Setup Elastic Search (Ubuntu 18)¶

Installation Elastic Search¶

Step 1: Import Elasticsearch GPG Key

wget -qO - https://artifacts.elastic.co/GPG-KEY-elasticsearch | sudo apt-key add -

Step 2: Add Elasticsearch 5.x APT repository

echo "deb https://artifacts.elastic.co/packages/5.x/apt stable main" | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list.d/elastic-5.x.list

Step 3: Install OpenJDK

sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade
sudo apt install apt-transport-https uuid-runtime pwgen openjdk-8-jre-headless

Step 4: Update apt package index ans Install Elasticsearch 5.x

sudo apt update
sudo apt install elasticsearch

Step 5: First Configuration of Elasticsearch

Open config file /etc/elasticsearch/elasticsearch.yml Set correct cluster name for your application:

cluster.name: my-application

Default minimum memory set for JVM is 2gb, if your server has small memory size, change this value:

sudo nano /etc/elasticsearch/jvm.options

Change

-Xms2g
-Xms2g

to

-Xms512m
-Xms512m

After modification of the configuration, Elasticsearch can be started:

sudo systemctl daemon-reload
sudo systemctl enable elasticsearch.service
sudo systemctl restart elasticsearch.service

Check status:

sudo systemctl status elasticsearch.service

Requirements