How to install, configure and start ElasticSearch ?

Prerequisite

• Ubuntu installed on the PC
• Download Open Java 1.7 RPM (OpenJava 1.7.0.9-2.3.4.1.el6_3.x86_64)
• Download ElasticSearch RPM (elasticsearch-2.1.1.rpm)

Install OpenJava 1.7

# yum install java-1.7.0-openjdk-1.7.0.9-2.3.4.1.el6_3.x86_64.rpm

Install ES

# rpm -i elasticsearch-2.1.1.rpm

/etc/elasticsearch

/etc/elasticsearch/elasticsearch.yml

/etc/elasticsearch/logging.yml

/etc/elasticsearch/scripts

/etc/rc.d/init.d/elasticsearch

/etc/sysconfig/elasticsearch

/usr/lib/sysctl.d/elasticsearch.conf

/usr/share/elasticsearch

/usr/share/elasticsearch/bin

/usr/share/elasticsearch/bin/plugin

/usr/share/elasticsearch/lib

/usr/share/elasticsearch/plugins

/usr/share/elasticsearch/bin/elasticsearch

/var/lib/elasticsearch

/var/log/elasticsearch

Update YML file

Uncomment and set configuration of machine IP address and port for ES

# vi /etc/elasticsearch/elasticsearch.yml

http.port: 9200

network.host: 10.170.208.44

Set ES_HOME

# export ES_HOME=/usr/share/elasticsearch

Start ES

# export JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.7.0-openjdk-1.7.0.9.x86_64/jre/

# service elasticsearch start

Check if ES is running as a service

# service elasticsearch status

Check ES in Java processes

# ps -aef | grep elasticsearch