# Crate Documentation

Welcome to Crate - a shared nothing, fully searchable, document oriented cluster database.

## First Steps

- In order to get Crate up and running take a look at the Installation Instructions.
- If you are new to Crate, it is probably the best to say Hello Crate.
- Take a look at the Crate SQL, Elasticsearch InOut Plugin and 3rd Party Plugins

## Contents

- Hello Crate
- Installation Instructions
- Configuration
  - Logging
- Crate SQL
  - Data Definition in Crate
  - Querying Crate
  - Crate SQL HTTP Endpoint
- Blob Support
  - Uploading
  - Download
  - Delete
- 3rd Party Plugins
  - elasticsearch-head
  - bigdesk
  - segmentspy
- Client Libraries
  - Crate java client
  - Crate python client