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$ES_HOME\bin\plugin -install elasticsearch/elasticsearch-mapper-attachments/1.2.0

$ES_HOME\bin\plugin -install richardwilly98/elasticsearch-river-mongodb/1.1.0

sudo service elasticsearch restart

# from log:
# [2012-03-12 23:08:21,790][INFO ][plugins                  ] [Franz Kafka] loaded [river-mongodb, mapper-attachments], sites []

curl -XPUT 'http://localhost:9200/_river/mongodb/_meta' -d '{ 
    "type": "mongodb", 
    "mongodb": { 
        "db": "testmongo", 
        "collection": "person"
    }, 
    "index": {
        "name": "mongoindex", 
        "type": "person" 
    }
}'

mongo

use testmongo
var p = {firstName: "John", lastName: "Doe"}
db.person.save(p)
exit

curl -XGET "http://localhost:9200/testmongo/_search?q=firstName:John"

No results are returned