Install Elasticsearch 7.x on Apple Macbook Pro M1 Ventura 13.2

elasticsearch-setup-apple-macbook-pro-m1.md

Elasticsearch Setup Apple MacBook Pro M1

Apple MacBook Pro M1, 32 GB, Ventura 13.2

Documentation based on comments in this Github Elasticsearch issue.

Install Homebrew

Install Homebrew if not yet installed.

Verify Homebrew is a recent version:

$ brew --version
Homebrew 3.6.21
Homebrew/homebrew-core (git revision c26f1c8714c; last commit 2023-02-08)
Homebrew/homebrew-cask (git revision b69d2bf867; last commit 2023-02-08)

Install Elasticsearch and OpenJDK

brew tap elastic/tap
brew install elastic/tap/elasticsearch-full
brew install openjdk

Symlink OpenJDK so the system Java wrappers can find it. This information is also displayed as a Homebrew “caveat” after installing OpenJDK.

sudo ln -sfn /opt/homebrew/opt/openjdk/libexec/openjdk.jdk /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/openjdk.jdk

Modify Elasticsearch .plist to use the OpenJDK

Edit Elasticsearch homebrew.mxcl.elasticsearch-full.plist to use the OpenJDK:

code /opt/homebrew/Cellar/elasticsearch-full/7.17.4/homebrew.mxcl.elasticsearch-full.plist

Find the full path to OpenJDK:

/usr/libexec/java_home

Insert the following before the last closing </dict>:

    <key>EnvironmentVariables</key>
    <dict>
      <key>ES_JAVA_HOME</key>
      <string>insert the full path from /usr/libexec/java_home here</string>
    </dict>

The entire homebrew.mxcl.elasticsearch-full.plist should look like:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
  <dict>
    <key>KeepAlive</key>
    <false/>
    <key>Label</key>
    <string>homebrew.mxcl.elasticsearch-full</string>
    <key>ProgramArguments</key>
    <array>
      <string>/opt/homebrew/opt/elasticsearch-full/bin/elasticsearch</string>
    </array>
    <key>EnvironmentVariables</key>
    <dict>
    </dict>
    <key>RunAtLoad</key>
    <true/>
    <key>WorkingDirectory</key>
    <string>/opt/homebrew/var</string>
    <key>StandardErrorPath</key>
    <string>/opt/homebrew/var/log/elasticsearch.log</string>
    <key>StandardOutPath</key>
    <string>/opt/homebrew/var/log/elasticsearch.log</string>
    <key>EnvironmentVariables</key>
    <dict>
      <key>ES_JAVA_HOME</key>
      <string>/opt/homebrew/Cellar/openjdk/19.0.2/libexec/openjdk.jdk/Contents/Home</string>
    </dict>
  </dict>
</plist>

Modify Elasticsearch YML

echo "\nxpack.ml.enabled: false\n" >> /opt/homebrew/etc/elasticsearch/elasticsearch.yml

Set ES_JAVA_HOME

Add the ES_JAVA_HOME environment variable by setting to ~/.zshrc:

echo "\nexport ES_JAVA_HOME=$(/usr/libexec/java_home)\n" >> ~/.zshrc

Run and Test Elasticsearch

In a new shell, launch Elasticsearch:

elasticsearch

In a new shell, curl the local Elasticsearch URL:

$ curl -s http://localhost:9200

Example output:

{
  "name" : "my-machine",
  "cluster_name" : "elasticsearch_foo_bar",
  "cluster_uuid" : "some-uuid",
  "version" : {
    "number" : "7.17.4",
    "build_flavor" : "default",
    "build_type" : "tar",
    "build_hash" : "build-hash",
    "build_date" : "2022-05-18T18:04:20.964345128Z",
    "build_snapshot" : false,
    "lucene_version" : "8.11.1",
    "minimum_wire_compatibility_version" : "6.8.0",
    "minimum_index_compatibility_version" : "6.0.0-beta1"
  },
  "tagline" : "You Know, for Search"
}

For those who have issues starting as a service, here is the solution.
elastic/homebrew-tap#161 (comment)

Worked smooth as butter ! Thank you so much !

Install elasticsearch with Homebrew on OSX Ventura · Issue #91159 · elastic/elasticsearch
elastic/elasticsearch#91159

Thank you for this post! it works.
But I have an issue with installing The Phonetic Analysis plugin
when I'm trying to do - sudo bin/elasticsearch-plugin install elasticsearch/elasticsearch-analysis-phonetic i have this error pretty much similar to what i had when tried to start elasticsearch
popup with - “jdk” is damaged and can’t be opened. You should move it to the Bin.
and also error in command line
/opt/homebrew/Cellar/elasticsearch-full/7.17.4/libexec/bin/elasticsearch-env: line 83: 27986 Killed: 9 "$JAVA" "$XSHARE" -cp "$ES_CLASSPATH" org.elasticsearch.tools.java_version_checker.JavaVersionChecker
Could you please help to fix this?

Work! thank you so much.

what about this issue?
brew install elastic/tap/kibana-full

Error: elastic/tap/kibana-full: undefined method plist_options' for Formulary::FormulaNamespace8c5a25144e1fd171ea16b03c911e774f470311d917e11f85bae3724bebb79a29::KibanaFull:Class`

note, echo requires the -e option to enable the interpretation of backslash escapes:
echo -e "\nxpack.ml.enabled: false\n" >> /opt/homebrew/etc/elasticsearch/elasticsearch.yml

..and get sure /usr/libexec/java_home is pointing to your installed JDK, otherwise you can set this directly for ES_JAVA_HOME

Thank you ! this worked in M3 pro, but the same steps did not work for Kibana by editing the homebrew.mxcl.kibana-full.plist , any solution for Kibana ?

Thank you so much, it worked perfectly for macbook M1

Thank you worked on M3 Pro

Thanks, I tried a lot finally it worked for my M1

source ~/.zshrc before running elasticsearch command

Thank you, works fine in one go. works great in M3 chipset as well.

works on an old 2012 mbp opencore monterey as well, besides the /opt paths.

worked perfect m3 max on macOS Sonoma 14.5

Oct 7, 2024, work perfectly on Sequoia 15.0.1 (M1, 2020) thank you very much

Thank you!

Thank you so much! You saved my life! <3