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title: "Welcome to the Open Distro for Elasticsearch Blog!"
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Welcome to the new Open Distro for Elasticsearch blog. Open Distro for Elasticsearch is an Apache 2.0-licensed distribution of Elasticsearch and Kibana. This blog will be a source for in-depth, technical content on the project. You’ll find how-tos, release notes, case studies, event announcements, and if you’re inspired, your own content, too! Or you can join the conversation by commenting on blog posts in the [discussion forum](https://discuss.opendistrocommunity.dev/).

Whether you are using Open Distro for Elasticsearch out of the box or building on top of it, we invite you to write about your experience as a guest blogger. Contributing is a great way to share your expertise with the community, spark new conversations, and further the project’s mission. [Send us](mailto:opendistro-blog@amazon.com) your article idea and a brief abstract and get started on your first guest post. We have a handful of editors who can help take your post from rough draft to finished product.

Need inspiration? Here are a few of our most popular blog posts:

* [Open Distro 1.1.0 released](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/opensource/open-distro-for-elasticsearch-1-1-0-released/)
* [Add Your Own SSL Certificates to Open Distro for Elasticsearch](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/opensource/add-ssl-certificates-open-distro-for-elasticsearch/)
* [Demystifying Elasticsearch Shard Allocation](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/opensource/open-distro-elasticsearch-shard-allocation/)
* [Add Single Sign-On to Open Distro for Elasticsearch Kibana Using SAML and ADFS](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/opensource/open-distro-for-elasticsearch-single-sign-on-saml-adfs/)
* [Add Single Sign-On (SSO) to Open Distro for Elasticsearch Kibana Using SAML and Okta](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/opensource/open-distro-for-elasticsearch-saml-okta/)
* [Running Open Distro for Elasticsearch on Kubernetes](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/opensource/open-distro-for-elasticsearch-on-kubernetes/)
* [Setting up multi-tenant Kibana access in Open Distro for Elasticsearch](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/opensource/multi-tenant-kibana-open-distro-for-elasticsearch/)

We can’t wait to highlight all of the use cases and innovations that Open Distro for Elasticsearch enables. Happy blogging!

Alolita Sharma, Jon Handler, and the entire Open Distro for Elasticsearch team