--- title: "Getting Started with Kestra: Install, Configure, and Automate" url: https://daily.dev/posts/getting-started-with-kestra-install-configure-and-automate-juablkj5t source_url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3MgNJotMRPs type: video:youtube source: "Learn Linux TV" published: 2026-05-14T16:17:49.169Z updated: 2026-05-14T16:18:09.448Z tags: ["automation", "docker", "ansible"] reading_time: 55 upvotes: 2 comments: 0 language: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Getting Started with Kestra: Install, Configure, and Automate **[Learn Linux TV](https://daily.dev/sources/learnlinuxtv)** · 55 min read · 2 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A sponsored getting-started guide for Kestra, an open-source workflow orchestration platform. Covers installing Kestra via Docker Compose on a Debian server, configuring basic authentication, setting up SMTP email variables, and building two example workflows: an HTTP health check that sends email alerts when a site is down, and an SSH-based flow that runs remote commands (including an Ansible provisioning script) against a target server. Also walks through Kestra's UI including flows, namespaces, plugins (200+), blueprints, and the AI copilot feature. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Stop duct-taping scripts together and try Kestra](https://daily.dev/posts/stop-duct-taping-scripts-together-and-try-kestra-fcbbnao6t) · All Things Open · 2 upvotes · 0 comments - [Beyond IAM: Temporary Cloud Access That Works Across AWS and Azure](https://daily.dev/posts/beyond-iam-temporary-cloud-access-that-works-across-aws-and-azure-bz1gxdp1l) · AWS Fundamentals · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#automation](https://daily.dev/tags/automation), [#docker](https://daily.dev/tags/docker), [#ansible](https://daily.dev/tags/ansible) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/getting-started-with-kestra-install-configure-and-automate-juablkj5t)