---
title: Elasticsearch documentation hub
description: 
url: https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/3796/products/elasticsearch/v9
---

# Elasticsearch documentation hub
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<:::{get-started}>
  title: Get started in 3 steps
  intro: Start a local development environment or a free Elastic Cloud trial, then run your first queries.
  steps:
  - title: Run Elasticsearch
    options:
    - label: Run locally
    description: Spin up Elasticsearch on your machine for development with `start-local`.
    code: curl -fsSL [https://elastic.co/start-local](https://elastic.co/start-local) | sh
    language: sh
  - label: Try on Cloud
    description: Start a free Elastic Cloud trial. No local setup needed.
    url: [https://cloud.elastic.co/registration](https://cloud.elastic.co/registration)
    url-label: Start a free trial
  - title: Ingest your data into Elasticsearch
    description: Send documents to Elasticsearch using the APIs, ingest pipelines, connectors, or a language client.
    link: /manage-data/ingest.md
    link-label: Ingest your data
  - title: Search your data
    description: Build queries to find, rank, and analyze your documents.
    link: /solutions/search/querying-for-search.md
    link-label: Build search queries
</:::{get-started}>

<whats-new>
</whats-new>

<card-group>
  <link-card title="Search fundamentals">
    title: Search fundamentals
    link: /solutions/search/get-started/index-basics.md
    links:
    - label: Index and search basics
      url: /solutions/search/get-started/index-basics.md
    - label: Build your first query with Python
      url: /solutions/search/get-started/keyword-search-python.md
  </link-card>

  <link-card title="Semantic search and ES|QL">
    title: Semantic search and ES|QL
    link: /solutions/search/get-started/semantic-search.md
    links:
    - label: Get started with semantic search
      url: /solutions/search/get-started/semantic-search.md
    - label: ES|QL tutorials
      url: elasticsearch://reference/query-languages/esql/esql-examples.md
  </link-card>

  <link-card title="Specialized quickstarts">
    title: Specialized quickstarts
    link: /manage-data/data-store/data-streams/quickstart-tsds.md
    links:
    - label: Time series data stream basics
      url: /manage-data/data-store/data-streams/quickstart-tsds.md
    - label: Browse all quickstarts
      url: /solutions/search/get-started/quickstarts.md
  </link-card>
</card-group>

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  <card-group>
    <link-card title="Releases and APIs">
      title: Releases and APIs
      links:
      - label: Release notes
        url: elasticsearch://release-notes/index.md
      - label: Elasticsearch API docs
        url: [https://www.elastic.co/docs/api/doc/elasticsearch](https://www.elastic.co/docs/api/doc/elasticsearch)
      - label: Language clients
        url: /reference/elasticsearch-clients.md
    </link-card>

    <link-card title="Configuration">
      title: Configuration
      links:
      - label: Configuration reference
        url: elasticsearch://reference/elasticsearch/configuration-reference/index.md
      - label: Index settings
        url: elasticsearch://reference/elasticsearch/index-settings/index.md
      - label: Security settings
        url: elasticsearch://reference/elasticsearch/configuration-reference/security-settings.md
    </link-card>

    <link-card title="Operations">
      title: Operations
      links:
      - label: Upgrade Elasticsearch
        url: /deploy-manage/upgrade/deployment-or-cluster.md
      - label: Technical reference
        url: elasticsearch://reference/elasticsearch/index.md
    </link-card>
  </card-group>

  <card-group>
    <link-card title="Use Elastic Cloud">
      title: Use Elastic Cloud
      link: /deploy-manage/deploy/elastic-cloud.md
      links:
      - label: Serverless
        url: /deploy-manage/deploy/elastic-cloud/serverless.md
      - label: Elastic Cloud Hosted
        url: /deploy-manage/deploy/elastic-cloud.md
    </link-card>

    <link-card title="Deploy with an orchestrator">
      title: Deploy with an orchestrator
      link: /deploy-manage/deploy/cloud-on-k8s.md
      links:
      - label: Elastic Cloud on Kubernetes (ECK)
        url: /deploy-manage/deploy/cloud-on-k8s.md
      - label: Elastic Cloud Enterprise (ECE)
        url: /deploy-manage/deploy/cloud-enterprise.md
    </link-card>

    <link-card title="Run Elasticsearch yourself">
      title: Run Elasticsearch yourself
      link: /deploy-manage/deploy/self-managed/installing-elasticsearch.md
      links:
      - label: Docker
        url: /deploy-manage/deploy/self-managed/install-elasticsearch-with-docker.md
      - label: Debian / Ubuntu
        url: /deploy-manage/deploy/self-managed/install-elasticsearch-with-debian-package.md
      - label: RPM
        url: /deploy-manage/deploy/self-managed/install-elasticsearch-with-rpm.md
      - label: Packages and archives
        url: /deploy-manage/deploy/self-managed/install-elasticsearch-from-archive-on-linux-macos.md
      - label: Configure Elasticsearch
        url: /deploy-manage/deploy/self-managed/configure-elasticsearch.md
    </link-card>

    <link-card title="Design and operate">
      title: Design and operate
      link: /deploy-manage/distributed-architecture.md
      links:
      - label: Distributed architecture
        url: /deploy-manage/distributed-architecture.md
      - label: Monitor Elasticsearch
        url: /deploy-manage/monitor.md
      - label: Upgrade Elasticsearch
        url: /deploy-manage/upgrade/deployment-or-cluster.md
    </link-card>
  </card-group>

  <card-group>
    <link-card title="Index data">
      title: Index data
      link: /manage-data/data-store.md
      links:
      - label: Index API
        url: [https://www.elastic.co/docs/api/doc/elasticsearch/operation/operation-index](https://www.elastic.co/docs/api/doc/elasticsearch/operation/operation-index)
      - label: Bulk API
        url: [https://www.elastic.co/docs/api/doc/elasticsearch/operation/operation-bulk](https://www.elastic.co/docs/api/doc/elasticsearch/operation/operation-bulk)
      - label: Indices and data streams
        url: /manage-data/data-store.md
    </link-card>

    <link-card title="Transform and enrich">
      title: Transform and enrich
      link: /manage-data/ingest/transform-enrich/ingest-pipelines.md
      links:
      - label: Ingest pipelines
        url: /manage-data/ingest/transform-enrich/ingest-pipelines.md
      - label: Enrich data
        url: /manage-data/ingest/transform-enrich/data-enrichment.md
    </link-card>

    <link-card title="Map fields">
      title: Map fields
      link: /manage-data/data-store/mapping.md
      links:
      - label: Mappings
        url: /manage-data/data-store/mapping.md
      - label: Field types
        url: elasticsearch://reference/elasticsearch/mapping-reference/field-data-types.md
      - label: Runtime fields
        url: /manage-data/data-store/mapping/runtime-fields.md
    </link-card>

    <link-card title="Analyze text">
      title: Analyze text
      link: /manage-data/data-store/text-analysis.md
      links:
      - label: Text analysis
        url: /manage-data/data-store/text-analysis.md
      - label: Configure analyzers
        url: /manage-data/data-store/text-analysis/configure-text-analysis.md
    </link-card>

    <link-card title="Ingestion tools">
      title: Ingestion tools
      link: /manage-data/ingest.md
      links:
      - label: Fleet and Elastic Agent
        url: /reference/fleet.md
      - label: Logstash
        url: logstash://reference/index.md
      - label: Beats
        url: beats://reference/index.md
      - label: Elastic Distributions of OpenTelemetry
        url: opentelemetry://reference/index.md
    </link-card>
  </card-group>

  <card-group>
    <link-card title="Search with the Search API">
      title: Search with the Search API
      link: [https://www.elastic.co/docs/api/doc/elasticsearch/operation/operation-search](https://www.elastic.co/docs/api/doc/elasticsearch/operation/operation-search)
      links:
      - label: Search API
        url: [https://www.elastic.co/docs/api/doc/elasticsearch/operation/operation-search](https://www.elastic.co/docs/api/doc/elasticsearch/operation/operation-search)
      - label: Query DSL
        url: elasticsearch://reference/query-languages/query-dsl/full-text-queries.md
      - label: Retrievers
        url: elasticsearch://reference/elasticsearch/rest-apis/retrievers.md
      - label: Aggregations
        url: /explore-analyze/query-filter/aggregations.md
    </link-card>

    <link-card title="ES|QL">
      title: ES|QL
      link: elasticsearch://reference/query-languages/esql/esql-getting-started.md
      links:
      - label: Get started with ES|QL
        url: elasticsearch://reference/query-languages/esql/esql-getting-started.md
      - label: Syntax reference
        url: elasticsearch://reference/query-languages/esql/esql-syntax-reference.md
      - label: ES|QL for search
        url: /solutions/search/esql-for-search.md
    </link-card>

    <link-card title="Search across clusters and projects">
      title: Search across clusters and projects
      link: /explore-analyze/cross-cluster-search.md
      links:
      - label: Cross-cluster search
        url: /explore-analyze/cross-cluster-search.md
    </link-card>
  </card-group>

  <card-group>
    <link-card title="Semantic and vector search">
      title: Semantic and vector search
      link: /solutions/search/semantic-search.md
      links:
      - label: Semantic search
        url: /solutions/search/semantic-search.md
      - label: Vector search
        url: /solutions/search/vector.md
      - label: Hybrid search
        url: /solutions/search/hybrid-search.md
    </link-card>

    <link-card title="Inference">
      title: Inference
      link: [https://www.elastic.co/docs/api/doc/elasticsearch/group/endpoint-inference](https://www.elastic.co/docs/api/doc/elasticsearch/group/endpoint-inference)
      links:
      - label: Inference API
        url: [https://www.elastic.co/docs/api/doc/elasticsearch/group/endpoint-inference](https://www.elastic.co/docs/api/doc/elasticsearch/group/endpoint-inference)
      - label: Semantic search with inference
        url: /solutions/search/semantic-search/semantic-search-inference.md
    </link-card>
  </card-group>

  <card-group>
    <link-card title="APIs, clients, and examples">
      title: APIs, clients, and examples
      link: /reference/elasticsearch-clients.md
      links:
      - label: Elasticsearch API docs
        url: [https://www.elastic.co/docs/api/doc/elasticsearch](https://www.elastic.co/docs/api/doc/elasticsearch)
      - label: Language clients
        url: /reference/elasticsearch-clients.md
      - label: REST API examples
        url: elasticsearch://reference/elasticsearch/rest-apis/api-examples.md
    </link-card>

    <link-card title="Painless scripting">
      title: Painless scripting
      link: /explore-analyze/scripting/modules-scripting-painless.md
      links:
      - label: Write Painless scripts
        url: /explore-analyze/scripting/modules-scripting-painless.md
      - label: Language specification
        url: elasticsearch://reference/scripting-languages/painless/painless-language-specification.md
    </link-card>
  </card-group>

  <card-group>
    <link-card title="Choose a strategy">
      title: Choose a strategy
      link: /manage-data/lifecycle.md
      links:
      - label: Data lifecycle overview
        url: /manage-data/lifecycle.md
    </link-card>

    <link-card title="Data stream lifecycle">
      title: Data stream lifecycle
      link: /manage-data/lifecycle/data-stream.md
      links:
      - label: Data stream lifecycle
        url: /manage-data/lifecycle/data-stream.md
    </link-card>

    <link-card title="Index lifecycle management">
      title: Index lifecycle management
      link: /manage-data/lifecycle/index-lifecycle-management.md
      links:
      - label: Index lifecycle management (ILM)
        url: /manage-data/lifecycle/index-lifecycle-management.md
    </link-card>

    <link-card title="Back up and restore">
      title: Back up and restore
      link: /deploy-manage/tools/snapshot-and-restore.md
      links:
      - label: Snapshot and restore
        url: /deploy-manage/tools/snapshot-and-restore.md
    </link-card>
  </card-group>

  <card-group>
    <link-card title="Encrypt communications">
      title: Encrypt communications
      link: /deploy-manage/security/secure-cluster-communications.md
      links:
      - label: Secure cluster communications
        url: /deploy-manage/security/secure-cluster-communications.md
    </link-card>

    <link-card title="Authenticate">
      title: Authenticate
      link: /deploy-manage/users-roles/cluster-or-deployment-auth/user-authentication.md
      links:
      - label: User authentication
        url: /deploy-manage/users-roles/cluster-or-deployment-auth/user-authentication.md
    </link-card>

    <link-card title="Authorize access">
      title: Authorize access
      link: /deploy-manage/users-roles/cluster-or-deployment-auth/user-roles.md
      links:
      - label: Users and roles
        url: /deploy-manage/users-roles/cluster-or-deployment-auth/user-roles.md
    </link-card>

    <link-card title="Audit and configure">
      title: Audit and configure
      link: /deploy-manage/security/logging-configuration/security-event-audit-logging.md
      links:
      - label: Audit logging
        url: /deploy-manage/security/logging-configuration/security-event-audit-logging.md
      - label: Security settings
        url: elasticsearch://reference/elasticsearch/configuration-reference/security-settings.md
    </link-card>
  </card-group>

  <card-group>
    <link-card title="Cluster health and availability">
      title: Cluster health and availability
      link: /troubleshoot/elasticsearch/clusters.md
      links:
      - label: Cluster issues
        url: /troubleshoot/elasticsearch/clusters.md
    </link-card>

    <link-card title="Indexing and search">
      title: Indexing and search
      link: /troubleshoot/elasticsearch/troubleshooting-searches.md
      links:
      - label: Troubleshoot search
        url: /troubleshoot/elasticsearch/troubleshooting-searches.md
    </link-card>

    <link-card title="Snapshot and restore">
      title: Snapshot and restore
      link: /troubleshoot/elasticsearch/snapshot-and-restore.md
      links:
      - label: Snapshot problems
        url: /troubleshoot/elasticsearch/snapshot-and-restore.md
    </link-card>

    <link-card title="Clients and diagnostics">
      title: Clients and diagnostics
      link: /troubleshoot/elasticsearch/clients.md
      links:
      - label: Client problems
        url: /troubleshoot/elasticsearch/clients.md
      - label: Capture diagnostics
        url: /troubleshoot/elasticsearch/diagnostic.md
    </link-card>
  </card-group>

  <card-group>
    <link-card title="Complete technical reference">
      title: Complete technical reference
      link: elasticsearch://reference/elasticsearch/index.md
      links:
      - label: Elasticsearch technical reference
        url: elasticsearch://reference/elasticsearch/index.md
      - label: Configuration reference
        url: elasticsearch://reference/elasticsearch/configuration-reference/index.md
      - label: Mapping reference
        url: elasticsearch://reference/elasticsearch/mapping-reference/index.md
      - label: Aggregations reference
        url: elasticsearch://reference/aggregations/index.md
    </link-card>

    <link-card title="APIs and query languages">
      title: APIs and query languages
      link: elasticsearch://reference/elasticsearch/rest-apis/index.md
      links:
      - label: REST API reference
        url: elasticsearch://reference/elasticsearch/rest-apis/index.md
      - label: API conventions
        url: elasticsearch://reference/elasticsearch/rest-apis/api-conventions.md
      - label: Query DSL
        url: elasticsearch://reference/query-languages/query-dsl/full-text-queries.md
      - label: ES|QL
        url: elasticsearch://reference/query-languages/esql/esql-getting-started.md
    </link-card>
  </card-group>
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