---
title: Quickstart with a self-managed Elastic Stack
description: Before following the quickstart guides to set up your EDOT deployment, make sure to install your self-managed Elastic Stack.
url: https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/elastic/docs-content/pull/5400/solutions/observability/get-started/opentelemetry/quickstart/self-managed
products:
  - Elastic Cloud Serverless
  - Elastic Distribution of OpenTelemetry Collector
  - Elastic Observability
applies_to:
  - Serverless Observability projects: Generally available
  - Elastic Stack: Generally available
  - Elastic Distribution of OpenTelemetry Collector: Generally available
---

# Quickstart with a self-managed Elastic Stack
Select the quickstart guide for your environment from the following list:
- [Kubernetes on self-managed](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/elastic/docs-content/pull/5400/solutions/observability/get-started/opentelemetry/quickstart/self-managed/k8s)
- [Docker on self-managed](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/elastic/docs-content/pull/5400/solutions/observability/get-started/opentelemetry/quickstart/self-managed/docker)
- [Hosts or VMs on self-managed](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/elastic/docs-content/pull/5400/solutions/observability/get-started/opentelemetry/quickstart/self-managed/hosts_vms)

Before following the quickstart guides to set up your EDOT deployment, make sure to [install your self-managed Elastic Stack](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/elastic/docs-content/pull/5400/solutions/observability/apm/opentelemetry).

## Troubleshooting

Having issues with EDOT? Refer to the [Troubleshooting common issues with the EDOT Collector](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/elastic/docs-content/pull/5400/troubleshoot/ingest/opentelemetry/edot-collector) and [Troubleshooting the EDOT SDKs](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/elastic/docs-content/pull/5400/troubleshoot/ingest/opentelemetry/edot-sdks) for help.