Installing Elasticsearch on Ubuntu 20.04

Elasticsearch is a distributed, scalable, and highly available open-source search engine that is built on top of the Apache Lucene library. It is designed to handle large amounts of data and provide fast and accurate searching capabilities. Elasticsearch is commonly used for log analytics, full-text search, and real-time data analytics.

To install Elasticsearch on Ubuntu 20.04, you can follow these steps:

sudo apt update

sudo apt install default-jre

wget -qO - https://artifacts.elastic.co/GPG-KEY-elasticsearch | sudo apt-key add -

sudo apt-get install apt-transport-https

echo "deb https://artifacts.elastic.co/packages/7.x/apt stable main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/elastic-7.x.list

sudo apt update

sudo apt install elasticsearch

sudo systemctl start elasticsearch

sudo systemctl enable elasticsearch

curl -X GET "localhost:9200"

1. Update the system packages:
2. Install Java:
3. Import the Elasticsearch GPG signing key:
4. Add the Elasticsearch repository:
5. Update the system packages again:
6. Install Elasticsearch:
7. Start and enable the Elasticsearch service:
8. Verify the installation by accessing the Elasticsearch service:

Congratulations! You have successfully installed Elasticsearch on Ubuntu 20.04.

Feel free to explore the various configuration options and features offered by Elasticsearch to suit your needs.