How To Install Elasticsearch on Ubuntu 23.10

To install Elasticsearch on Ubuntu 23.10, follow these steps:

Step 1 : To install Elasticsearch on Ubuntu 23.10, start by updating your package index:

sudo apt update

Step 2 : Install the apt-transport-https package to allow the use of repositories accessed over HTTPS:

sudo apt install apt-transport-https

Step 3 : Import the Elasticsearch GPG key:

wget -qO - https://artifacts.elastic.co/GPG-KEY-elasticsearch | sudo gpg --dearmor -o /usr/share/keyrings/elasticsearch-keyring.gpg

Step 4 : Add the Elasticsearch APT repository:

echo "deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/elasticsearch-keyring.gpg] https://artifacts.elastic.co/packages/8.x/apt stable main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/elastic-8.x.list

Step 5 : Update the package index again:

sudo apt update

Step 6 : Install Elasticsearch:

sudo apt install elasticsearch

Step 7 : Start the Elasticsearch service:

sudo service elasticsearch start

Step 8 : Enable Elasticsearch to start on boot:

sudo systemctl enable elasticsearch

Step 9 : Enable Security in Elasticsearch, Open the Elasticsearch configuration file for editing

sudo nano /etc/elasticsearch/elasticsearch.yml

Step 10 : Reset the password for the 'elastic' user:

sudo /usr/share/elasticsearch/bin/elasticsearch-reset-password -u elastic

Step 11 : Verify the installation by making a request to Elasticsearch:

curl -k -u elastic:password https://localhost:9200

Congratulations! You have successfully installed Elasticsearch on Ubuntu 23.10.