Installing ElasticSearch on mac os x or linux

These instructions are specifically for Mac Os X , but they should work fine on linux too.

Download the latest version of Elastic search from here: http://github.com/downloads/elasticsearch/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-0.18.5.tar.gz The current version is 0.18.5 but a later version should be ok

Unpack the tar file in the download directory (doubleclick on the tar file) this should create the directory ~/Downloads/elasticsearch-0.18.5

open a console in the download directory and pull down the elastic search service wrapper from github.

    $cd ~/Downloads
    $git clone https://github.com/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-servicewrapper.git elasticsearch-servicewrapper

Now we will move the service into place

    $cd ~/Downloads
    $sudo mv elasticsearch-0.18.5 /usr/local/share
    $cd elasticsearch-servicewrapper
    $sudo mv service /usr/local/share/elasticsearch-0.18.5/bin
    $cd /usr/local/share
    $sudo ln -s elasticsearch-0.18.5 elasticsearch
    $sudo chown -R root:wheel elasticsearch

Now we can start up the service

 
    $cd /usr/local/share/elasticsearch
    $sudo bin/service/elasticsearch start 

You should see the following output

   $ sudo bin/service/elasticsearch start
    Starting ElasticSearch. Detected Mac OSX and installed launchd daemon.
    Waiting for ElasticSearch...
    .
    .
    .
    .
    .
    .
    running: PID:57767
    $

Note: The pid number will be different on your system

Check the service is ok by opening up a browser on http://localhost:9200, you should see the following output

    {
      "ok" : true,
      "name" : "Bova",
      "version" : {
        "number" : "0.18.5",
        "date" : "2011-03-01T19:07:42",
        "snapshot_build" : false
      },
      "tagline" : "You Know, for Search",
      "cover" : "DON'T PANIC",
      "quote" : {
        "book" : "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy",
        "chapter" : "Chapter 30",
        "text1" : "\"The chances of finding out what's really going on in the universe are so remote, the only thing to do is hang the sense of it and keep yourself occupied. Look at me, I design fjords. I'd far rather be happy than right any day.\"",
        "text2" : "\"And are you?\"",
        "text3" : "\"No, that's where it all falls apart I'm afraid.\"",
        "text4" : "\"Pity, it sounded like quite a nice lifestyle otherwise.\""
      }
    } 

Stopping Elastic search

use a similar command to starting as shown above.

 
    $cd /usr/local/share/elasticsearch
    $sudo bin/service/elasticsearch stop