[DOCS] Adds new installation package details (#9404)

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==== Image types
The images are available in two different configurations or "flavors". The
`x-pack` flavor, which is the default, ships with X-Pack features
pre-installed. The `oss` flavor does not include X-Pack, and contains only
open source Logstash.
These images are free to use under the Elastic license. They contain open source
and free commercial features and access to paid commercial features.
{xpack-ref}/license-management.html[Start a 30-day trial] to try out all of the
paid commercial features. See the
https://www.elastic.co/subscriptions[Subscriptions] page for information about
Elastic license levels.
NOTE: https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/x-pack/current/index.html[X-Pack] is
pre-installed in the default image. With X-Pack installed, Logstash expects to
connect to an Elasticsearch cluster that is also running X-Pack, in order to
publish data for the {xpack-ref}/xpack-monitoring.html[Monitoring] component.
Alternatively, you can download `-oss` images, which contain only features that
are available under the Apache 2.0 license.
==== Pulling the image
Obtaining Logstash for Docker is as simple as issuing a +docker

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Download the https://www.elastic.co/downloads/logstash[Logstash installation file] that matches your host environment.
Unpack the file. Do not install Logstash into a directory path that contains colon (:) characters.
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These packages are free to use under the Elastic license. They contain open
source and free commercial features and access to paid commercial features.
{xpack-ref}/license-management.html[Start a 30-day trial] to try out all of the
paid commercial features. See the
https://www.elastic.co/subscriptions[Subscriptions] page for information about
Elastic license levels.
Alternatively, you can download an `oss` package, which contains only features
that are available under the Apache 2.0 license.
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On supported Linux operating systems, you can use a package manager to install Logstash.
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