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| title: "Introduction" |
| description: General introduction of Apache DevLake |
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| ## What is Apache DevLake? |
| Apache DevLake is an open-source dev data platform that ingests, analyzes, and visualizes the fragmented data from DevOps tools to distill insights for engineering productivity. |
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| Apache DevLake is designed for developer teams looking to make better sense of their development process and to bring a more data-driven approach to their own practices. You can ask Apache DevLake many questions regarding your development process. Just connect and query. |
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| ## What can be accomplished with DevLake? |
| 1. Collect DevOps data across the entire Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and connect the siloed data with a standard [data model](../DataModels/DevLakeDomainLayerSchema.md). |
| 2. Visualize out-of-the-box engineering [metrics](../EngineeringMetrics.md) in a series of use-case driven dashboards |
| 3. Easily extend DevLake to support your data sources, metrics, and dashboards with a flexible [framework](Architecture.md) for data collection and ETL (Extract, Transform, Load). |
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| ## How do I use DevLake? |
| ### 1. Set up DevLake |
| You can easily set up Apache DevLake by following our step-by step instructions for [Docker Compose setup](../QuickStart/DockerComposeSetup.md) or [Kubernetes setup](../QuickStart/KubernetesSetup.md). |
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| ### 2. Create a Blueprint |
| The DevLake Configuration UI will guide you through the process (a Blueprint) to define the data connections, data scope, transformation and sync frequency of the data you wish to collect. |
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| ### 3. Track the Blueprint's progress |
| You can track the progress of the Blueprint you have just set up. |
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| ### 4. View the pre-built dashboards |
| Once the first run of the Blueprint is completed, you can view the corresponding dashboards. |
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| ### 5. Customize the dahsboards with SQL |
| If the pre-built dashboards are limited for your use cases, you can always customize or create your own metrics or dashboards with SQL. |
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