# Onboarding

This section provides guides to help you get started with integrating Elsa Workflows into your applications.

## Guides in This Section

* [Hosting Elsa in an Existing App](/guides/onboarding/hosting-elsa-in-existing-app.md) - Step-by-step guide to adding Elsa to an existing ASP.NET Core application, including persistence setup and common integration challenges.

## Related Documentation

* [Getting Started](/getting-started/hello-world.md) - Basic tutorials and concepts
* [Application Types](/application-types/elsa-server.md) - Understanding different Elsa deployment options
* [Database Configuration](/getting-started/database-configuration.md) - Persistence setup
* [Deployment](/guides/deployment/kubernetes.md) - Production deployment guides


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