Hereby adding a quick checklist to make elasticsearch up & running
- Install Java jdk packages
- Set JAVA_HOME environment variable
- Install elasticsearch packages
- Adjust configs general settings & logger settings
- Set heap size by setting environment variables
- Allow 9200/9300 ports to communicate (Adding those ports in inbound & outbound rules in firewall settings)
- Install elasticsearch service (provide custom user credentials if required)
- Check heap usage using service.bat (mange option)
- Install marvel/sense if needed
For more details on individual key parts, go through the posts under following tag Elasticsearch
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