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== Installing Elasticsearch

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=== Hosted Elasticsearch
Elasticsearch can be run on your own hardware or using our hosted
Elasticsearch Service on https://www.elastic.co/cloud[Elastic Cloud], which is
available on AWS and GCP. You can
https://www.elastic.co/cloud/elasticsearch-service/signup[try out the hosted service] for free.

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=== Installing Elasticsearch Yourself

Elasticsearch is provided in the following package formats:

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`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.
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<<zip-targz>> or <<zip-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.
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<<deb>>

`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.
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<<rpm>>

`msi`::

beta[]
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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.
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<<windows>>
<commit_msg>[DOCS] Move beta[] tag for Asciidoctor migration (#41599)<commit_after>[[install-elasticsearch]]
== Installing Elasticsearch

[float]
=== Hosted Elasticsearch
Elasticsearch can be run on your own hardware or using our hosted
Elasticsearch Service on https://www.elastic.co/cloud[Elastic Cloud], which is
available on AWS and GCP. You can
https://www.elastic.co/cloud/elasticsearch-service/signup[try out the hosted service] for free.

[float]
=== Installing Elasticsearch Yourself

Elasticsearch is provided in the following package formats:

[horizontal]
`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.
+
<<zip-targz>> or <<zip-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.
+
<<deb>>

`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.
+
<<rpm>>

`msi`::

beta[] 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.
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<<windows>>

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