---
title: "Documentation"
description: "Install Fanout, send OpenTelemetry, and configure investigations, dashboards and alerts."
status: shipped
---

Send OpenTelemetry to one binary. Investigate with Fanout's built-in agent, or connect yours over MCP. Start with [What Fanout is](/docs/get-started/overview).

## Quickstart

[Install](/docs/get-started/install) → [First boot](/docs/get-started/first-boot) → [Send your first telemetry](/docs/get-started/send-telemetry)

## Browse the documentation

### Get started

- [What Fanout is](/docs/get-started/overview)
- [Install](/docs/get-started/install)
- [First boot](/docs/get-started/first-boot)
- [Send your first telemetry](/docs/get-started/send-telemetry)

### Guides

- [Set up alerts](/docs/guides/alerts)
- [Build and refine dashboards](/docs/guides/dashboards)
- [Connect an agent over MCP](/docs/guides/mcp)
- [Terminate TLS](/docs/guides/tls)
- [Tune retention](/docs/guides/retention)
- [Back up and restore](/docs/guides/backup-and-restore)
- [Troubleshoot](/docs/guides/troubleshooting)

### Reference

- [Configuration](/docs/reference/configuration)
- [HTTP routes](/docs/reference/api)
- [MCP tools](/docs/reference/mcp)
- [Roles](/docs/reference/roles)
- [Endpoints](/docs/reference/endpoints)

### Concepts

- [Why one binary](/docs/concepts/architecture)
- [How storage works](/docs/concepts/storage)
- [Authentication modes](/docs/concepts/authentication)
- [Performance](/docs/concepts/performance)

For agents: [llms.txt](/llms.txt) lists the documentation; every page has a Markdown version at `<path>.md`, including [this page](/docs.md).