--- 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/tree/main/products/elastic-stack products: - Elastic Documentation - Elastic Stack --- # Elastic Stack documentation hub Elasticsearch, Kibana, Logstash, and Beats, also known as the Elastic Stack or 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 with the Elastic Stack 1. Run Elasticsearch and Kibana - Try for free on Elastic Cloud: Get an Elastic Stack running in a few minutes with no setup needed. [Start a free trial](https://cloud.elastic.co/registration) - Run locally: Spin up Elasticsearch and Kibana on your machine for development with `start-local`. `curl -fsSL https://elastic.co/start-local | sh` 2. [Add your data](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/manage-data/ingest) Bring in your data with Elastic Agent, a language client, or a connector. 3. [Explore and visualize](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/explore-analyze/kibana-data-exploration-learning-tutorial) Query your data in Discover, or start building charts. ### Elastic Stack components The Elastic Stack, also known as the ELK Stack, is made of Elasticsearch, Kibana, Logstash, Elastic Agent, and Beats. They power [Elastic solutions](#solutions), and you have several ways to [deploy and manage them](#deploy). #### Elasticsearch - [Elasticsearch docs hub](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/products/elasticsearch) - [Release notes](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/elastic/elasticsearch/tree/main/release-notes) - [Serverless release notes](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/release-notes/elastic-cloud-serverless) - [Elasticsearch reference](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/elastic/elasticsearch/tree/main/reference) #### Kibana - [Kibana docs hub](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/products/kibana) - [Release notes](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/elastic/kibana/tree/main/release-notes) - [Serverless release notes](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/release-notes/elastic-cloud-serverless) - [Kibana reference](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/elastic/kibana/tree/main/reference) #### Logstash - [Logstash docs hub](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/products/logstash) - [Release notes](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/elastic/logstash/tree/main/release-notes) - [Logstash reference](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/elastic/logstash/tree/main/reference) #### Elastic Agent - [Fleet and Elastic Agent](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/reference/fleet) - [Release notes](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/elastic/elastic-agent/tree/main/release-notes) - [Elastic Agent as an OpenTelemetry Collector](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/elastic/elastic-agent/tree/main/reference/edot-collector) #### Beats - [Beats reference](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/elastic/beats/tree/main/reference) - [Release notes](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/elastic/beats/tree/main/release-notes) - [Filebeat](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/elastic/beats/tree/main/reference/filebeat) - [Metricbeat](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/elastic/beats/tree/main/reference/metricbeat) ### Elastic solutions Solutions are packages of Elastic capabilities optimized for certain use cases. All solutions include the core storage, querying, and analytics capabilities of Elasticsearch and Kibana. #### Elasticsearch - [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) - [Agent Builder](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/explore-analyze/ai-features/elastic-agent-builder) - [Query rules](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/solutions/elasticsearch-solution-project/query-rules-ui) - [Content connectors](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/elastic/elasticsearch/tree/main/reference/search-connectors) - [Index management](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/manage-data/data-store/perform-index-operations) #### Vector Database - [Overview](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/solutions/vector-database) - [Get started](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/solutions/vector-database/get-started) - [Vector and full-text search](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/solutions/vector-database/vector-full-text-search) - [RAG](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/solutions/search/rag) - [Hybrid search](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/solutions/search/hybrid-search) - [Semantic search](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/solutions/search/semantic-search) #### Observability - [Overview](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/solutions/observability) - [Get started](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/solutions/observability/get-started) - [APM](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/solutions/observability/apm) - [Logs](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/solutions/observability/logs) - [Infrastructure](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/solutions/observability/infra-and-hosts) - [Synthetics](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/solutions/observability/synthetics) #### Security - [Overview](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/solutions/security) - [Get started](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/solutions/security/get-started) - [SIEM](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/solutions/security/get-started/get-started-detect-with-siem) - [Detection rules](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/solutions/security/detect-and-alert/manage-detection-rules) - [Elastic Defend](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/solutions/security/configure-elastic-defend) - [Cases](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/solutions/security/investigate/security-cases) ### Deploy your Elastic Stack Choose where to run the Elastic Stack: as a managed service, on Kubernetes, or on your own hosts. [Compare deployment types](/elastic/docs-content/tree/main/deploy-manage/deploy/deployment-comparison). #### Elastic Cloud Serverless Fully managed projects. Elastic runs the infrastructure and the upgrades. - [Overview](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/deploy-manage/deploy/elastic-cloud/serverless) - [Create a project](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/deploy-manage/deploy/elastic-cloud/create-serverless-project) - [Project settings](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/deploy-manage/deploy/elastic-cloud/project-settings) #### Elastic Cloud Hosted Managed deployments on AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud, with version control. - [Overview](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/deploy-manage/deploy/elastic-cloud/cloud-hosted) - [Create a deployment](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/deploy-manage/deploy/elastic-cloud/create-an-elastic-cloud-hosted-deployment) - [Configure a deployment](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/deploy-manage/deploy/elastic-cloud/configure) - [Upgrade](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/deploy-manage/upgrade/deployment-or-cluster/upgrade-on-ech) #### Elastic Cloud on Kubernetes Run the stack on your own Kubernetes clusters with the ECK operator. - [Overview](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/deploy-manage/deploy/cloud-on-k8s) - [Install ECK](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/deploy-manage/deploy/cloud-on-k8s/install) - [Configure ECK](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/deploy-manage/deploy/cloud-on-k8s/configure) - [Upgrade](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/deploy-manage/upgrade/deployment-or-cluster/upgrade-on-eck) #### Elastic Cloud Enterprise Run your own Elastic Cloud on any infrastructure. - [Overview](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/deploy-manage/deploy/cloud-enterprise) - [Install ECE](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/deploy-manage/deploy/cloud-enterprise/install) - [Configure ECE](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/deploy-manage/deploy/cloud-enterprise/configure) - [Upgrade](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/deploy-manage/upgrade/deployment-or-cluster/upgrade-on-ece) #### Self-managed Install and operate the stack yourself on your own hosts. - [Overview](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/deploy-manage/deploy/self-managed) - [Install Elasticsearch](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/deploy-manage/deploy/self-managed/installing-elasticsearch) - [Configure Elasticsearch](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/deploy-manage/deploy/self-managed/configure-elasticsearch) - [Upgrade](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/deploy-manage/upgrade/deployment-or-cluster/self-managed) ## Explore the Elastic Stack Find documentation for upgrading, monitoring, and securing the Elastic 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) #### 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) ### Operate and manage #### Upgrade - [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) #### Monitor and maintain - [Monitor the stack](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/deploy-manage/monitor) - [Maintenance and restarts](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/deploy-manage/maintenance) - [Protect and recover data](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/deploy-manage/tools) - [Licenses and subscriptions](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/deploy-manage/license) #### Secure and authenticate - [Secure the stack](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/deploy-manage/security) - [Authentication and users](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/deploy-manage/users-roles) - [API keys](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/deploy-manage/api-keys)