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global.asax.cs

namespace Viewer
{
    // Note: For instructions on enabling IIS6 or IIS7 classic mode, 
    // visit http://go.microsoft.com/?LinkId=9394801

    public class MvcApplication : System.Web.HttpApplication
    {
        public static ElasticClient ESClient { get; private set; }

        protected void Application_Start()
        {
            AreaRegistration.RegisterAllAreas();

            WebApiConfig.Register(GlobalConfiguration.Configuration);
            FilterConfig.RegisterGlobalFilters(GlobalFilters.Filters);
            RouteConfig.RegisterRoutes(RouteTable.Routes);
            BundleConfig.RegisterBundles(BundleTable.Bundles);

            ESClient = new ElasticClient(new ConnectionSettings(new Uri("http://localhost:9200")).SetDefaultIndex("pages"));
        }
    }
}

PagesController.cs

    public class PagesController : Controller
    {
        //
        // GET: /Pages/

        public ActionResult Search(string q)
        {
            var results = MvcApplication.ESClient.Search<Page>(query =>
                                                               query.Index("myindex")
                                                                    .Type("page")
                                                                    .Query(x =>
                                                                           x.Match(y => y.QueryString(q).OnField("content"))
                                                                           || x.Match(y => y.QueryString(q).OnField("title"))
                                                                   )
                );

            if (!results.IsValid || !results.ConnectionStatus.Success)
            {
                // Error handling
                // may want to also check results.Shards.Failed on a distributed environment
            }

            return View(results.Documents);
        }

    }