generated: '2026-08-29'
method: searched
source: https://www.elastic.co/docs/solutions/search/run-elasticsearch-locally
docs:
- https://www.elastic.co/docs/solutions/search/run-elasticsearch-locally
- https://www.elastic.co/pricing
provider: Elastic Observability
providerId: elastic-observability
model: local-stack + free trial
model_note: >-
  Elastic ships NO hosted sandbox and NO test-mode key namespace. There is no test/live key prefix
  pair, no magic test values, no time-simulation clock and no fixture/trigger tooling — those are
  payments-API conventions and none of them exist here. What Elastic offers instead is the whole
  product, either running on your own machine or on a time-boxed cloud trial. Recorded as-is;
  nothing invented to fill the shape.
local:
  name: start-local
  command: curl -fsSL https://elastic.co/start-local | sh
  probed: '2026-08-29'
  probe_status: 200
  probe_note: >-
    https://elastic.co/start-local returns HTTP 200 application/octet-stream — a real installer
    script, not a docs page.
  what_it_starts: Elasticsearch and Kibana in Docker for local development and evaluation.
  caveat: >-
    start-local brings up Elasticsearch + Kibana. An APM Server / EDOT Collector to receive the
    intake and OTLP traffic in this repo's OpenAPI is a separate container, run against the local
    stack.
  self_managed_default_base: http://localhost:8200
trial:
  offered: true
  type: Elastic Cloud free trial
  length: not stated on https://www.elastic.co/pricing
  cta: Start free trial
  credit_card_required: not stated
test_credentials:
  test_mode_keys: false
  key_prefix_separation: false
  detail: >-
    Elastic API keys and APM secret tokens have no test/live prefix distinction. A key is scoped by
    the privileges granted to it and by which deployment it belongs to, so isolation is achieved by
    using a separate deployment or project — not by a mode flag on the credential.
magic_values: []
time_simulation:
  supported: false
fixtures:
  supported: false
  nearest_equivalent: >-
    elastic-package (https://github.com/elastic/elastic-package, v0.126.1 / 2026-08-27) runs
    integration test stacks and generates sample data for Elastic integrations. It is a package
    developer tool, not a sandbox for API consumers.