(1) Download the Elasticsearch compression package on the official website. Here I downloaded the elasticsearch-1.7.1 (: Https://download.elastic.co/elasticsearch/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-1.7.1.zip).
(2) Select a location on the computer to decompress, here I was placed in the D:\elasticsearch-1.7.1.
(3) Enter the Bin folder. Locate the Elasticsearch.bat file and double-click Run.
The data and logs folders are generated under the bin's sibling folder.
Run Elasticsearch.bat Demo sample such as the following interface:
(4) Verify successful installation.
Enter Http://localhost:9200/or http://127.0.0.1:9200/in the browser address bar.
Show under Chrome:
{
"Status": 200,
"Name": "Crystal",
"Cluster_Name": "Elasticsearch",
"Version": {
"Number": "1.7.1",
"Build_hash": "B88f43fc40b0bcd7f173a1f9ee2e97816de80b19",
"Build_timestamp": "2015-07-29t09:54:16z",
"Build_snapshot": false,
"Lucene_version": "4.10.4"
},
"Tagline": "Know, for Search"
}
The above results appear. Indicates a successful installation.
(5) Install the Elasticsearch-head plug-in.
Enter the D:\elasticsearch-1.7.1\bin under CMD. Run the Plugin-install mobz/elasticsearch-head command.
After installation, there will be a head folder under the D:\elasticsearch-1.7.1\plugins folder.
Enter http://localhost:9200/_plugin/head/in the browser address bar, display demo samples such as the following interface:
(6) Install the Bigdesk plug-in.
Under cmd enter D:\elasticsearch-1.7.1\bin, run plugin-install lukas-vlcek/bigdesk command.
After installation, there will be a Bigdesk folder under the D:\elasticsearch-1.7.1\plugins folder.
Enter http://localhost:9200/_plugin/bigdesk/in the browser address bar, display demo samples such as the following interface:
At this point, Windows Elasticsearch and Elasticsearch-head and Bigdesk plugins are installed.
Installation of Elasticsearch and related plugins under Windows