How to install ElasticSearch?

ElasticSearch is a powerful search engine in which data can be stored and accessed in real time. It is a platform that manages very high data volumes.

ElasticSearch can integrate with Magento, Prestashop, Joomla or Wordpress.

To use ElasticSearch, you need a virtual server or a dedicated server.

How to install ElasticSearch from repository in CentOS?

Log in to the SSH Terminal with Administrator privileges. ElasticSearch is based on Java and we will need to make sure that Java is installed.

yum update
yum install java 
rpm --import https://packages.elasticsearch.org/GPG-KEY-elasticsearchnano /etc/yum.repos.d/elasticsearch.repo

In your text editor add the following:

[elasticsearch-6.x] name=Elasticsearch repository for 6.x packages
baseurl=https://artifacts.elastic.co/packages/6.x/yum
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=https://artifacts.elastic.co/GPG-KEY-elasticsearch
enabled=1
autorefresh=1
type=rpm-md

Press CTRL + X and then Y to save the information added to the elasticsearch.repo file.

yum install elasticsearch

Configure ElasticSearch as a system service:

chkconfig --add elasticsearch