Setting Up Your First Cluster
Walk through the process of installing Elasticsearch and setting up a basic single-node cluster to begin your journey.
Your First Elasticsearch Node
Let's get a single-node Elasticsearch cluster running locally — your launchpad for experimenting with indexing and search.
Prerequisite: Java Runtime
Elasticsearch runs on Java, so you'll need a JRE — recent versions want Java 11 or later. The command below checks your version.
java -versionAll lessons in this course
- What is Full-Text Search?
- Elasticsearch Core Concepts
- Setting Up Your First Cluster
- Analyzers, Tokenizers, and the Inverted Index