To install and configure Elasticsearch on Windows, Linux and MacOS operating systems, you can perform the following steps:
Install and Configure Elasticsearch on Windows:
- Download Elasticsearch from the official website: https://www.elastic.co/downloads/elasticsearch
- Unzip the downloaded file into a desired folder.
- Open the
elasticsearch.yml
configuration file in theconfig
folder and modify the necessary settings. - Start Elasticsearch by running the
elasticsearch.bat
file.
Install and Configure Elasticsearch on Linux
Open Terminal and execute the following commands:
# Download Elasticsearch
wget https://artifacts.elastic.co/downloads/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-{version}-linux-x86_64.tar.gz
# Unzip the downloaded file
tar -xzf elasticsearch-{version}-linux-x86_64.tar.gz
# Move the extracted directory to the desired location
mv elasticsearch-{version} /path/to/elasticsearch
# Open the "elasticsearch.yml" configuration file in the "config" folder and modify the necessary settings.
nano /path/to/elasticsearch/config/elasticsearch.yml
# Start Elasticsearch
/path/to/elasticsearch/bin/elasticsearch
Install and Configure Elasticsearch on MacOS
Open Terminal and execute the following commands
# Use Homebrew to install Elasticsearch
brew tap elastic/tap
brew install elastic/tap/elasticsearch-full
# Open the "elasticsearch.yml" configuration file in the "/usr/local/etc/elasticsearch" folder and modify the necessary settings.
nano /usr/local/etc/elasticsearch/elasticsearch.yml
# Start Elasticsearch
brew services start elasticsearch-full
Once you have completed the installation and configuration, you can check the status of Elasticsearch by accessing http://localhost:9200/ in your web browser. If Elasticsearch has been installed and started successfully, you will receive a JSON response with information about the version and configuration of Elasticsearch.