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 navigation_title: Elastic documentation
 layout: landing-page
+description: Official Elastic documentation. Explore guides for Elastic Cloud (Hosted and Serverless) or on-prem deployments. Find product documentation, how-to guides, troubleshooting tips, release notes, and more.
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 # Elastic documentation