OpenSearch/docs/reference/setup/install.asciidoc

[[install-elasticsearch]]
== Installing Elasticsearch

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`::

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>>

`docker`::

Images are available for running Elasticsearch as Docker containers. They may be
downloaded from the Elastic Docker Registry. 
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{ref}/docker.html[Install {es} with Docker]

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[[config-mgmt-tools]]
=== Configuration Management Tools

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

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Puppet:: https://github.com/elastic/puppet-elasticsearch[puppet-elasticsearch]
Chef::   https://github.com/elastic/cookbook-elasticsearch[cookbook-elasticsearch]
Ansible:: https://github.com/elastic/ansible-elasticsearch[ansible-elasticsearch]


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