# How To Install Elasticsearch on CentOS 7 \[Installation Guide\]

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Elasticsearch is an open source distributed full-text search and analytics engine. It supports RESTful operations and allows you to store, search, and analyze big volumes of data in real time. Elasticsearch is one of the most popular search engines powering applications that have complex search requirements such as big e-commerce stores and analytic applications.

This tutorial explains how to install Elasticsearch on CentOS 7.

**Prerequisites**

The user you are logged in as must have sudo privileges to be able to install packages.

**Installing Elasticsearch**  
The recommended way to install Elasticsearch on CentOS 7 is by installing the rpm packagefrom the official Elasticsearch repository.

At the time of writing this article, the latest version of Elasticsearch is 6.7 and requires Java 8 or later.

To [install OpenJDK](https://linuxize.com/post/install-java-on-centos-7/) 8 on your CentOS system type:

Code:

```auto
sudo yum install java-1.8.0-openjdk-devel

```

Verify the Java installation by printing the Java version:

Code:

```auto
java -version

```

The output should look something like this:

Code:

```auto
openjdk version "1.8.0_201"
OpenJDK Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0_201-b09)
OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (build 25.201-b09, mixed mode)

```

Now that Java is installed, the next step is to add the Elasticsearch repository.

Import the repository’s GPG key using the following command:

Code:

```auto
sudo rpm --import https://artifacts.elastic.co/GPG-KEY-elasticsearch

```

Open your text editor and create the following repo file:

Code:

```auto
sudo nano /etc/yum.repos.d/elasticsearch.repo

```

Paste the following content into the file:

Code:

```auto
[elasticsearch-6.x]
name=Elasticsearch repository for 6.x packages
baseurl=https://artifacts.elastic.co/packages/6.x/yum
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=https://artifacts.elastic.co/GPG-KEY-elasticsearch
enabled=1
autorefresh=1
type=rpm-md

```

Save the file and close your text editor.

You can now install the Elasticsearch package by typing:

Code:

```auto
sudo yum install elasticsearch

```

Once the installation process is complete, start and enable the service by running:

Code:

```auto
sudo systemctl enable elasticsearch.servicesudo systemctl start elasticsearch.service

```

You can verify that Elasticsearch is running by sending an HTTP request to port 9200 on localhost with the following curl command:

Code:

```auto
curl -X GET "localhost:9200/"

```

The output will look similar to the following:

Code:

```auto
{
  "name" : "fLVNqN_",
  "cluster_name" : "elasticsearch",
  "cluster_uuid" : "6zKcQppYREaRH0tyfJ9j7Q",
  "version" : {
    "number" : "6.7.0",
    "build_flavor" : "default",
    "build_type" : "rpm",
    "build_hash" : "8453f77",
    "build_date" : "2019-03-21T15:32:29.844721Z",
    "build_snapshot" : false,
    "lucene_version" : "7.7.0",
    "minimum_wire_compatibility_version" : "5.6.0",
    "minimum_index_compatibility_version" : "5.0.0"
  },
  "tagline" : "You Know, for Search"
}

```

It may take 5-10 seconds for the service to start. If you see curl: (7) Failed to connect to localhost port 9200: Connection refused, wait for a few seconds and try again.

To view the messages logged by the Elasticsearch service you can use the command below:

Code:

```auto
sudo journalctl -u elasticsearch

```

At this point, you have Elasticsearch installed on your CentOS server.

**Configuring Elasticsearch**

Elasticsearch data is stored in the /var/lib/elasticsearch directory, configuration files are located in /etc/elasticsearch.

By default, Elasticsearch is configured to listen on localhost only. If the client connecting to the database is also running on the same host and you are setting up a single node cluster you don’t need to change the default configuration file.

**Remote Access**  
Out of box Elasticsearch, does not implement authentication so it can be accessed by anyone who can access the HTTP API. If you want to allow remote access to your Elasticsearch server, you will need to configure your firewall and allow access to the Elasticsearch port 9200 only from trusted clients.

Starting with CentOS 7, FirewallD replaces iptables as the default firewall management tool.

Run the following command to allow assess from the remote trusted IP address on port 9200 :

Code:

```auto
sudo firewall-cmd --new-zone=elasticsearch --permanentsudo firewall-cmd --reload
sudo firewall-cmd --zone=elasticsearch --add-source=192.168.121.80/32 --permanent
sudo firewall-cmd --zone=elasticsearch --add-port=9200/tcp --permanent
sudo firewall-cmd --reload

```

`Do not forget to change 192.168.121.80 with your remote IP Address. `

Later, if you want to allow access from another IP Address use:

Code:

```auto
sudo firewall-cmd --zone=elasticsearch --add-source=<IP_ADDRESS> --permanent
sudo firewall-cmd --reload

```

Once the firewall is configured the next step is to edit the Elasticsearch configuration and allow Elasticsearch to listen for external connections.

To do so, open the elasticsearch.yml configuration file:

Code:

```auto
sudo nano /etc/elasticsearch/elasticsearch.yml

```

Search for the line that contains network.host, uncomment it, and change the value to 0.0.0.0

Code:

```auto
network.host: 0.0.0.0

```

If you have multiple network interfaces on your machine you can specify the interface IP address which will cause Elasticsearch to listen only on the specified interface.

Restart the Elasticsearch service for the changes to take effect:

Code:

```auto
sudo systemctl restart elasticsearch

```

That’s it. You can now connect to the Elasticsearch server from your remote location.

**Conclusion**  
You have successfully installed Elasticsearch on your CentOS 7.

## ENJOY & HAPPY LEARNING! 🙂