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# Introducing Kapacitor

To get up and running with Kapacitor, complete the following tasks:

## Download Kapacitor

For information about downloading Kapacitor, visit the [InfluxData downloads page](https://www.influxdata.com/downloads/).

## [Install Kapacitor](/kapacitor/v1/introduction/installation/)

Install, start, and configure Kapacitor on your operating system of choice.

## [Get started with Kapacitor](/kapacitor/v1/introduction/getting-started/)

Get started with Kapacitor to process your time series data.

## [Docker Install](/kapacitor/v1/introduction/install-docker/)

Install Kapacitor with Docker.