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‎get-started/index.md‎

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# Elastic fundamentals
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# Get started
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Welcome to Elastic fundamentals!
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Welcome! Whether you're starting a trial or exploring what Elastic has to offer, this section helps you understand our platform and get the most value from your experience.
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## On a trial? Start here
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If you've started an Elastic trial and want a guided, hands-on experience to build a proof of concept:
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**[Get started with your Elastic trial](/get-started/trial-getting-started.md)**: Follow our step-by-step tutorial designed specifically for trial users. Set up your environment, select a use case, connect data sources, and build a proof of concept.
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## Elastic fundamentals
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In this section, we'll walk you through the basics of what our products offer, what they do, how they can help your business, and how to set them up. You'll get a quick look at the core features and concepts, real-world use cases, and deployment options to understand how everything fits together.
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You'll also find other helpful information, such as how to use our docs, training resources, and a link to our glossary so you can familiarize yourself with our terminology. Whether you're exercising your options and are curious about what Elastic can offer, are just getting started, or are looking to dive deeper, this is a great place to begin.
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You'll also find other helpful information, such as how to use our docs, training resources, and a link to our glossary so you can familiarize yourself with our terminology.
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## What is Elastic? [what-is-es]
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description: Choose the right Elastic solution for your organization. Compare search, observability, and security use cases to identify the best starting point for your trial.
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# Choose your use case
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Choosing the right use case for your trial is crucial to demonstrating value quickly. Elastic offers three primary solutions, each designed for specific organizational needs. This guide helps you identify which solution best addresses your immediate challenges.
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## Quick decision guide
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Answer these questions to identify your primary use case:
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| Question | Use case |
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| Do you need to build search experiences for users or search large volumes of data? | **Search** |
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| Are you troubleshooting application performance, system health, or infrastructure issues? | **Observability** |
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| Do you need to detect, investigate, or respond to security threats? | **Security** |
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| Are you trying to understand user behavior or analyze business data? | **Search** or **Observability** |
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| Do you need to monitor compliance or audit access to systems? | **Security** |
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## Solution overview
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### Elasticsearch (Search)
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**Best for**: Building search experiences, analyzing business data, and gaining insights from large datasets.
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**Common use cases**:
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- Website or application search
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- E-commerce product catalogs
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- Enterprise knowledge management
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- Log and event search
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- Business analytics and dashboards
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- Full-text search across documents
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**Your organization might need this if**:
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- Users struggle to find information across multiple systems.
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- You need to search and analyze large volumes of unstructured data.
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- You're building an application that requires fast, relevant search.
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- You want to create custom analytics dashboards for business data.
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**What you'll build in your trial**:
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- A searchable index of your data (documents, products, or events).
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- Custom search queries with filters and relevance tuning.
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- Basic analytics and visualizations.
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- A simple search interface or dashboard.
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**Time to value**: See search results within 1-2 hours of ingesting data.
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### Elastic Observability
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**Best for**: Monitoring applications, infrastructure, and services to ensure reliability and performance.
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- Application performance monitoring (APM)
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- Service-level objective (SLO) tracking
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- Real user monitoring (RUM)
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- Applications are slow or experiencing errors.
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- You have limited visibility into system performance.
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- Logs are scattered across multiple systems.
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- You need to meet SLAs or track system uptime.
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**What you'll build in your trial**:
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- Monitoring for 2-3 key services or hosts.
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- Log aggregation from critical applications.
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- Performance dashboards and health metrics.
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- APM instrumentation for one application.
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**Time to value**: See metrics and logs within 30 minutes to 1 hour.
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**Best for**: Detecting, investigating, and responding to security threats and vulnerabilities.
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- Compliance monitoring
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- Incident response is manual and time-consuming.
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- Security data ingestion from key systems (endpoints, network, cloud).
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**Time to value**: See security events and detections within 1-2 hours.
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## Multi-solution approaches
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Many organizations benefit from multiple Elastic solutions working together. However, for your trial, we recommend starting with one primary use case to demonstrate clear value quickly.
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- Observability and Security: Monitor application health and detect security threats in the same platform.
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- [Search documentation](/solutions/search.md)
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2. Continue to Week 1: [Week 1: Foundation and first use case](/get-started/trial-week-1.md) to start building your PoC.
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3. Set success criteria: Visit [Proof of concept framework](/get-started/trial-poc-framework.md) to define what success looks like for your organization.
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## Need more guidance?
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- [Solutions overview](/get-started/introduction.md): Detailed comparison of all three solutions.
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- [Customer success stories](https://www.elastic.co/customers/success-stories): See how other organizations use Elastic.
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# Get started with your Elastic trial
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Welcome to Elastic! You've started your free trial, and now it's time to explore what Elastic can do for your organization. This guide provides a structured path to help you make the most of your trial period, understand Elastic's capabilities, and build a meaningful proof of concept (PoC) that demonstrates value to your team.
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Focus on getting up and running quickly with your primary use case.
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**[Week 1: Foundation and first use case](/get-started/trial-week-1.md)**: Set up your deployment, connect your first data source, and start seeing value immediately.
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Build on your foundation by expanding your PoC and preparing for team evaluation.
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**[Week 2: Expand and evaluate](/get-started/trial-week-2.md)**: Add additional data sources, create dashboards, set up alerts, and measure success metrics.
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**[Proof of concept framework](/get-started/trial-poc-framework.md)**: Learn how to define success criteria, identify key stakeholders, and measure results that matter to your organization.
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Not sure which use case is right for you? Refer to **[Choose your use case](/get-started/trial-choose-use-case.md)** to understand the differences between search, observability, and security solutions, and select the best starting point for your needs.
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## Need help?
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Throughout your trial, you have access to the following resources:
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- **[Elastic Community](https://discuss.elastic.co/)**: Ask questions and learn from other users.
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- **[Elastic Training](https://www.elastic.co/training)**: Free courses and certification paths.
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- **[Support resources](https://www.elastic.co/support)**: Documentation, guides, and troubleshooting help.
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## Alternative learning paths
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If you're not ready for a trial or want to explore Elastic's fundamentals first:
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- [Elastic fundamentals](/get-started/index.md): Understand core concepts, architecture, and deployment options.
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- [Solutions and use cases](/solutions/index.md): Deep dive into specific solution capabilities.
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- [Demo gallery](https://www.elastic.co/demo-gallery): Watch demonstrations of key features.
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- [Beginner's crash course](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_mJOmq4zsHZYAyK606y7wjQtC0aoE6Es): Video series covering Elastic basics.
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