# Welcome to {{.BeatName | title}} {{.Version}}{{if .Snapshot}}-SNAPSHOT{{end}}
{{.Description}}
## Getting Started
To get started with {{.BeatName | title}}, you need to set up Elasticsearch on
your localhost first. After that, start {{.BeatName | title}} with:
./{{.BeatName}} -c {{.BeatName}}.yml -e
This will start {{.BeatName | title }} and send the data to your Elasticsearch
instance. To load the dashboards for {{.BeatName | title}} into Kibana, run:
./{{.BeatName}} setup -e
For further steps visit the
[Getting started](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/{{.BeatName}}/{{ beat_doc_branch }}/{{.BeatName}}-getting-started.html) guide.
## Documentation
Visit [Elastic.co Docs](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/{{.BeatName}}/{{ beat_doc_branch }}/index.html)
for the full {{.BeatName | title}} documentation.
## Release notes
https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/libbeat/{{ beat_doc_branch }}/release-notes-{{.Version}}.html
