Configure ElasticSearch on Windows

1.      Navigate to url http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/index.html

2.      Download the latest java SDK if not installed on the system.

3.      Navigate to url http://www.elasticsearch.org/download/

4.      Download the zip version of elasticsearch for windows.

5.      Extract the files to a folder

6.      Set JAVA_HOME variable if not set

a.       Click on Start, right click on My Computer -> Properties

b.      Click on Advanced system settings

c.       In Advanced tab click on Environment variables

d.      If JAVA_HOME variable is not present here, click on New and enter details for Variable Name and Variable Value. Variable value will be path where java sdk is installed.

e.       Save the value

7.      Navigate to the folder where elastic search files were extracted.

8.      Navigate to bin folder and double click on elasticsearch.bat to run.

9.      Navigate to http://localhost:9200/ url and below screen should appear if successfully installed.

1.  Install Google Chrome plug-in Sense to run elasticsearch queries.