setup ElasticSearch on EC2

install-elasticsearch-debian

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install openjdk-6-jdk

wget https://github.com/downloads/elasticsearch/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-0.19.8.deb
sudo dpkg -i elasticsearch-0.19.8.deb

# be sure you add "action.disable_delete_all_indices" : true to the config!!

# if you want to remove it:
sudo dpkg -r elasticsearch

# start script
/etc/init.d/elasticsearch

# binaries & plugin
/usr/share/elasticsearch/bin

# log dir
/var/log/elasticsearch

# data dir
/var/lib/elasticsearch

# config dir
/etc/elasticsearch
# important: default configs will be overwritten from here:
/etc/default/elasticsearch

# prepare ElasticSearch UI
sudo apt-get install apache2 
sudo mkdir /var/www/ui
sudo chown -R ubuntu.www-data /var/www

# now copy ES-HEAD to /var/www/ui

super-simple-unicast-config.yml

discovery.zen.ping.multicast.enabled: false
discovery.zen.ping.unicast.hosts: ["xy2.compute.amazonaws.com"]
# and on other node use:
# discovery.zen.ping.unicast.hosts: ["xy1.compute.amazonaws.com"]

# to use ec2 api (you need the security keys!) for discovery you need to install the aws plugin
# read
# http://www.elasticsearch.org/tutorials/2011/08/22/elasticsearch-on-ec2.html
# http://www.elasticsearch.org/guide/reference/modules/discovery/ec2.html