Chapter 2. Downloading and Setup

In this chapter, we will cover the following recipes:

  • Downloading and installing Elasticsearch
  • Setting up networking
  • Setting up a node
  • Setting up for Linux systems
  • Setting up different node types
  • Setting up a client node
  • Setting up an ingest node
  • Installing plugins in Elasticsearch
  • Installing plugins manually
  • Removing a plugin
  • Changing logging settings
  • Setting up a node via Docker

Introduction

This chapter explains the installation process and the configuration from a single developer machine to a big cluster, giving you hints on how to improve performance and skip misconfiguration errors.

There are different options in installing Elasticsearch and setting up a working environment for development and production.

When testing out ...

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