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== Getting started with logs monitoring

To get started with the Logs app in Kibana, you need to start collecting logs data for your infrastructure.

Kibana provides step-by-step instructions to help you add logs data.
The {logs-guide}[Logs Monitoring Guide] is a good source for more detailed information and instructions.

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image::logs/images/logs-add-data.png[Screenshot showing Add logging data in Kibana]