---
title: OpenTelemetry quickstarts
description: Learn how to set up the Elastic Distributions for OpenTelemetry (EDOT) to monitor Kubernetes, applications, and hosts. The guides cover installing the EDOT Collector, enabling auto-instrumentation, and configuring data collection for metrics, logs, and traces in Elastic Observability.
url: https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/elastic/docs-content/pull/1655/solutions/observability/get-started/opentelemetry/quickstart
products:
  - Elastic Cloud Serverless
  - Elastic Distribution of OpenTelemetry Collector
  - Elastic Observability
---

# OpenTelemetry quickstarts
Learn how to set up the Elastic Distributions for OpenTelemetry (EDOT) to monitor Kubernetes, applications, and hosts.

## Add data from the UI

You can quickly add data from hosts, Kubernetes, applications, and cloud services from the Observability UI.
1. Open Elastic Observability.
2. Go to **Add data**.
3. Select what you want to monitor.
4. Follow the instructions.


## Manual installation guides

The guides cover how to install the EDOT Collector, turn on auto-instrumentation, and configure data collection for metrics, logs, and traces in Elastic Observability.
Select a guide based on the environment of your target system and your Elastic deployment model.

| Deployment Model           | Kubernetes                                                                                                                                                                                               | Docker                                                                                                                                                                                              | Hosts or VMs                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
|----------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Self-managed Elastic Stack | [Kubernetes on self-managed](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/elastic/docs-content/pull/1655/solutions/observability/get-started/opentelemetry/quickstart/self-managed/k8s)Kubernetes on self-managed | [Docker on self-managed](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/elastic/docs-content/pull/1655/solutions/observability/get-started/opentelemetry/quickstart/self-managed/docker)Docker on self-managed | [Hosts or VMs on self-managed](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/elastic/docs-content/pull/1655/solutions/observability/get-started/opentelemetry/quickstart/self-managed/hosts_vms)Hosts or VMs on self-managed |
| Elastic Cloud Serverless   | [Kubernetes on serverless](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/elastic/docs-content/pull/1655/solutions/observability/get-started/opentelemetry/quickstart/serverless/k8s)Kubernetes on serverless       | [Docker on serverless](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/elastic/docs-content/pull/1655/solutions/observability/get-started/opentelemetry/quickstart/serverless/docker)Docker on serverless       | [Hosts or VMs on serverless](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/elastic/docs-content/pull/1655/solutions/observability/get-started/opentelemetry/quickstart/serverless/hosts_vms)Hosts or VMs on serverless       |
| Elastic Cloud Hosted       | [Kubernetes on hosted](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/elastic/docs-content/pull/1655/solutions/observability/get-started/opentelemetry/quickstart/ech/k8s)Kubernetes on hosted                      | [Docker on hosted](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/elastic/docs-content/pull/1655/solutions/observability/get-started/opentelemetry/quickstart/ech/docker)Docker on hosted                      | [Hosts or VMs on hosted](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/elastic/docs-content/pull/1655/solutions/observability/get-started/opentelemetry/quickstart/ech/hosts_vms)Hosts or VMs on hosted                      |


## Troubleshooting

Having issues with the EDOT Collector? Refer to the [Troubleshooting common issues with the EDOT Collector](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/elastic/docs-content/pull/1655/troubleshoot/ingest/opentelemetry/edot-collector) guide for help.