# Totally new at ELK need a super fast start **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [December 6, 2015, 11:49am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/totally-new-at-elk-need-a-super-fast-start/36462 "2015-12-06T11:49:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Luis\_Escobar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/47e85d/32.png) [@Luis\_Escobar](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Luis_Escobar)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2015, 11:49am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/totally-new-at-elk-need-a-super-fast-start/36462/1 "2015-12-06T11:49:34Z")
Hi there! Im totally new at ELK and I need to gain knowledge ASAP to start super fast at light-speed. My intention is to use it similarly and in comparison with other solutions as splunk, alienvault, etc.. I dont know if ELK can correlate and generate alerts or it is just usefull for log search. So, could it be a sustitute of a SIEM correlator ? (Security event manager and correlator) Are there VM for vmware already available to download and start playing/learning with them ? Videos ? for me are much better than a book because it is more practical and much faster than books. Any help will be very much appreciated. Thanks ! ---
**Author:** ![magnusbaeck](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/magnusbaeck/32/44943_2.png) [@magnusbaeck](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/magnusbaeck)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2015, 1:03pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/totally-new-at-elk-need-a-super-fast-start/36462/2 "2015-12-06T13:03:48Z")
> I dont know if ELK can correlate and generate alerts or it is just usefull for log search. So, could it be a sustitute of a SIEM correlator ? (Security event manager and correlator) It probably won't be sufficient for all needs within that area. > Are there VM for vmware already available to download and start playing/learning with them ? I don't know of any VM images, but there are definitely Docker images available on DockerHub. > Videos ? There are numerous videos available on [elastic.co](http://elastic.co) and you'll find many tech talks on e.g. YouTube. ---
**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2015, 8:40pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/totally-new-at-elk-need-a-super-fast-start/36462/3 "2015-12-06T20:40:22Z")
You can use ELK for correlation of events, especially with TimeLion. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2017, 11:33pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/totally-new-at-elk-need-a-super-fast-start/36462/4 "2017-07-05T23:33:12Z")