From aedbfc63cdb37f8f5735b06364d3983fbcb7d92e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Clinton Gormley Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2018 20:17:05 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Docs: Added note about cloud service to installation and getting started --- docs/reference/getting-started.asciidoc | 5 +++++ docs/reference/setup/install.asciidoc | 7 ++++++- 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/docs/reference/getting-started.asciidoc b/docs/reference/getting-started.asciidoc index 39006d1ab53..a29a743fed8 100755 --- a/docs/reference/getting-started.asciidoc +++ b/docs/reference/getting-started.asciidoc @@ -104,6 +104,11 @@ With that out of the way, let's get started with the fun part... == Installation +You can skip installation completely by 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. + Elasticsearch requires at least Java 8. Specifically as of this writing, it is recommended that you use the Oracle JDK version {jdk}. Java installation varies from platform to platform so we won't go into those details here. Oracle's recommended installation documentation can be found on http://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/technotes/guides/install/install_overview.html[Oracle's website]. Suffice to say, before you install Elasticsearch, please check your Java version first by running (and then install/upgrade accordingly if needed): [source,sh] diff --git a/docs/reference/setup/install.asciidoc b/docs/reference/setup/install.asciidoc index 783cb804e7a..7675e5ad146 100644 --- a/docs/reference/setup/install.asciidoc +++ b/docs/reference/setup/install.asciidoc @@ -1,6 +1,11 @@ [[install-elasticsearch]] == Installing 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. + Elasticsearch is provided in the following package formats: [horizontal] @@ -38,7 +43,7 @@ Elasticsearch on Windows. MSIs may be downloaded from the Elasticsearch website. `docker`:: Images are available for running Elasticsearch as Docker containers. They may be -downloaded from the Elastic Docker Registry. +downloaded from the Elastic Docker Registry. + {ref}/docker.html[Install {es} with Docker]