# Newbie in ELK

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/newbie-in-elk/195831>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [August 20, 2019, 1:44am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/newbie-in-elk/195831 "2019-08-20T01:44:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![sk545](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7993a0/32.png) [@sk545](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/sk545)\
**Post date:** [August 20, 2019, 1:44am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/newbie-in-elk/195831/1 "2019-08-20T01:44:11Z")

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hello "Elk"ites,

I am basically new to ELK (i worked on Splunk), I need some inputs on where do I start my journey to div into ELK, any inputs would greatly be appreciated!

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**Author:** ![spinscale](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/spinscale/32/25011_2.png) [@spinscale](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/spinscale)\
**Post date:** [August 20, 2019, 7:21am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/newbie-in-elk/195831/2 "2019-08-20T07:21:13Z")

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Hey,

a good starting point might be [https://www.elastic.co/start](https://www.elastic.co/start) in combination with getting first data into Elasticsearch. In your case I suppose it is logfiles, so taking a first look at [filebeat](https://www.elastic.co/products/beats/filebeat) or [metricbeat](https://www.elastic.co/products/beats/metricbeat) is a good start.

--Alex

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [September 17, 2019, 7:21am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/newbie-in-elk/195831/3 "2019-09-17T07:21:19Z")

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