Running ElasticSearch
Let's run our first instance. Go to the bin directory and run the following command from the command line:
./elasticsearch –f (Linux or OS X) elasticsearch.bat –f (Windows)
The -f option tells ElasticSearch that the program should not be detached from the console and should be run in the foreground. This allows us to see the diagnostic messages generated by the program and stop it by pressing Ctrl + C. The other option is -p, which tells ElasticSearch that the identifier of the process should be written to the file pointed by this parameter. This can be executed by using additional monitoring software or admin scripts.
Congratulations, we now have our ElasticSearch instance up and running! During its work, a server usually uses ...
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