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Welcome to the technical documentation for Elastic Stack 9.0.0 and later, and Elastic Cloud Serverless. Deploy, operate, and scale with step-by-step guides, API references, examples, and best practices.

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Solutions and use cases

Elasticsearch

Build powerful search and RAG applications using Elasticsearch's vector database, AI toolkit, and advanced retrieval capabilities.

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Observability

Resolve problems with open, flexible, and unified observability powered by advanced machine learning and analytics.

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Security

Detect, investigate, and respond to threats with AI-driven security analytics to protect your organization at scale.

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How-to guides

Manage data

Learn how to ingest, enrich, and manage your data in Elastic.

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Explore and analyze

Discover the tools of Elasticsearch and Kibana.

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Deploy and manage

Learn how to deploy and manage all aspects of your Elastic environment.

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Manage Cloud account

Manage your profile information, preferences, and personal settings.

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Reference

Elastic APIs

Browse the API docs for Elasticsearch, Kibana, Elastic Cloud, and more.

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Elasticsearch clients

Browse the Elasticsearch client libraries for Java, .Net, Python, and more.

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OpenTelemetry

Browse the docs for the Elastic Distributions of OpenTelemetry (EDOT).

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Query languages

Browse the docs for Query DSL, ES|QL, KQL, and more.

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Product resources

Release notes

Explore the latest features and changes in Elastic.

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Extend and contribute

Learn how to contribute to Elastic products and extend capabilities.

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Troubleshoot

Check troubleshooting guides for common fixes.

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Previous versions

Browse the docs for previous Elastic product versions.

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