README.md

Elasticsearch connector

1. Pre-requisite:

• Python3

• Ubuntu 18.04

• Java1.8

2. Elasticsearch server on local machine

Install Linux packages

$ sudo apt update
$ sudo apt-get install apt-transport-http
$ wget -qO - https://artifacts.elastic.co/GPG-KEY-elasticsearch | sudo apt-key add -
$ sudo add-apt-repository "deb https://artifacts.elastic.co/packages/7.x/apt stable main"
$ sudo apt update
$ sudo apt install elasticsearch 

Check status of Elasticsearch server (Local)

$ sudo /etc/init.d/elasticsearch status

Start Elasticsearch server (Local)

$ sudo /etc/init.d/elasticsearch start

Note : Install Java 1.8 and set Java environment variables path

 

3. Elasticsearch on cloud

 

Step 1: Login to https://www.elastic.co/ and create a deployment

Step 2: On successful deployment get credentials

Step 3: Create Elasticsearch credentials JSON

 

Credentials Json format

{
	"endpoint": "< Elasticsearch endpoint from elasticsearch cloud >",
	"port": "< Port number as mentioned in elasticsearch cloud >",
	"user": "< User as mentioned in elasticsearch cloud >",
	"password": "< Elasticsearch cloud user password >",
	"protocol": "https"
}