Elasticsearch is written in Java so you need to install JDK version >= 8 before installing Elasticsearch. Installation instructions can be found here: https://www.java.com/en/download/
Make sure you have Homebrew installed on your operating system. Installation instructions can be found here: https://brew.sh/
After successful Homebrew installation. Download the elasticsearch@5.rb file and place it in /usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Taps/homebrew/homebrew-core/Formula/.
Next, open Termial and type the following command:
$ brew search elasticsearch
to check which elasticsearch versions are available. Now choose the version you want to install.
$ brew install elasticsearch@5
Installation and download will take place, please wait a moment. After a successful installation use the following command to work with Elasticsearch.
$ brew services start|restart|stop elasticsearch@5
The config folders are stored in the following directories:
- Data:
/usr/local/var/lib/elasticsearch/ - Logs:
/usr/local/var/log/elasticsearch/elasticsearch_macos.log - Plugins:
/usr/local/var/elasticsearch/plugins/ - Config:
/usr/local/etc/elasticsearch/
To customize the Elasticsearch 5.x version to your liking, modify the elasticsearch@5 file a bit by changing the value:
url "https://artifacts.elastic.co/downloads/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-5.5.0.tar.gz"
sha256 "aa316b8a46b1daef9189090f41e4226794b4e4e8f361caa1be5ad6c4ed753f2e"
Where url is the path of the .tar.gz file.
sha265 is the hash of the .tar.gz file.
Elasticseach releases can be found here: https://www.elastic.co/downloads/past-releases#elasticsearch
Run the following command for information about the state of Elasticsearch:
$ curl 127.0.0.1:9200