
+          image: docker.elastic.co/beats/elastic-agent:8.0.0
           args: [
             "-c", "/etc/agent.yml",
-            "-e", "-d", "composable.providers.kubernetes",
+            "-e",
           ]
           env:
             - name: ES_USERNAME
@@ -265,8 +383,6 @@ metadata:
 data:
   # This part requires `kube-state-metrics` up and running under `kube-system` namespace
   agent.yml: |-
-    id: ef9cc740-5bf0-11eb-8b51-39775155c3f5
-    revision: 2
     outputs:
       default:
         type: elasticsearch
@@ -282,9 +398,7 @@ data:
         logs: true
         metrics: true
     inputs:
-      - id: 934ef8aa-ed19-405b-8160-ebf62e3d32f9
-        name: kubernetes-cluster-metrics
-        revision: 1
+      - name: kubernetes-cluster-metrics
         type: kubernetes/metrics
         use_output: default
         meta:
@@ -294,9 +408,7 @@ data:
         data_stream:
           namespace: default
         streams:
-          - id: >-
-              kubernetes/metrics-kubernetes.apiserver-934ef8aa-ed19-405b-8160-ebf62e3d32f8
-            data_stream:
+          - data_stream:
               dataset: kubernetes.apiserver
               type: metrics
             metricsets:
@@ -307,18 +419,14 @@ data:
             period: 30s
             ssl.certificate_authorities:
               - /var/run/secrets/kubernetes.io/serviceaccount/ca.crt
-          - id: >-
-              kubernetes/metrics-kubernetes.event-934ef8aa-ed19-405b-8160-ebf62e3d32f8
-            data_stream:
+          - data_stream:
               dataset: kubernetes.event
               type: metrics
             metricsets:
               - event
             period: 10s
             add_metadata: true
-          - id: >-
-              kubernetes/metrics-kubernetes.state_container-934ef8aa-ed19-405b-8160-ebf62e3d32f8
-            data_stream:
+          - data_stream:
               dataset: kubernetes.state_container
               type: metrics
             metricsets:
@@ -327,9 +435,7 @@ data:
             hosts:
               - 'kube-state-metrics:8080'
             period: 10s
-          - id: >-
-              kubernetes/metrics-kubernetes.state_cronjob-934ef8aa-ed19-405b-8160-ebf62e3d32f8
-            data_stream:
+          - data_stream:
               dataset: kubernetes.state_cronjob
               type: metrics
             metricsets:
@@ -338,9 +444,7 @@ data:
             hosts:
               - 'kube-state-metrics:8080'
             period: 10s
-          - id: >-
-              kubernetes/metrics-kubernetes.state_deployment-934ef8aa-ed19-405b-8160-ebf62e3d32f8
-            data_stream:
+          - data_stream:
               dataset: kubernetes.state_deployment
               type: metrics
             metricsets:
@@ -349,9 +453,7 @@ data:
             hosts:
               - 'kube-state-metrics:8080'
             period: 10s
-          - id: >-
-              kubernetes/metrics-kubernetes.state_node-934ef8aa-ed19-405b-8160-ebf62e3d32f8
-            data_stream:
+          - data_stream:
               dataset: kubernetes.state_node
               type: metrics
             metricsets:
@@ -360,9 +462,7 @@ data:
             hosts:
               - 'kube-state-metrics:8080'
             period: 10s
-          - id: >-
-              kubernetes/metrics-kubernetes.state_persistentvolume-934ef8aa-ed19-405b-8160-ebf62e3d32f8
-            data_stream:
+          - data_stream:
               dataset: kubernetes.state_persistentvolume
               type: metrics
             metricsets:
@@ -371,9 +471,7 @@ data:
             hosts:
               - 'kube-state-metrics:8080'
             period: 10s
-          - id: >-
-              kubernetes/metrics-kubernetes.state_persistentvolumeclaim-934ef8aa-ed19-405b-8160-ebf62e3d32f8
-            data_stream:
+          - data_stream:
               dataset: kubernetes.state_persistentvolumeclaim
               type: metrics
             metricsets:
@@ -382,9 +480,7 @@ data:
             hosts:
               - 'kube-state-metrics:8080'
             period: 10s
-          - id: >-
-              kubernetes/metrics-kubernetes.state_pod-934ef8aa-ed19-405b-8160-ebf62e3d32f8
-            data_stream:
+          - data_stream:
               dataset: kubernetes.state_pod
               type: metrics
             metricsets:
@@ -393,9 +489,7 @@ data:
             hosts:
               - 'kube-state-metrics:8080'
             period: 10s
-          - id: >-
-              kubernetes/metrics-kubernetes.state_replicaset-934ef8aa-ed19-405b-8160-ebf62e3d32f8
-            data_stream:
+          - data_stream:
               dataset: kubernetes.state_replicaset
               type: metrics
             metricsets:
@@ -404,9 +498,7 @@ data:
             hosts:
               - 'kube-state-metrics:8080'
             period: 10s
-          - id: >-
-              kubernetes/metrics-kubernetes.state_resourcequota-934ef8aa-ed19-405b-8160-ebf62e3d32f8
-            data_stream:
+          - data_stream:
               dataset: kubernetes.state_resourcequota
               type: metrics
             metricsets:
@@ -415,9 +507,7 @@ data:
             hosts:
               - 'kube-state-metrics:8080'
             period: 10s
-          - id: >-
-              kubernetes/metrics-kubernetes.state_service-934ef8aa-ed19-405b-8160-ebf62e3d32f8
-            data_stream:
+          - data_stream:
               dataset: kubernetes.state_service
               type: metrics
             metricsets:
@@ -426,9 +516,7 @@ data:
             hosts:
               - 'kube-state-metrics:8080'
             period: 10s
-          - id: >-
-              kubernetes/metrics-kubernetes.state_statefulset-934ef8aa-ed19-405b-8160-ebf62e3d32f8
-            data_stream:
+          - data_stream:
               dataset: kubernetes.state_statefulset
               type: metrics
             metricsets:
@@ -437,9 +525,7 @@ data:
             hosts:
               - 'kube-state-metrics:8080'
             period: 10s
-          - id: >-
-              kubernetes/metrics-kubernetes.state_storageclass-934ef8aa-ed19-405b-8160-ebf62e3d32f8
-            data_stream:
+          - data_stream:
               dataset: kubernetes.state_storageclass
               type: metrics
             metricsets:
@@ -475,7 +561,6 @@ rules:
       - namespaces
       - events
       - pods
-      - secrets
     verbs: ["get", "list", "watch"]
   - apiGroups: ["extensions"]
     resources:
diff --git a/deploy/kubernetes/elastic-agent-standalone/elastic-agent-standalone-daemonset-configmap.yaml b/deploy/kubernetes/elastic-agent-standalone/elastic-agent-standalone-daemonset-configmap.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..11c2992c93c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deploy/kubernetes/elastic-agent-standalone/elastic-agent-standalone-daemonset-configmap.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,231 @@
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: ConfigMap
+metadata:
+  name: agent-node-datastreams
+  namespace: kube-system
+  labels:
+    k8s-app: elastic-agent
+data:
+  agent.yml: |-
+    outputs:
+      default:
+        type: elasticsearch
+        hosts:
+          - >-
+            ${ES_HOST}
+        username: ${ES_USERNAME}
+        password: ${ES_PASSWORD}
+    agent:
+      monitoring:
+        enabled: true
+        use_output: default
+        logs: true
+        metrics: true
+    providers.kubernetes:
+      node: ${NODE_NAME}
+      scope: node
+    inputs:
+      - name: log-1
+        type: logfile
+        use_output: default
+        meta:
+          package:
+            name: log
+            version: 0.4.6
+        data_stream:
+          namespace: default
+        streams:
+          - data_stream:
+              dataset: generic
+            symlinks: true
+            paths:
+              - /var/log/containers/*${kubernetes.container.id}.log
+      - name: system-3
+        type: system/metrics
+        use_output: default
+        meta:
+          package:
+            name: system
+            version: 0.10.9
+        data_stream:
+          namespace: default
+        streams:
+          - data_stream:
+              dataset: system.core
+              type: metrics
+            metricsets:
+              - core
+            core.metrics:
+              - percentages
+          - data_stream:
+              dataset: system.cpu
+              type: metrics
+            period: 10s
+            cpu.metrics:
+              - percentages
+              - normalized_percentages
+            metricsets:
+              - cpu
+          - data_stream:
+              dataset: system.diskio
+              type: metrics
+            period: 10s
+            diskio.include_devices: null
+            metricsets:
+              - diskio
+          - data_stream:
+              dataset: system.filesystem
+              type: metrics
+            period: 1m
+            metricsets:
+              - filesystem
+            processors:
+              - drop_event.when.regexp:
+                  system.filesystem.mount_point: ^/(sys|cgroup|proc|dev|etc|host|lib|snap)($|/)
+          - data_stream:
+              dataset: system.fsstat
+              type: metrics
+            period: 1m
+            metricsets:
+              - fsstat
+            processors:
+              - drop_event.when.regexp:
+                  system.fsstat.mount_point: ^/(sys|cgroup|proc|dev|etc|host|lib|snap)($|/)
+          - data_stream:
+              dataset: system.load
+              type: metrics
+            period: 10s
+            metricsets:
+              - load
+          - data_stream:
+              dataset: system.memory
+              type: metrics
+            period: 10s
+            metricsets:
+              - memory
+          - data_stream:
+              dataset: system.network
+              type: metrics
+            period: 10s
+            network.interfaces: null
+            metricsets:
+              - network
+          - data_stream:
+              dataset: system.process
+              type: metrics
+            process.include_top_n.by_memory: 5
+            period: 10s
+            processes:
+              - .*
+            process.include_top_n.by_cpu: 5
+            process.cgroups.enabled: false
+            process.cmdline.cache.enabled: true
+            metricsets:
+              - process
+            process.include_cpu_ticks: false
+            system.hostfs: /hostfs
+          - data_stream:
+              dataset: system.process_summary
+              type: metrics
+            period: 10s
+            metricsets:
+              - process_summary
+            system.hostfs: /hostfs
+          - data_stream:
+              dataset: system.socket_summary
+              type: metrics
+            period: 10s
+            metricsets:
+              - socket_summary
+            system.hostfs: /hostfs
+      - name: kubernetes-node-metrics
+        type: kubernetes/metrics
+        use_output: default
+        meta:
+          package:
+            name: kubernetes
+            version: 0.2.8
+        data_stream:
+          namespace: default
+        streams:
+          - data_stream:
+              dataset: kubernetes.controllermanager
+              type: metrics
+            metricsets:
+              - controllermanager
+            hosts:
+              - '${kubernetes.pod.ip}:10252'
+            period: 10s
+            condition: ${kubernetes.pod.labels.component} == 'kube-controller-manager'
+          - data_stream:
+              dataset: kubernetes.scheduler
+              type: metrics
+            metricsets:
+              - scheduler
+            hosts:
+              - '${kubernetes.pod.ip}:10251'
+            period: 10s
+            condition: ${kubernetes.pod.labels.component} == 'kube-scheduler'
+          - data_stream:
+              dataset: kubernetes.proxy
+              type: metrics
+            metricsets:
+              - proxy
+            hosts:
+              - 'localhost:10249'
+            period: 10s
+          - data_stream:
+              dataset: kubernetes.container
+              type: metrics
+            metricsets:
+              - container
+            add_metadata: true
+            bearer_token_file: /var/run/secrets/kubernetes.io/serviceaccount/token
+            hosts:
+              - 'https://${env.NODE_NAME}:10250'
+            period: 10s
+            ssl.verification_mode: none
+          - data_stream:
+              dataset: kubernetes.node
+              type: metrics
+            metricsets:
+              - node
+            add_metadata: true
+            bearer_token_file: /var/run/secrets/kubernetes.io/serviceaccount/token
+            hosts:
+              - 'https://${env.NODE_NAME}:10250'
+            period: 10s
+            ssl.verification_mode: none
+          - data_stream:
+              dataset: kubernetes.pod
+              type: metrics
+            metricsets:
+              - pod
+            add_metadata: true
+            bearer_token_file: /var/run/secrets/kubernetes.io/serviceaccount/token
+            hosts:
+              - 'https://${env.NODE_NAME}:10250'
+            period: 10s
+            ssl.verification_mode: none
+          - data_stream:
+              dataset: kubernetes.system
+              type: metrics
+            metricsets:
+              - system
+            add_metadata: true
+            bearer_token_file: /var/run/secrets/kubernetes.io/serviceaccount/token
+            hosts:
+              - 'https://${env.NODE_NAME}:10250'
+            period: 10s
+            ssl.verification_mode: none
+          - data_stream:
+              dataset: kubernetes.volume
+              type: metrics
+            metricsets:
+              - volume
+            add_metadata: true
+            bearer_token_file: /var/run/secrets/kubernetes.io/serviceaccount/token
+            hosts:
+              - 'https://${env.NODE_NAME}:10250'
+            period: 10s
+            ssl.verification_mode: none
diff --git a/deploy/kubernetes/elastic-agent-standalone/elastic-agent-standalone-daemonset.yaml b/deploy/kubernetes/elastic-agent-standalone/elastic-agent-standalone-daemonset.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e97e0743926
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deploy/kubernetes/elastic-agent-standalone/elastic-agent-standalone-daemonset.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+apiVersion: apps/v1
+kind: DaemonSet
+metadata:
+  name: elastic-agent
+  namespace: kube-system
+  labels:
+    app: elastic-agent
+spec:
+  selector:
+    matchLabels:
+      app: elastic-agent
+  template:
+    metadata:
+      labels:
+        app: elastic-agent
+    spec:
+      tolerations:
+        - key: node-role.kubernetes.io/master
+          effect: NoSchedule
+      serviceAccountName: elastic-agent
+      hostNetwork: true
+      dnsPolicy: ClusterFirstWithHostNet
+      containers:
+        - name: elastic-agent
+          image: docker.elastic.co/beats/elastic-agent:%VERSION%
+          args: [
+            "-c", "/etc/agent.yml",
+            "-e",
+          ]
+          env:
+            - name: ES_USERNAME
+              value: "elastic"
+            - name: ES_PASSWORD
+              value: ""
+            - name: ES_HOST
+              value: ""
+            - name: NODE_NAME
+              valueFrom:
+                fieldRef:
+                  fieldPath: spec.nodeName
+          securityContext:
+            runAsUser: 0
+          resources:
+            limits:
+              memory: 200Mi
+            requests:
+              cpu: 100m
+              memory: 100Mi
+          volumeMounts:
+            - name: datastreams
+              mountPath: /etc/agent.yml
+              readOnly: true
+              subPath: agent.yml
+            - name: proc
+              mountPath: /hostfs/proc
+              readOnly: true
+            - name: cgroup
+              mountPath: /hostfs/sys/fs/cgroup
+              readOnly: true
+      volumes:
+        - name: datastreams
+          configMap:
+            defaultMode: 0640
+            name: agent-node-datastreams
+        - name: proc
+          hostPath:
+            path: /proc
+        - name: cgroup
+          hostPath:
+            path: /sys/fs/cgroup
diff --git a/deploy/kubernetes/elastic-agent-standalone/elastic-agent-standalone-deployment-configmap.yaml b/deploy/kubernetes/elastic-agent-standalone/elastic-agent-standalone-deployment-configmap.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..58a92665e4e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deploy/kubernetes/elastic-agent-standalone/elastic-agent-standalone-deployment-configmap.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,161 @@
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: ConfigMap
+metadata:
+  name: agent-deployment-datastreams
+  namespace: kube-system
+  labels:
+    k8s-app: elastic-agent
+data:
+  # This part requires `kube-state-metrics` up and running under `kube-system` namespace
+  agent.yml: |-
+    outputs:
+      default:
+        type: elasticsearch
+        hosts:
+          - >-
+            ${ES_HOST}
+        username: ${ES_USERNAME}
+        password: ${ES_PASSWORD}
+    agent:
+      monitoring:
+        enabled: true
+        use_output: default
+        logs: true
+        metrics: true
+    inputs:
+      - name: kubernetes-cluster-metrics
+        type: kubernetes/metrics
+        use_output: default
+        meta:
+          package:
+            name: kubernetes
+            version: 0.2.8
+        data_stream:
+          namespace: default
+        streams:
+          - data_stream:
+              dataset: kubernetes.apiserver
+              type: metrics
+            metricsets:
+              - apiserver
+            bearer_token_file: /var/run/secrets/kubernetes.io/serviceaccount/token
+            hosts:
+              - 'https://${env.KUBERNETES_SERVICE_HOST}:${env.KUBERNETES_SERVICE_PORT}'
+            period: 30s
+            ssl.certificate_authorities:
+              - /var/run/secrets/kubernetes.io/serviceaccount/ca.crt
+          - data_stream:
+              dataset: kubernetes.event
+              type: metrics
+            metricsets:
+              - event
+            period: 10s
+            add_metadata: true
+          - data_stream:
+              dataset: kubernetes.state_container
+              type: metrics
+            metricsets:
+              - state_container
+            add_metadata: true
+            hosts:
+              - 'kube-state-metrics:8080'
+            period: 10s
+          - data_stream:
+              dataset: kubernetes.state_cronjob
+              type: metrics
+            metricsets:
+              - state_cronjob
+            add_metadata: true
+            hosts:
+              - 'kube-state-metrics:8080'
+            period: 10s
+          - data_stream:
+              dataset: kubernetes.state_deployment
+              type: metrics
+            metricsets:
+              - state_deployment
+            add_metadata: true
+            hosts:
+              - 'kube-state-metrics:8080'
+            period: 10s
+          - data_stream:
+              dataset: kubernetes.state_node
+              type: metrics
+            metricsets:
+              - state_node
+            add_metadata: true
+            hosts:
+              - 'kube-state-metrics:8080'
+            period: 10s
+          - data_stream:
+              dataset: kubernetes.state_persistentvolume
+              type: metrics
+            metricsets:
+              - state_persistentvolume
+            add_metadata: true
+            hosts:
+              - 'kube-state-metrics:8080'
+            period: 10s
+          - data_stream:
+              dataset: kubernetes.state_persistentvolumeclaim
+              type: metrics
+            metricsets:
+              - state_persistentvolumeclaim
+            add_metadata: true
+            hosts:
+              - 'kube-state-metrics:8080'
+            period: 10s
+          - data_stream:
+              dataset: kubernetes.state_pod
+              type: metrics
+            metricsets:
+              - state_pod
+            add_metadata: true
+            hosts:
+              - 'kube-state-metrics:8080'
+            period: 10s
+          - data_stream:
+              dataset: kubernetes.state_replicaset
+              type: metrics
+            metricsets:
+              - state_replicaset
+            add_metadata: true
+            hosts:
+              - 'kube-state-metrics:8080'
+            period: 10s
+          - data_stream:
+              dataset: kubernetes.state_resourcequota
+              type: metrics
+            metricsets:
+              - state_resourcequota
+            add_metadata: true
+            hosts:
+              - 'kube-state-metrics:8080'
+            period: 10s
+          - data_stream:
+              dataset: kubernetes.state_service
+              type: metrics
+            metricsets:
+              - state_service
+            add_metadata: true
+            hosts:
+              - 'kube-state-metrics:8080'
+            period: 10s
+          - data_stream:
+              dataset: kubernetes.state_statefulset
+              type: metrics
+            metricsets:
+              - state_statefulset
+            add_metadata: true
+            hosts:
+              - 'kube-state-metrics:8080'
+            period: 10s
+          - data_stream:
+              dataset: kubernetes.state_storageclass
+              type: metrics
+            metricsets:
+              - state_storageclass
+            add_metadata: true
+            hosts:
+              - 'kube-state-metrics:8080'
+            period: 10s
diff --git a/deploy/kubernetes/elastic-agent-standalone/elastic-agent-standalone-deployment.yaml b/deploy/kubernetes/elastic-agent-standalone/elastic-agent-standalone-deployment.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0def8b88571
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deploy/kubernetes/elastic-agent-standalone/elastic-agent-standalone-deployment.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+apiVersion: apps/v1
+kind: Deployment
+metadata:
+  name: elastic-agent
+  namespace: kube-system
+  labels:
+    app: elastic-agent
+spec:
+  selector:
+    matchLabels:
+      app: elastic-agent
+  template:
+    metadata:
+      labels:
+        app: elastic-agent
+    spec:
+      serviceAccountName: elastic-agent
+      containers:
+        - name: elastic-agent
+          image: docker.elastic.co/beats/elastic-agent:%VERSION%
+          args: [
+            "-c", "/etc/agent.yml",
+            "-e",
+          ]
+          env:
+            - name: ES_USERNAME
+              value: "elastic"
+            - name: ES_PASSWORD
+              value: ""
+            - name: ES_HOST
+              value: ""
+            - name: NODE_NAME
+              valueFrom:
+                fieldRef:
+                  fieldPath: spec.nodeName
+            # this is needed because we cannot use hostNetwork
+            - name: HOSTNAME
+              valueFrom:
+                fieldRef:
+                  fieldPath: spec.nodeName
+          securityContext:
+            runAsUser: 0
+          resources:
+            limits:
+              memory: 200Mi
+            requests:
+              cpu: 100m
+              memory: 100Mi
+          volumeMounts:
+            - name: datastreams
+              mountPath: /etc/agent.yml
+              readOnly: true
+              subPath: agent.yml
+      volumes:
+        - name: datastreams
+          configMap:
+            defaultMode: 0640
+            name: agent-deployment-datastreams
diff --git a/deploy/kubernetes/elastic-agent-standalone/elastic-agent-standalone-role-binding.yaml b/deploy/kubernetes/elastic-agent-standalone/elastic-agent-standalone-role-binding.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b352b2901d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deploy/kubernetes/elastic-agent-standalone/elastic-agent-standalone-role-binding.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
+kind: ClusterRoleBinding
+metadata:
+  name: elastic-agent
+subjects:
+  - kind: ServiceAccount
+    name: elastic-agent
+    namespace: kube-system
+roleRef:
+  kind: ClusterRole
+  name: elastic-agent
+  apiGroup: rbac.authorization.k8s.io
diff --git a/deploy/kubernetes/elastic-agent-standalone/elastic-agent-standalone-role.yaml b/deploy/kubernetes/elastic-agent-standalone/elastic-agent-standalone-role.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..dcf2b4a5ff2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deploy/kubernetes/elastic-agent-standalone/elastic-agent-standalone-role.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
+kind: ClusterRole
+metadata:
+  name: elastic-agent
+  labels:
+    k8s-app: elastic-agent
+rules:
+  - apiGroups: [""]
+    resources:
+      - nodes
+      - namespaces
+      - events
+      - pods
+    verbs: ["get", "list", "watch"]
+  - apiGroups: ["extensions"]
+    resources:
+      - replicasets
+    verbs: ["get", "list", "watch"]
+  - apiGroups: ["apps"]
+    resources:
+      - statefulsets
+      - deployments
+      - replicasets
+    verbs: ["get", "list", "watch"]
+  - apiGroups:
+      - ""
+    resources:
+      - nodes/stats
+    verbs:
+      - get
+  # required for apiserver
+  - nonResourceURLs:
+      - "/metrics"
+    verbs:
+      - get
diff --git a/deploy/kubernetes/elastic-agent-standalone/elastic-agent-standalone-service-account.yaml b/deploy/kubernetes/elastic-agent-standalone/elastic-agent-standalone-service-account.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..43372b547d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deploy/kubernetes/elastic-agent-standalone/elastic-agent-standalone-service-account.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: ServiceAccount
+metadata:
+  name: elastic-agent
+  namespace: kube-system
+  labels:
+    k8s-app: elastic-agent