Elasticsearch is an open source search engine that is used for full-text search and analytics. It is available for various platforms and operating systems. In this tutorial, we will discuss how to install Elasticsearch on Alpine Linux Latest.
Before starting, you need to make sure that you have the following prerequisites installed on your system:
Elasticsearch requires Java to be installed on your system. You can install OpenJDK by running the following command on your terminal:
sudo apk add openjdk8-jre
You can download the Elasticsearch package from the official website or use the following command to download directly:
wget https://artifacts.elastic.co/downloads/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-VERSION-x86_64.tar.gz
Note: Replace VERSION with the Elasticsearch version you want to install.
After downloading the package, extract it using the following command:
sudo tar -xzvf elasticsearch-VERSION-x86_64.tar.gz
Note: Replace VERSION with the Elasticsearch version you want to install.
Move the extracted files to the appropriate directory by running the following command:
sudo mv elasticsearch-VERSION /usr/share/elasticsearch
Note: Replace VERSION with the Elasticsearch version you want to install.
By default, Elasticsearch is configured to listen on localhost, which means that it can be accessed only from the local machine. If you want to access it from other machines, you will need to configure the network.host parameter in the elasticsearch.yml file.
You can edit the elasticsearch.yml file by running the following command:
sudo vi /usr/share/elasticsearch/config/elasticsearch.yml
Find the network.host parameter and change it to the IP address of your machine or 0.0.0.0 to allow access from any IP address.
network.host: IP_ADDRESS_OR_0.0.0.0
Save and close the file.
You can start Elasticsearch by running the following command:
sudo /usr/share/elasticsearch/bin/elasticsearch
You can then check the status of the Elasticsearch service using the following command:
curl -X GET 'http://127.0.0.1:9200/_cluster/health?pretty=true'
If everything is configured correctly, you should see the status of the Elasticsearch cluster as "green".
In this tutorial, we discussed how to install Elasticsearch on Alpine Linux Latest. You can now install Elasticsearch and use it for full-text search and analytics. Remember to secure your Elasticsearch installation by using a firewall and limiting access to authorized users.
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