azure elasticsearch cluster

script.sh

# azure vm list|grep LTS (to find latest ubuntu server image)
azure vm create es-cluster b39f27a8b8c64d52b05eac6a62ebad85__Ubuntu-14_04_2-LTS-amd64-server-20150706-en-us-30GB --location "Central US" --vm-name es-node-0 --vm-size ExtraSmall --ssh 22 --userName <username>

ssh es-cluster.cloudapp.net

# install java8
echo debconf shared/accepted-oracle-license-v1-1 select true | sudo debconf-set-selections
echo debconf shared/accepted-oracle-license-v1-1 seen true | sudo debconf-set-selections
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/java
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install oracle-java8-installer
sudo apt-get install oracle-java8-set-default

# install elasticsearch https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch-cloud-azure
ELASTICSEARCH_VERSION=1.7.1
ELASTICSEARCH_AZURE_PLUGIN_VERSION=2.8.1
curl -s https://download.elastic.co/elasticsearch/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-${ELASTICSEARCH_VERSION}.deb -o elasticsearch-${ELASTICSEARCH_VERSION}.deb
sudo dpkg -i elasticsearch-${ELASTICSEARCH_VERSION}.deb
sudo service elasticsearch stop
sudo /usr/share/elasticsearch/bin/plugin -install elasticsearch/elasticsearch-cloud-azure/${ELASTICSEARCH_AZURE_PLUGIN_VERSION}
sudo vi /etc/elasticsearch/elasticsearch.yml
# begin file content
# If you don't remember your account id, you may get it with `azure account list`
cloud:
    azure:
        management:
             subscription.id: your_azure_subscription_id
             cloud.service.name: your_azure_cloud_service_name
             keystore:
                   path: /home/elasticsearch/azurekeystore.pkcs12
                   password: your_password_for_keystore

discovery:
    type: azure
# end file content
sudo service elasticsearch start

# test it out
curl http://localhost:9200