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Installing ElasticSearch

GeoNetwork Enterprise requires ElasticSearch version 7.17.15 as a search engine for metadata content.

To create dashboards to visualize the search/content statistics you need to install also Kibana.

You can also install these applications with Docker following the instructions below.

Once installed check how to Configure Elasticsearch in GeoNetwork Enterprise.

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ElasticSearch

To run ElasticSearch in Windows:

  1. Download the package from https://artifacts.elastic.co/downloads/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-7.17.15-windows-x86_64.zip

  2. Unzip the package to a folder, for example c:\elasticsearch-7.17.15.

  3. Open a terminal window and start up ElasticSearch:

    cd c:\elasticsearch-7.17.15
.\bin\elasticsearch.bat

Instead, you can install ElasticSearch as a Windows service:

  1. Open a terminal window and execute the following commands to install the service:

    cd c:\elasticsearch-7.17.15\bin
elasticsearch-service.bat install

  2. To start the service:

    cd c:\elasticsearch-7.17.15\bin
elasticsearch-service.bat start

  3. To stop the service:

    cd c:\elasticsearch-7.17.15\bin
elasticsearch-service.bat stop

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!!!! Note

 A MSI installer is also available: [Install Elasticsearch with Windows MSI Installer](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/7.15/windows.html)

If you are using Debian, follow these instructions: https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/7.15/deb.html

If you use a Linux RPM-based system such as OpenSuSE, SLES, Centos, Red Hat, and Oracle Enterprise, follow these instructions:

If you don't use Debian or a distribution that uses RPM packages, follow the following steps to install ElasticSearch.

  1. To download the package, open a terminal and execute the following commands:

    wget https://artifacts.elastic.co/downloads/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-7.17.15-linux-x86_64.tar.gz
wget https://artifacts.elastic.co/downloads/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-7.17.15-linux-x86_64.tar.gz.sha512
shasum -a 512 -c elasticsearch-7.17.15-linux-x86_64.tar.gz.sha512
tar -xzf elasticsearch-7.17.15-linux-x86_64.tar.gz
cd elasticsearch-7.17.15/

  2. To run the ElasticSearch:

    ./bin/elasticsearch

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To install ElasticSearch with Docker follow the instructions:

Kibana

To run Kibana in Windows:

  1. Download the package from https://artifacts.elastic.co/downloads/kibana/kibana-7.17.15-windows-x86_64.zip

  2. Unzip the package to a folder, for example c:\kibana-7.17.15-windows-x86_64.

  3. Open a terminal window and start up Kibana:

    .\bin\kibana.bat

If you are using Debian, follow these instructions:

If you use a Linux RPM-based system such as OpenSuSE, SLES, Centos, Red Hat, and Oracle Enterprise, follow these instructions:

If you don't use Debian or a distribution that uses RPM packages, follow the following steps to install ElasticSearch:

  1. To download the package, open a terminal and execute the following commands:

    curl -O https://artifacts.elastic.co/downloads/kibana/kibana-7.17.15-linux-x86_64.tar.gz
curl https://artifacts.elastic.co/downloads/kibana/kibana-7.17.15-linux-x86_64.tar.gz.sha512 | shasum -a 512 -c -
tar -xzf kibana-7.17.15-linux-x86_64.tar.gz
cd kibana-7.17.15-linux-x86_64/

  2. To run the Kibana:

    ./bin/kibana

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To install Kibana with Docker follow the instructions at https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/7.15/docker.html