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Installing Elasticsearch

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Installing Elasticsearch

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Hosted Elasticsearch

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Elasticsearch can be run on your own hardware or using our hosted Elasticsearch Service on Elastic Cloud, which is available on AWS, GCP and Azure. You can try out the hosted service for free.

Installing Elasticsearch Yourself

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Elasticsearch is provided in the following package formats:

`zip`/`tar.gz`	The `zip` and `tar.gz` packages are suitable for installation on any system and are the easiest choice for getting started with Elasticsearch on most systems. Install Elasticsearch with `.zip` or `.tar.gz` or Install Elasticsearch with `.zip` on Windows
`deb`	The `deb` package is suitable for Debian, Ubuntu, and other Debian-based systems. Debian packages may be downloaded from the Elasticsearch website or from our Debian repository. Install Elasticsearch with Debian Package
`rpm`	The `rpm` package is suitable for installation on Red Hat, Centos, SLES, OpenSuSE and other RPM-based systems. RPMs may be downloaded from the Elasticsearch website or from our RPM repository. Install Elasticsearch with RPM
`msi`	[beta] This functionality is in beta and is subject to change. The design and code is less mature than official GA features and is being provided as-is with no warranties. Beta features are not subject to the support SLA of official GA features. The `msi` package is suitable for installation on Windows 64-bit systems with at least .NET 4.5 framework installed, and is the easiest choice for getting started with Elasticsearch on Windows. MSIs may be downloaded from the Elasticsearch website. Install Elasticsearch with Windows MSI Installer
`docker`	Images are available for running Elasticsearch as Docker containers. They may be downloaded from the Elastic Docker Registry. Install Elasticsearch with Docker

Configuration Management Tools

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We also provide the following configuration management tools to help with large deployments:

Puppet	puppet-elasticsearch
Chef	cookbook-elasticsearch
Ansible	ansible-elasticsearch

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