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Revision as of 18:26, 17 November 2014


Requirements

To install and use ELK you need:

  • JAVA 1.7.55+
java -version

Java version must be > 1.7.0_55


  • Firewall rule

Open the port 9200. See FW input && FW output



ElasticSearch

Installation

Source: http://www.elasticsearch.org/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/setup-repositories.html


  • Add ELK repository: see Sources#ELK
  • Install application
apt-get install elasticsearch


  • Register application as a service
cd /etc/init.d
update-rc.d elasticsearch defaults 95 10


Configuration

Edit the configuration file:

vim /etc/elasticsearch/elasticsearch.yml


Set your CLUSTER and NODE name.

cluster.name: VEHCO         # line 33
node.name: "SMARTCARDS"	    # line 40


Extensions (plugins)

You need to install some extensions (plugins) to get the full power of ElasticSearch.


The following plugin list is the one recommanded by ElasticSearch team into their "introduction to ES" webinar.

cd /usr/share/elasticsearch/
./plugin -install karmi/elasticsearch-paramedic
./plugin -install mobz/elasticsearch-head
./plugin -install royrusso/elasticsearch-HQ


More information about each plugin:


You can access the plugins using the /_plugin/ URL:


You can search for more plugins on Google or the official ElasticSearch web-site. Checkout http://www.elasticsearch.org/download to get a list of plugins available per official developer.


Start ElasticSearch

service elasticsearch start 

## OR ##
/etc/init.d/elasticsearch start


References



TO BE CONTINUED...

user & group "elasticsearch"

>> CONF_DIR=/etc/elasticsearch >> LOG_DIR=/var/log/elasticsearch >> DATA=/var/lib/elasticsearch