--- title: Elastic Stack documentation hub description: Elastic Stack documentation, also known as the ELK Stack. Elasticsearch, Kibana, Logstash, and Beats work together to ingest, store, search, and visualize data. url: https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/elastic/docs-content/pull/7964/products/elastic-stack products: - Elastic Stack --- # Elastic Stack documentation hub Elasticsearch, Kibana, Logstash, and Beats, also known as the ELK Stack, work together to ingest, store, search, and visualize data at scale. Run the stack as a managed service or in your own environment. - [Get started](#get-started) - [What's new](#whats-new) - [Explore Elastic Stack docs](#explore) ## Get started in 3 steps Start a local development environment or a free Elastic Cloud trial, then ingest data and explore it in Kibana. 1. Run Elasticsearch and Kibana - Run locally: Spin up Elasticsearch and Kibana on your machine for development with `start-local`. `curl -fsSL https://elastic.co/start-local | sh` - Try on Cloud: Start a free Elastic Cloud trial. No local setup needed. [Start a free trial](https://cloud.elastic.co/registration) 2. [Ingest your data](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/manage-data/ingest) Send documents to Elasticsearch using the APIs, ingest pipelines, Elastic Agent, Logstash, or a language client. 3. [Explore and visualize](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/explore-analyze/kibana-data-exploration-learning-tutorial) Open Discover, then build your first chart and dashboard. ### What's new Release notes for Elasticsearch, Kibana, Logstash, Observability, and Security. #### [Elasticsearch](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/elastic/elasticsearch/tree/main/release-notes) Elasticsearch release notes. #### [Kibana](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/elastic/kibana/tree/main/release-notes) Kibana release notes. #### [Logstash](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/elastic/logstash/tree/main/release-notes) Logstash release notes. #### [Observability](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/release-notes/elastic-observability) Observability solution release notes. #### [Security](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/release-notes/elastic-security) Security solution release notes. ### Solutions Purpose-built experiences on the Elastic Stack for search, observability, and security. #### [Elasticsearch](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/solutions/elasticsearch-solution-project) - [Solution overview](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/solutions/elasticsearch-solution-project) - [Get started](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/solutions/elasticsearch-solution-project/get-started) - [Elasticsearch docs hub](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/products/elasticsearch) #### [Observability](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/solutions/observability) - [Solution overview](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/solutions/observability) - [Get started](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/solutions/observability/get-started) - [Observability release notes](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/release-notes/elastic-observability) #### [Security](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/solutions/security) - [Solution overview](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/solutions/security) - [Get started](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/solutions/security/get-started) - [Security release notes](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/release-notes/elastic-security) ## Explore the Elastic Stack Find documentation for deploying, upgrading, and operating the products that make up the stack. ### Quick links #### How the stack fits together - [Stack components](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/get-started/the-stack) - [Deployment options](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/get-started/deployment-options) - [Versioning and availability](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/get-started/versioning-availability) #### Product hubs - [Elasticsearch](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/products/elasticsearch) - [Kibana](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/products/kibana) - [Logstash](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/products/logstash) #### Get started locally - [Local development quickstart](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/deploy-manage/deploy/self-managed/local-development-installation-quickstart) - [Ingest your data](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/manage-data/ingest) ### Deploy and install #### [Elastic Cloud](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/deploy-manage/deploy/elastic-cloud) Managed Elasticsearch and Kibana, with no local install. - [Elastic Cloud overview](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/deploy-manage/deploy/elastic-cloud) - [Serverless](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/deploy-manage/deploy/elastic-cloud/serverless) - [Start a free trial](https://cloud.elastic.co/registration) #### [Self-managed](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/deploy-manage/deploy/self-managed/installing-elasticsearch) Install stack components on your own infrastructure, in this order. - [Install Elasticsearch](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/deploy-manage/deploy/self-managed/installing-elasticsearch) - [Install Kibana](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/deploy-manage/deploy/self-managed/install-kibana) - [Install Logstash](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/elastic/logstash/tree/main/reference/installing-logstash) - [Install Elastic Agent](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/reference/fleet/install-elastic-agents) #### [Orchestrators](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/deploy-manage/deploy/cloud-on-k8s) Run the stack with Kubernetes or Elastic Cloud Enterprise. - [Elastic Cloud on Kubernetes (ECK)](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/deploy-manage/deploy/cloud-on-k8s) - [Elastic Cloud Enterprise (ECE)](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/deploy-manage/deploy/cloud-enterprise) ### Upgrade #### [Plan an upgrade](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/deploy-manage/upgrade) Prepare a stack upgrade, then upgrade the cluster and ingest components. - [Upgrade overview](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/deploy-manage/upgrade) - [Plan your upgrade](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/deploy-manage/upgrade/plan-upgrade) - [Upgrade the deployment or cluster](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/deploy-manage/upgrade/deployment-or-cluster) - [Upgrade ingest components](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/deploy-manage/upgrade/ingest-components) ### Main components #### [Elasticsearch](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/products/elasticsearch) The distributed search and analytics engine at the heart of the stack. - [Elasticsearch docs hub](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/products/elasticsearch) - [How Elasticsearch fits in the stack](/get-started/the-stack#stack-components-elasticsearch) #### [Kibana](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/products/kibana) The UI for exploring data, building dashboards, and managing the stack. - [Kibana docs hub](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/products/kibana) - [How Kibana fits in the stack](/get-started/the-stack#stack-components-kibana) #### [Elastic Agent](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/reference/fleet) A single agent to collect logs, metrics, and traces, managed from Kibana. - [Fleet and Elastic Agent](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/reference/fleet) - [Install Elastic Agent](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/reference/fleet/install-elastic-agents) #### [Logstash](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/products/logstash) Server-side pipelines for collecting, transforming, and shipping events. - [Logstash docs hub](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/products/logstash) - [How Logstash fits in the stack](/get-started/the-stack#stack-components-logstash) #### [Beats and OpenTelemetry](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/elastic/beats/tree/main/reference) Lightweight shippers and OpenTelemetry distributions for ingest. - [Beats](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/elastic/beats/tree/main/reference) - [Elastic Distributions of OpenTelemetry](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/elastic/opentelemetry/tree/main/reference)