ElasticSearch Cookbook - Second Edition

Setting up a node

ElasticSearch allows you to customize several parameters in an installation. In this recipe, we'll see the most-used ones in order to define where to store data and improve performance in general.

Getting ready

You need a working ElasticSearch installation.

How to do it...

Perform the following steps to set up a simple node:

1. Open the config/elasticsearch.yml file with an editor of your choice.
2. Set up the directories that store your server data:
   • For Linux or Mac OS X:

     path.conf: /opt/data/es/conf
     path.data: /opt/data/es/data1,/opt2/data/data2
     path.work: /opt/data/work
     path.logs: /opt/data/logs
     path.plugins: /opt/data/plugins

   • For Windows:

     path.conf: c:\Elasticsearch\conf path.data: c:\Elasticsearch\data path.work: c:\Elasticsearch\work path.logs: ...