Elastic documentation
Find the help you need, wherever you are in your Elastic journey.
Elastic basics
Learn about Elasticsearch, the components at the heart of the Elastic Search AI Platform, and the solutions it powers.
Instant Elasticsearch
For local testing, use Docker to install and run Elasticsearch.
Try it locally now:
curl -fsSL https://elastic.co/start-local | sh
Elastic products
Search
Build powerful search and RAG applications using Elasticsearch's vector database, AI toolkit, and advanced retrieval capabilities.
Observability
Resolve problems with open, flexible, and unified observability powered by advanced machine learning and analytics.
Security
Detect, investigate, and respond to threats with AI-driven security analytics to protect your organization at scale.
Elastic how-to guides
Manage all your data
Learn how to ingest, enrich, and manage your data throughout its entire Elasticsearch lifecycle.
Explore and analyze your data
Discover the querying, shaping, and visualization tools of Elasticsearch and Kibana, available in every solution.
Deploy and manage
Learn about how to deploy and manage all aspects of your Elastic environment. Learn how to design resilient, highly available clusters and deployments, and maintain and scale your environment to grow with your use case.
References
Elastic APIs
Browse the API documentation.
Product resources
Troubleshoot and support
Check troubleshooting guides for common fixes or reach out to the experts.
Contribute and extend
Learn how to contribute to Elastic products and extend Elastic capabilities.