ElasticSearch Install

elasticsearch.yml

cluster.name: "my-es"

index.number_of_shards: 5
index.number_of_replicas: 1

cloud:
    aws:
        region: us-east-1
        access_key: <key here>
        secret_key: <secret here>

discovery:
    type: ec2

gateway:
    type: local

es-install.sh

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install unzip
sudo apt-get install openjdk-7-jre

# Main ES Install
cd ~
wget https://download.elasticsearch.org/elasticsearch/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-0.90.9.zip
sudo unzip elasticsearch-0.90.9.zip -d /usr/local/elasticsearch
cd /usr/local/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-0.90.9/

# AWS Plugin
sudo bin/plugin -install elasticsearch/elasticsearch-cloud-aws/1.16.0

# Write config (including AWS info) to config/elasticsearch.yml

# Install Service Wrapper
cd ~
wget https://github.com/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-servicewrapper/zipball/master
sudo unzip master
sudo mv elasticsearch-elasticsearch-servicewrapper-*/service/ /usr/local/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-0.90.9/bin
cd /usr/local/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-0.90.9/

# In bin/service/elasticsearch.conf
# Set the following:
#    set.default.ES_HOME=/usr/local/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-0.19.0

sudo bin/service/elasticsearch64 install
sudo service elasticsearch start

Notes:

If you have a firewall somewhere (e.g. EC2 Sec. Group) you need to open up 9200 and 9300 for any IP w/access.. 9300 is the communication port for the cluster, 9200 is the API port for your app. 9300 is the communication port for the cluster, 9200 is the API port for your app.

This configuration assumes you have 1 replica node. If you don’t, your cluster will be status yellow (unassigned replica).