Node
Elasticsearch is a distributed system. It consists of multiple processes running across different machines in a network and communicating with the other processes. In Chapter 1, Introducing Elastic Stack, we downloaded, installed, and started Elasticsearch. It started what is called a single node of Elasticsearch or a single node Elasticsearch cluster.
An Elasticsearch node is a single server of Elasticsearch which may be part of a larger cluster of nodes. It participates in indexing, searching, and performing other operations supported by Elasticsearch. Every Elasticsearch node is assigned a unique ID and name when it is started. A node can also be assigned a static name via the node.name parameter in the Elasticsearch configuration ...
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