Installing Elasticsearch on Laravel Homestead

elasticsearch-on-homestead.txt

# https://bosnadev.com/2014/09/12/install-elasticsearch-on-laravel-homestead/
# https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/setup-repositories.html
# https://www.elastic.co/blog/elasticsearch-unplugged

# Install Java
sudo apt-get install openjdk-7-jre-headless -y

# Download & install the Public Signing Key
wget -qO - https://packages.elastic.co/GPG-KEY-elasticsearch | sudo apt-key add -

# Add the following to /etc/apt/sources.list
echo "deb https://packages.elastic.co/elasticsearch/2.x/debian stable main" | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list.d/elasticsearch-2.x.list

# Install
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install elasticsearch

# Configure Elasticsearch to run on startup
sudo update-rc.d elasticsearch defaults 95 10

# Start the server now
sudo /etc/init.d/elasticsearch start

# Test whether it's working
curl -X GET localhost:9200

vi /etc/elasticsearch/elasticsearch.yml
# add: network.host _non_loopback_