Installing Elasticsearch on Fedora Server

This tutorial will guide you through the process of installing Elasticsearch on Fedora Server Latest.

Step 1: System Update

Before we proceed with the installation, it's always a good practice to update the system software packages to ensure that we have the latest updates.

To do this, launch a terminal window and run the following command:

sudo dnf update -y

Enter the root password when prompted.

Step 2: Install Java

Elasticsearch requires Java to run, so we need to install it first. To install Java, run the following command:

sudo dnf install java-1.8.0-openjdk -y

Step 3: Download and Install Elasticsearch

To download Elasticsearch, visit the official Elasticsearch website at https://www.elastic.co/downloads/elasticsearch and navigate to the "Latest Version" section.

Select the appropriate package for your system environment. In our case, we will go with the RPM package.

Run the following command to download the package:

wget https://artifacts.elastic.co/downloads/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-7.14.0-x86_64.rpm

Now that we have the package, we can install it using the following command:

sudo rpm -i elasticsearch-7.14.0-x86_64.rpm

Step 4: Configure Elasticsearch

Before we start Elasticsearch, we need to configure it.

Open the Elasticsearch configuration file using a text editor:

sudo nano /etc/elasticsearch/elasticsearch.yml

Make the following changes to the file:

  • Set the network.host configuration to 0.0.0.0 to enable remote access to Elasticsearch.
  • Set the discovery.seed_hosts configuration to your server IP address.

Save the changes and exit the text editor.

Step 5: Start Elasticsearch

To start Elasticsearch, run the following command:

sudo systemctl start elasticsearch

To check the status of Elasticsearch, run the following command:

sudo systemctl status elasticsearch

If everything is ok, you should see the status as "active".

Step 6: Running Elasticsearch at Startup

To configure Elasticsearch to start automatically at startup, run the following command:

sudo systemctl enable elasticsearch

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we have seen how to install and configure Elasticsearch on Fedora Server. Elasticsearch is now up and running on your machine, and you can start using it for your applications.