> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.honeycomb.io/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Get Started: Overview

> Instrument your app, send telemetry to Honeycomb, and start debugging with high-cardinality observability. Choose your path and get up and running fast.

Welcome to Honeycomb! We're happy to see you.

## Start Building

<Card title="Honeycomb for Applications" href="/get-started/start-building/application/">
  Get up and running with Honeycomb for your application. Learn how to easily add instrumentation and use Honeycomb to observe and understand your application.
</Card>

<Card title="Honeycomb for Kubernetes" href="/send-data/kubernetes/">
  Learn how to easily add Honeycomb to your Kubernetes cluster.
</Card>

<Card title="Explore Our Sandbox" href="https://play.honeycomb.io/sandbox/tours">
  Explore our free, interactive demo. Choose your own path: analyze and debug an issue, explore a service map, or correlate app and Kubernetes errors.
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<Card title="Use an Example App" href="/get-started/start-building/example-applications/">
  Use example applications to quickly learn about Honeycomb.
</Card>

## Observability Fundamentals

<Card title="Introduction to Observability" href="/get-started/observability/introduction">
  Find out what observability is and why it changes how you debug production software.
</Card>

<Card title="Observability Concepts" href="/get-started/observability/concepts">
  Build a foundation in the concepts of modern observability.
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## Honeycomb Basics

<Card title="Introduction to Honeycomb" href="/get-started/honeycomb/introduction">
  Learn what Honeycomb is, what problem it solves, and how its core concepts fit together.
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<Card title="Traces, Metrics, Logs" href="/get-started/honeycomb/traces-metrics-logs/">
  Understand the telemetry signals Honeycomb supports, how each one works, and how they fit together.
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<Card title="Logs in Honeycomb" href="/get-started/honeycomb/logs-in-honeycomb">
  Learn how Honeycomb handles log data, how logs relate to traces and metrics, and how to get the most out of your log data.
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<Card title="Metrics in Honeycomb" href="/get-started/honeycomb/metrics-in-honeycomb">
  Learn how Honeycomb handles metrics data, how metrics relate to traces and logs, and when to use metrics in your observability practice.
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<Card title="Honeycomb Intelligence" href="/get-started/honeycomb/honeycomb-intelligence">
  Learn about our AI-powered suite of features that surface insights from your telemetry so you can investigate faster and resolve incidents with confidence.
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<Card title="Core Analysis Loop" href="/get-started/honeycomb/core-analysis-loop">
  Cycle through your telemetry dimensions, form hypotheses, and validate them with data. Learn how to debug any system from first principles.
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<Card title="Honeycomb Resource Structure" href="/get-started/honeycomb/resource-structure">
  Understand the organizational structure of Honeycomb: teams, environments, datasets, and events.
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<Card title="Getting Around Honeycomb" href="/get-started/honeycomb/log-in-with-saml-sso">
  Get familiar with the Honeycomb interface. Learn how to log in, navigate the UI, and find your way around your team's environments, datasets, and query history.
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<Card title="Honeycomb Private Cloud" href="/get-started/honeycomb/private-cloud">
  Run the full Honeycomb observability platform in your own infrastructure for enhanced data governance, regulatory compliance, and infrastructure control.
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<Card title="Security & Compliance" href="/security-compliance">
  Find out how Honeycomb secures its infrastructure, protects your data, maintains compliance certifications, and approaches AI features responsibly.
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## Plan & Design

<Card title="Best Practices" href="/get-started/best-practices/">
  Explore Honeycomb's recommendations for working with our product.
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<Card title="Manage Costs" href="/get-started/manage-costs/">
  Understand how Honeycomb measures usage, predicts and handles overage, and retains data.
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