diff --git a/.github/CODEOWNERS b/.github/CODEOWNERS
index 849f7ae2d53..b8e6c065fda 100644
--- a/.github/CODEOWNERS
+++ b/.github/CODEOWNERS
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ changelog/fragments/
 /internal/pkg/otel/samples @elastic/ingest-otel-data @elastic/ingest-docs
 /internal/pkg/otel/components.yml @elastic/ingest-otel-leads
 /internal/pkg/composable/providers/kubernetes @elastic/elastic-agent-control-plane
-/internal/pkg/otel/samples/darwin/autoops_es*.yml @elastic/opex
-/internal/pkg/otel/samples/linux/autoops_es*.yml @elastic/opex
-/internal/pkg/otel/samples/windows/autoops_es*.yml @elastic/opex
+/internal/pkg/otel/samples/darwin/autoops_es.yml @elastic/opex
+/internal/pkg/otel/samples/linux/autoops_es.yml @elastic/opex
+/internal/pkg/otel/samples/windows/autoops_es.yml @elastic/opex
+/deploy/helm/elastic-agent/templates/integrations/_auto_ops @elastic.opex
+
diff --git a/changelog/fragments/1762856188-added-opex-to-elastic-agent-helm-chart.yaml b/changelog/fragments/1762856188-added-opex-to-elastic-agent-helm-chart.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..dc3908018fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/fragments/1762856188-added-opex-to-elastic-agent-helm-chart.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+# REQUIRED
+# Kind can be one of:
+# - breaking-change: a change to previously-documented behavior
+# - deprecation: functionality that is being removed in a later release
+# - bug-fix: fixes a problem in a previous version
+# - enhancement: extends functionality but does not break or fix existing behavior
+# - feature: new functionality
+# - known-issue: problems that we are aware of in a given version
+# - security: impacts on the security of a product or a user’s deployment.
+# - upgrade: important information for someone upgrading from a prior version
+# - other: does not fit into any of the other categories
+kind: feature
+
+# REQUIRED for all kinds
+# Change summary; a 80ish characters long description of the change.
+summary: added opex to elastic-agent helm chart, This change will add the Opex-CCM support to the offical elastic-agent helm chart deployment.
+
+# REQUIRED for breaking-change, deprecation, known-issue
+# Long description; in case the summary is not enough to describe the change
+# this field accommodate a description without length limits.
+# description:
+
+# REQUIRED for breaking-change, deprecation, known-issue
+# impact:
+
+# REQUIRED for breaking-change, deprecation, known-issue
+# action:
+
+# REQUIRED for all kinds
+# Affected component; usually one of "elastic-agent", "fleet-server", "filebeat", "metricbeat", "auditbeat", "all", etc.
+component: elastic-agent
+
+# AUTOMATED
+# OPTIONAL to manually add other PR URLs
+# PR URL: A link the PR that added the changeset.
+# If not present is automatically filled by the tooling finding the PR where this changelog fragment has been added.
+# NOTE: the tooling supports backports, so it's able to fill the original PR number instead of the backport PR number.
+# Please provide it if you are adding a fragment for a different PR.
+pr: https://github.com/elastic/elastic-agent/pull/9363
+
+# AUTOMATED
+# OPTIONAL to manually add other issue URLs
+# Issue URL; optional; the GitHub issue related to this changeset (either closes or is part of).
+# If not present is automatically filled by the tooling with the issue linked to the PR number.
+# issue: https://github.com/owner/repo/1234
diff --git a/deploy/helm/elastic-agent/examples/autoops-agent/README.md b/deploy/helm/elastic-agent/examples/autoops-agent/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..23c09a33c29
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deploy/helm/elastic-agent/examples/autoops-agent/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+# Example: Managed by Opex  Agent
+
+In this example we deploy an Elastic AutoOps Agent that is managed by Opex team .
+
+
+## Run:
+
+There are 2 kinds of installations, related to auth method
+
+### for API_KEY installation
+
+```console
+helm install ./deploy/helm/elastic-agent -n kube-system \
+  --set kube-state-metrics.enabled=false \
+  --set kubernetes.enabled=false \
+  --set autoOps.enabled=true \
+  --set-string autoOps.autoops_token="tok-123" \
+  --set-string autoOps.autoops_otel_url="https://otel.example.com:4318" \
+  --set-string autoOps.autoops_temp_resource_id="res-abc" \
+  --set-string autoOps.es_api_key="API_KEY_123"
+```
+
+### for Username:password (Basic auth) installation
+
+```console
+helm install ./deploy/helm/elastic-agent -n kube-system \
+  --set kube-state-metrics.enabled=false \
+  --set kubernetes.enabled=false \
+  --set autoOps.enabled=true \
+  --set-string autoOps.autoops_token="tok-123" \
+  --set-string autoOps.autoops_otel_url="https://otel.example.com:4318" \
+  --set-string autoOps.autoops_temp_resource_id="res-abc" \
+  --set-string autoOps.es_username="elastic" \
+  --set-string autoOps.es_username="es_pass"
+```
diff --git a/deploy/helm/elastic-agent/examples/autoops-agent/autoops-values.yaml b/deploy/helm/elastic-agent/examples/autoops-agent/autoops-values.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b64c0eb213d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deploy/helm/elastic-agent/examples/autoops-agent/autoops-values.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+# Turn off everything except the AutoOps preset
+kubernetes:
+  enabled: false
+kube-state-metrics:
+  enabled: false
+
+autoOps:
+  enabled: true
+  autoops_token: "REPLACE_ME_TOKEN"
+  autoops_otel_url: "https://otel.example.com:4318"
+  autoops_temp_resource_id: "REPLACE_ME_RESOURCE_ID"
+  es_api_key: "REPLACE_ME_API_KEY"
+  elastic_cloud_connected_mode_api_key: "CCM-API-KEY"
+  elastic_cloud_connected_mode_api_url: "CCM-API-URL"
+  autoops_es_url: "https://ccm-test-eu-west-1.es.us-east-2.aws.elastic-cloud.com"
diff --git a/deploy/helm/elastic-agent/examples/autoops-agent/rendered/manifest.yaml b/deploy/helm/elastic-agent/examples/autoops-agent/rendered/manifest.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..548fccb18ed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deploy/helm/elastic-agent/examples/autoops-agent/rendered/manifest.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,194 @@
+---
+# Source: elastic-agent/templates/agent/service-account.yaml
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: ServiceAccount
+metadata:
+  name: agent-autoops-example
+  namespace: "default"
+  labels:
+    helm.sh/chart: elastic-agent-9.3.0-beta
+    app.kubernetes.io/name: elastic-agent
+    app.kubernetes.io/instance: example
+    app.kubernetes.io/version: 9.3.0
+---
+# Source: elastic-agent/templates/agent/k8s/secret.yaml
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Secret
+metadata:
+  name: agent-autoops-example
+  namespace: "default"
+  labels:
+    helm.sh/chart: elastic-agent-9.3.0-beta
+    app.kubernetes.io/name: elastic-agent
+    app.kubernetes.io/instance: example
+    app.kubernetes.io/version: 9.3.0
+stringData:
+
+  agent.yml: |-
+    exporters:
+      otlphttp:
+        endpoint: ${env:AUTOOPS_OTEL_URL}
+        headers:
+          Authorization: AutoOpsToken ${env:AUTOOPS_TOKEN}
+    receivers:
+      metricbeatreceiver:
+        metricbeat:
+          modules:
+          - hosts: ${env:AUTOOPS_ES_URL}
+            metricsets:
+            - cat_shards
+            - cluster_health
+            - cluster_settings
+            - license
+            - node_stats
+            - tasks_management
+            module: autoops_es
+            period: 10s
+          - hosts: ${env:AUTOOPS_ES_URL}
+            metricsets:
+            - cat_template
+            - component_template
+            - index_template
+            module: autoops_es
+            period: 24h
+        output:
+          otelconsumer: null
+        processors:
+        - add_fields:
+            fields:
+              temp_resource_id: ${env:AUTOOPS_TEMP_RESOURCE_ID}
+              token: ${env:AUTOOPS_TOKEN}
+            target: autoops_es
+        telemetry_types:
+        - logs
+    service:
+      pipelines:
+        logs:
+          exporters:
+          - otlphttp
+          receivers:
+          - metricbeatreceiver
+      telemetry:
+        logs:
+          encoding: json
+---
+# Source: elastic-agent/templates/integrations/_auto_ops/secret.yaml
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Secret
+metadata:
+  name: agent-autoops-example-autoops
+  namespace: "default"
+  labels:
+    helm.sh/chart: elastic-agent-9.3.0-beta
+    app.kubernetes.io/name: elastic-agent
+    app.kubernetes.io/instance: example
+    app.kubernetes.io/version: 9.3.0
+stringData:
+  autoops-token: "REPLACE_ME_TOKEN"
+  autoops-es-url: "https://ccm-test-eu-west-1.es.us-east-2.aws.elastic-cloud.com"
+  temp-resource-id: "REPLACE_ME_RESOURCE_ID"
+  otel-url: "https://otel.example.com:4318"
+  es-api-key: "REPLACE_ME_API_KEY"
+  cloud-connected-mode-api-key: "CCM-API-KEY"
+  cloud-connected-mode-api-url: "CCM-API-URL"
+---
+# Source: elastic-agent/templates/agent/k8s/deployment.yaml
+apiVersion: apps/v1
+kind: Deployment
+metadata:
+  name: agent-autoops-example
+  namespace: "default"
+  labels:
+    helm.sh/chart: elastic-agent-9.3.0-beta
+    app.kubernetes.io/name: elastic-agent
+    app.kubernetes.io/instance: example
+    app.kubernetes.io/version: 9.3.0
+spec:
+  selector:
+    matchLabels:
+      name: agent-autoops-example
+  template:
+    metadata:
+      labels:
+        name: agent-autoops-example
+      annotations:
+        checksum/config: e89ad87aab4abdf0b266914a815ddd71744340acbec3678f63b018cfe85334df
+    spec:
+      automountServiceAccountToken: true
+      containers:
+      - args:
+        - otel
+        - --config
+        - /etc/elastic-agent/agent.yml
+        command:
+        - elastic-agent
+        env:
+        - name: NODE_NAME
+          valueFrom:
+            fieldRef:
+              fieldPath: spec.nodeName
+        - name: POD_NAME
+          valueFrom:
+            fieldRef:
+              fieldPath: metadata.name
+        - name: STATE_PATH
+          value: /usr/share/elastic-agent/state
+        - name: AUTOOPS_TOKEN
+          valueFrom:
+            secretKeyRef:
+              key: autoops-token
+              name: agent-autoops-example-autoops
+        - name: AUTOOPS_TEMP_RESOURCE_ID
+          valueFrom:
+            secretKeyRef:
+              key: temp-resource-id
+              name: agent-autoops-example-autoops
+        - name: AUTOOPS_OTEL_URL
+          valueFrom:
+            secretKeyRef:
+              key: otel-url
+              name: agent-autoops-example-autoops
+        - name: AUTOOPS_ES_URL
+          valueFrom:
+            secretKeyRef:
+              key: autoops-es-url
+              name: agent-autoops-example-autoops
+        - name: ELASTICSEARCH_READ_API_KEY
+          valueFrom:
+            secretKeyRef:
+              key: es-api-key
+              name: agent-autoops-example-autoops
+        - name: ELASTIC_CLOUD_CONNECTED_MODE_API_KEY
+          valueFrom:
+            secretKeyRef:
+              key: cloud-connected-mode-api-key
+              name: agent-autoops-example-autoops
+        - name: ELASTIC_CLOUD_CONNECTED_MODE_API_URL
+          valueFrom:
+            secretKeyRef:
+              key: cloud-connected-mode-api-url
+              name: agent-autoops-example-autoops
+              optional: true
+        image: docker.elastic.co/elastic-agent/elastic-agent:9.3.0-SNAPSHOT
+        imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
+        name: agent
+        securityContext:
+          runAsUser: 0
+        volumeMounts:
+        - mountPath: /usr/share/elastic-agent/state
+          name: agent-data
+        - mountPath: /etc/elastic-agent/agent.yml
+          name: config
+          readOnly: true
+          subPath: agent.yml
+      dnsPolicy: ClusterFirstWithHostNet
+      nodeSelector:
+        kubernetes.io/os: linux
+      serviceAccountName: agent-autoops-example
+      volumes:
+      - emptyDir: {}
+        name: agent-data
+      - name: config
+        secret:
+          defaultMode: 292
+          secretName: agent-autoops-example
diff --git a/deploy/helm/elastic-agent/templates/agent/_helpers.tpl b/deploy/helm/elastic-agent/templates/agent/_helpers.tpl
index 590c41357a8..621074a0781 100644
--- a/deploy/helm/elastic-agent/templates/agent/_helpers.tpl
+++ b/deploy/helm/elastic-agent/templates/agent/_helpers.tpl
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@ Initialise input templates if we are not deploying as managed
  as they change the k8s configuration of presets e.g. necessary volume mounts, etc. */}}
 {{- include "elasticagent.kubernetes.init" $ -}}
 {{- include "elasticagent.system.init" $ -}}
+{{- include "elasticagent.autoops.init" $ -}}
 {{/* initialise inputs the custom integrations only if fleet is disabled */}}
 {{- if eq $.Values.agent.fleet.enabled false -}}
 {{- range $customInputName, $customInputVal := $.Values.extraIntegrations -}}
@@ -351,7 +352,7 @@ app.kubernetes.io/version: {{ .Values.agent.version}}
 {{- $presetVal := index . 1 -}}
 {{- $otelConfigVal := index . 2 -}}
 {{- $presetOtelConfig := dig "otelConfig" (dict) $presetVal -}}
-{{- $presetOtelConfig = uniq (deepCopy $presetOtelConfig | merge $otelConfigVal) -}}
+{{- $presetOtelConfig = (deepCopy $presetOtelConfig | merge $otelConfigVal) -}}
 {{- $_ := set $presetVal "otelConfig" $presetOtelConfig -}}
 {{- end -}}
 
diff --git a/deploy/helm/elastic-agent/templates/integrations/_auto_ops/_auto_ops.tpl b/deploy/helm/elastic-agent/templates/integrations/_auto_ops/_auto_ops.tpl
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..583098e3748
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deploy/helm/elastic-agent/templates/integrations/_auto_ops/_auto_ops.tpl
@@ -0,0 +1,131 @@
+{{- define "elasticagent.autoops.init" -}}
+{{- if eq $.Values.autoOps.enabled true -}}
+{{- $presetVal := $.Values.agent.presets.autoOps -}}
+{{- $autoOpsConfig := ((include "elasticagent.autoops.config" $) | fromYaml) -}}
+{{- include "elasticagent.preset.mutate.otelConfig" (list $ $presetVal $autoOpsConfig) -}}
+{{- $autoOpsEnvVars := ((include "elasticagent.autoops.envVars" $) | fromYaml) -}}
+{{- include "elasticagent.preset.mutate.envs" (list $presetVal $autoOpsEnvVars)}}
+{{- end -}}
+{{- end -}}
+
+{{- define "elasticagent.autoops.config" -}}
+receivers:
+  metricbeatreceiver:
+    metricbeat:
+      modules:
+        # Metrics
+        - module: autoops_es
+          hosts: ${env:AUTOOPS_ES_URL}
+          period: 10s
+          metricsets:
+            - cat_shards
+            - cluster_health
+            - cluster_settings
+            - license
+            - node_stats
+            - tasks_management
+        # Templates
+        - module: autoops_es
+          hosts: ${env:AUTOOPS_ES_URL}
+          period: 24h
+          metricsets:
+            - cat_template
+            - component_template
+            - index_template
+    processors:
+      - add_fields:
+          target: autoops_es
+          fields:
+            temp_resource_id: ${env:AUTOOPS_TEMP_RESOURCE_ID}
+            token: ${env:AUTOOPS_TOKEN}
+    output:
+      otelconsumer:
+    telemetry_types: ["logs"]
+
+exporters:
+  otlphttp:
+    headers:
+      Authorization: "AutoOpsToken ${env:AUTOOPS_TOKEN}"
+    endpoint: ${env:AUTOOPS_OTEL_URL}
+
+service:
+  pipelines:
+    logs:
+      receivers: [metricbeatreceiver]
+      exporters: [otlphttp]
+  telemetry:
+    logs:
+      encoding: json
+{{- end -}}
+
+{{- define "elasticagent.autoops.envVars" -}}
+{{- $presetName := "autoOps" -}}
+{{- $agentName := include "elasticagent.preset.fullname" (list $ $presetName) -}}
+extraEnvs:
+  # Always present
+  - name: AUTOOPS_TOKEN
+    valueFrom:
+      secretKeyRef:
+        name: {{ $agentName }}-autoops
+        key: autoops-token
+
+  - name: AUTOOPS_TEMP_RESOURCE_ID
+    valueFrom:
+      secretKeyRef:
+        name: {{ $agentName }}-autoops
+        key: temp-resource-id
+
+  - name: AUTOOPS_OTEL_URL
+    valueFrom:
+      secretKeyRef:
+        name: {{ $agentName }}-autoops
+        key: otel-url
+
+  {{- if $.Values.autoOps.autoops_es_url }}
+  - name: AUTOOPS_ES_URL
+    valueFrom:
+      secretKeyRef:
+        name: {{ $agentName }}-autoops
+        key: autoops-es-url
+ {{- end }}
+
+  # Only if API key provided
+  {{- if $.Values.autoOps.es_api_key }}
+  - name: ELASTICSEARCH_READ_API_KEY
+    valueFrom:
+      secretKeyRef:
+        name: {{ $agentName }}-autoops
+        key: es-api-key
+  {{- end }}
+
+  # Only if BOTH username & password provided
+  {{- if and $.Values.autoOps.es_username $.Values.autoOps.es_password }}
+  - name: ELASTICSEARCH_READ_USERNAME
+    valueFrom:
+      secretKeyRef:
+        name: {{ $agentName }}-autoops
+        key: es-username
+  - name: ELASTICSEARCH_READ_PASSWORD
+    valueFrom:
+      secretKeyRef:
+        name: {{ $agentName }}-autoops
+        key: es-password
+  {{- end }}
+
+{{- if $.Values.autoOps.elastic_cloud_connected_mode_api_key }}
+  - name: ELASTIC_CLOUD_CONNECTED_MODE_API_KEY
+    valueFrom:
+      secretKeyRef:
+        name: {{ $agentName }}-autoops
+        key: cloud-connected-mode-api-key
+{{- end }}
+
+{{- if $.Values.autoOps.elastic_cloud_connected_mode_api_url }}
+  - name: ELASTIC_CLOUD_CONNECTED_MODE_API_URL
+    valueFrom:
+      secretKeyRef:
+        name: {{ $agentName }}-autoops
+        key: cloud-connected-mode-api-url
+        optional: true
+{{- end }}
+{{- end -}}
diff --git a/deploy/helm/elastic-agent/templates/integrations/_auto_ops/secret.yaml b/deploy/helm/elastic-agent/templates/integrations/_auto_ops/secret.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9c75713acbc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deploy/helm/elastic-agent/templates/integrations/_auto_ops/secret.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+{{- if eq $.Values.autoOps.enabled true }}
+{{- $presetName := "autoOps" }}
+{{- $presetVal := $.Values.agent.presets.autoOps }}
+{{- $agentName := include "elasticagent.preset.fullname" (list $ $presetName) }}
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Secret
+metadata:
+  name: {{ $agentName }}-autoops
+  namespace: {{ .namespace | default $.Release.Namespace | quote }}
+  labels:
+    {{- include "elasticagent.labels" $ | nindent 4 }}
+    {{- with ($presetVal).labels -}}
+    {{ toYaml . | nindent 4 }}
+    {{- end }}
+  {{- with ($presetVal).annotations }}
+  annotations:
+    {{- toYaml . | nindent 4 }}
+  {{- end }}
+stringData:
+  autoops-token: {{ $.Values.autoOps.autoops_token | quote }}
+  {{- if and $.Values.autoOps.es_username $.Values.autoOps.es_password }}
+  es-username: {{ $.Values.autoOps.es_username | quote }}
+  es-password: {{ $.Values.autoOps.es_password | quote }}
+  {{- end }}
+  {{- if $.Values.autoOps.autoops_es_url }}
+  autoops-es-url: {{ $.Values.autoOps.autoops_es_url | quote }}
+  {{- end }}
+  temp-resource-id: {{ $.Values.autoOps.autoops_temp_resource_id | quote }}
+  otel-url: {{ $.Values.autoOps.autoops_otel_url | quote }}
+  {{- if $.Values.autoOps.es_api_key }}
+  es-api-key: {{ $.Values.autoOps.es_api_key | quote }}
+  {{- end }}
+  {{- if $.Values.autoOps.elastic_cloud_connected_mode_api_key }}
+  cloud-connected-mode-api-key: {{ $.Values.autoOps.elastic_cloud_connected_mode_api_key | quote }}
+  {{- end }}
+  {{- if $.Values.autoOps.elastic_cloud_connected_mode_api_url }}
+  cloud-connected-mode-api-url: {{ $.Values.autoOps.elastic_cloud_connected_mode_api_url | quote }}
+  {{- end }}
+{{- end }}
diff --git a/deploy/helm/elastic-agent/values.schema.json b/deploy/helm/elastic-agent/values.schema.json
index c78319b05f8..bb5be015d04 100644
--- a/deploy/helm/elastic-agent/values.schema.json
+++ b/deploy/helm/elastic-agent/values.schema.json
@@ -331,6 +331,88 @@
                 }
             }
         },
+        "autoOps": {
+            "type": "object",
+            "description": "Configuration for AutoOps integration.",
+            "additionalProperties": false,
+            "properties": {
+                "enabled": { "type": "boolean", "description": "Enable AutoOps integration." },
+
+                "autoops_token": { "type": "string", "description": "Token to register into AutoOps" },
+                "autoops_otel_url": { "type": "string", "description": "OTel server URL" },
+                "autoops_temp_resource_id": { "type": "string", "description": "Temporary resource ID" },
+
+                "es_api_key": { "type": "string", "description": "Monitored ES cluster API key" },
+                "es_username": { "type": "string", "description": "Monitored ES cluster username" },
+                "es_password": { "type": "string", "description": "Monitored ES cluster password" },
+                "autoops_es_url": { "type": "string", "description": "Monitored ES cluster URL" },
+
+
+                "elastic_cloud_connected_mode_api_key": { "type": "string", "description": "Cloud Connected Mode API key" },
+                "elastic_cloud_connected_mode_api_url": { "type": "string", "description": "Cloud Connected Mode API URL" }
+            },
+
+            "if": {
+                "properties": { "enabled": { "const": true } },
+                "required": ["enabled"]
+            },
+            "then": {
+                "required": ["autoops_token", "autoops_otel_url", "autoops_temp_resource_id"],
+                "allOf": [
+                    {
+                        "properties": {
+                            "autoops_token": { "type": "string", "minLength": 1 },
+                            "autoops_otel_url": { "type": "string", "minLength": 1 },
+                            "autoops_temp_resource_id": { "type": "string", "minLength": 1 },
+                            "autoops_es_url": { "type": "string", "description": "Monitored ES cluster URL" }
+                        }
+                    }
+                ],
+                "oneOf": [
+                    {
+                        "description": "Auth via API key only",
+                        "required": ["es_api_key"],
+                        "properties": {
+                            "es_api_key": { "type": "string", "minLength": 1 }
+                        },
+                        "allOf": [
+                            {
+                                "not": {
+                                    "anyOf": [
+                                        {
+                                            "required": ["es_username"],
+                                            "properties": { "es_username": { "type": "string", "minLength": 1 } }
+                                        },
+                                        {
+                                            "required": ["es_password"],
+                                            "properties": { "es_password": { "type": "string", "minLength": 1 } }
+                                        }
+                                    ]
+                                }
+                            }
+                        ]
+                    },
+                    {
+                        "description": "Auth via username + password only",
+                        "required": ["es_username", "es_password"],
+                        "properties": {
+                            "es_username": { "type": "string", "minLength": 1 },
+                            "es_password": { "type": "string", "minLength": 1 }
+                        },
+                        "allOf": [
+                            {
+                                "not": {
+                                    "allOf": [
+                                        { "required": ["es_api_key"] },
+                                        { "properties": { "es_api_key": { "type": "string", "minLength": 1 } } }
+                                    ]
+                                }
+                            }
+                        ]
+                    }
+                ]
+            }
+        },
         "extraIntegrations": {
             "type": "object",
             "description": "Configuration for extra integrations.",
diff --git a/deploy/helm/elastic-agent/values.yaml b/deploy/helm/elastic-agent/values.yaml
index 6d9f336fe5c..0dc348f4e8f 100644
--- a/deploy/helm/elastic-agent/values.yaml
+++ b/deploy/helm/elastic-agent/values.yaml
@@ -300,6 +300,17 @@ kubernetes:
       # -- system metric stream vars
       # @section -- 2 - Kubernetes integration
       vars: {}
+autoOps:
+  enabled: false
+  autoops_token: ""
+  autoops_otel_url: ""
+  autoops_temp_resource_id: ""
+  es_api_key: ""
+  es_username: ""
+  es_password: ""
+  elastic_cloud_connected_mode_api_key: ""
+  elastic_cloud_connected_mode_api_url: ""
+  autoops_es_url: ""
 system:
   # -- enable System integration.
   # @section -- 4 - System integration
@@ -530,6 +541,14 @@ agent:
         kubernetes:
           node: ${NODE_NAME}
           scope: node
+    autoOps:
+      mode: deployment
+      serviceAccount:
+        create: true
+      clusterRole:
+        create: false
+      nodeSelector:
+        kubernetes.io/os: linux
 kube-state-metrics:
   enabled: true
   fullnameOverride: "kube-state-metrics"