In this section you will learn about some of the options you have for running Elasticsearch. Most of the tutorials and content on this site will require you to first follow the instructions below for your chosen method of installation.
How to run Elasticsearch
In this section, we will cover convenient installation options for Elasticsearch:
- Elastic Cloud - Elastic Cloud provides a hosted Elasticsearch and Kibana service available on AWS, GCP, and Azure. It offers a 14-day free trial.
- Docker - A good option for local development and testing.
- Serverless - Delivers a fully managed experience that abstracts away the underlying infrastructure.
- Start-local - An option for quickly getting started and running Elasticsearch locally.
Note that these aren't the only ways to deploy Elasticsearch. You can find a discussion of other deployment options such as installing Elasticsearch with .zip in the Elasticsearch Installation Guide.
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