---
####
#### This document is auto-generated and is meant to be viewed inside our experimental, new docs system.
#### Reach out in #docs-engineering for more info.
####
id: kibCloudDefendPluginApi
slug: /kibana-dev-docs/api/cloudDefend
title: "cloudDefend"
image: https://source.unsplash.com/400x175/?github
description: API docs for the cloudDefend plugin
date: 2023-02-01
tags: ['contributor', 'dev', 'apidocs', 'kibana', 'cloudDefend']
---
import cloudDefendObj from './cloud_defend.devdocs.json';

Defend for Containers

Contact [Cloud Native Integrations](https://github.com/orgs/elastic/teams/sec-cloudnative-integrations) for questions regarding this plugin.

**Code health stats**

| Public API count  | Any count | Items lacking comments | Missing exports |
|-------------------|-----------|------------------------|-----------------|
| 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |

## Client

### Setup
<DocDefinitionList data={[cloudDefendObj.client.setup]}/>

### Start
<DocDefinitionList data={[cloudDefendObj.client.start]}/>

