[[getting-started]]
= Getting Started

[partintro]
--

Like a museum curator manages the exhibits and collections on display,
Elasticsearch Curator helps you curate, or manage your Elasticsearch indices.

Curator performs many operations on your Elasticsearch indices, from delete to
snapshot to shard allocation routing.

* <<installation,Installation>>
* <<upgrading,Upgrading>>
* <<examples,Examples>>
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include::installation.asciidoc[]
include::upgrading.asciidoc[]
include::examples.asciidoc[]

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