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title: "Start Here"
slug: "dev-start-here"
updated: 2026-11-05T17:59:55Z
published: 2026-11-05T17:59:55Z
canonical: "docs.vastdata.com/dev-start-here"
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> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.vastdata.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Start Here

Build applications on six VAST data services that run on one VAST cluster and share one store. These docs show how to build with each service; the VAST knowledge base (KB) covers enabling and configuring it on the cluster, which is your platform team's job.

## New here?

1. Pick the service for what you want to build: see [Choose a service](/develop/docs/dev-start-choose-a-service), or [End-to-end patterns](/develop/docs/dev-start-end-to-end-patterns) if it spans several.
2. Get access: ask your platform team for a [developer tenant](/develop/docs/dev-start-developer-sandbox), or for what [Get access](/develop/docs/dev-start-get-access) lists for your service.
3. Run the service's quickstart, then read its concepts before you design your application.

## In this section

- [**Overview**](/develop/docs/dev-start-overview): Developer docs for six VAST services on VAST Cluster 5.5: how they relate to the KB, how sections work, where to start.
- [**Choose a service**](/develop/docs/dev-start-choose-a-service): Match what you want to build to a VAST service and its overview and quickstart, and see how services combine.
- [**Choose a client**](/develop/docs/dev-start-choose-a-client): A table of which clients work with which VAST service, linking the page for each combination, plus the automation tools.
- [**Get access**](/develop/docs/dev-start-get-access): What your platform team sets up before you build on any VAST service, with each service's setup page and a check.
- [**Developer tenant**](/develop/docs/dev-start-developer-sandbox): Ask your platform team for a developer tenant once, then create your own users, keys, databases, buckets and Kafka views yourself.
- [**End-to-end patterns**](/develop/docs/dev-start-end-to-end-patterns): Step-by-step outlines for combining two or three services, such as new objects into a table, RAG retrieval with permissions, and CI provisioning.
- [**Solutions**](/develop/docs/dev-start-solutions): Reading paths for five VAST solutions: Enterprise AI Factory, cyber lakehouse, data analytics, real-time event analytics and neoclouds.
- [**What's new and versions**](/develop/docs/dev-start-whats-new): Find your cluster's release and SDK version, then follow links to what's new in 5.5 for each service and the automation tools.