[[deb]] === Install Elasticsearch with Debian Package The Debian package for Elasticsearch can be <> or from our <>. It can be used to install Elasticsearch on any Debian-based system such as Debian and Ubuntu. The latest stable version of Elasticsearch can be found on the link:/downloads/elasticsearch[Download Elasticsearch] page. Other versions can be found on the link:/downloads/past-releases[Past Releases page]. NOTE: Elasticsearch requires Java 8 or later. Use the http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/index.html[official Oracle distribution] or an open-source distribution such as http://openjdk.java.net[OpenJDK]. [[deb-key]] ==== Import the Elasticsearch PGP Key include::key.asciidoc[] [source,sh] ------------------------- wget -qO - https://artifacts.elastic.co/GPG-KEY-elasticsearch | sudo apt-key add - ------------------------- [[deb-repo]] ==== Installing from the APT repository ifeval::["{release-state}"=="unreleased"] Version {version} of Elasticsearch has not yet been released. endif::[] ifeval::["{release-state}"!="unreleased"] You may need to install the `apt-transport-https` package on Debian before proceeding: [source,sh] -------------------------------------------------- sudo apt-get install apt-transport-https -------------------------------------------------- Save the repository definition to +/etc/apt/sources.list.d/elastic-{major-version}.list+: ifeval::["{release-state}"=="released"] ["source","sh",subs="attributes,callouts"] -------------------------------------------------- echo "deb https://artifacts.elastic.co/packages/{major-version}/apt stable main" | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list.d/elastic-{major-version}.list -------------------------------------------------- endif::[] ifeval::["{release-state}"=="prerelease"] ["source","sh",subs="attributes,callouts"] -------------------------------------------------- echo "deb https://artifacts.elastic.co/packages/{major-version}-prerelease/apt stable main" | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list.d/elastic-{major-version}.list -------------------------------------------------- endif::[] [NOTE] ================================================== These instructions do not use `add-apt-repository` for several reasons: . `add-apt-repository` adds entries to the system `/etc/apt/sources.list` file rather than a clean per-repository file in `/etc/apt/sources.list.d` . `add-apt-repository` is not part of the default install on many distributions and requires a number of non-default dependencies. . Older versions of `add-apt-repository` always add a `deb-src` entry which will cause errors because we do not provide a source package. If you have added the `deb-src` entry, you will see an error like the following until you delete the `deb-src` line: Unable to find expected entry 'main/source/Sources' in Release file (Wrong sources.list entry or malformed file) ================================================== You can install the Elasticsearch Debian package with: [source,sh] -------------------------------------------------- sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install elasticsearch -------------------------------------------------- [WARNING] ================================================== If two entries exist for the same Elasticsearch repository, you will see an error like this during `apt-get update`: ["literal",subs="attributes,callouts"] Duplicate sources.list entry https://artifacts.elastic.co/packages/{major-version}/apt/ ...` Examine +/etc/apt/sources.list.d/elasticsearch-{major-version}.list+ for the duplicate entry or locate the duplicate entry amongst the files in `/etc/apt/sources.list.d/` and the `/etc/apt/sources.list` file. ================================================== endif::[] include::skip-set-kernel-parameters.asciidoc[] [[install-deb]] ==== Download and install the Debian package manually ifeval::["{release-state}"=="unreleased"] Version {version} of Elasticsearch has not yet been released. endif::[] ifeval::["{release-state}"!="unreleased"] The Debian package for Elasticsearch v{version} can be downloaded from the website and installed as follows: ["source","sh",subs="attributes"] -------------------------------------------- wget https://artifacts.elastic.co/downloads/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-{version}.deb sha1sum elasticsearch-{version}.deb <1> sudo dpkg -i elasticsearch-{version}.deb -------------------------------------------- <1> Compare the SHA produced by `sha1sum` or `shasum` with the https://artifacts.elastic.co/downloads/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-{version}.deb.sha1[published SHA]. endif::[] include::init-systemd.asciidoc[] [[deb-running-init]] ==== Running Elasticsearch with SysV `init` Use the `update-rc.d` command to configure Elasticsearch to start automatically when the system boots up: [source,sh] -------------------------------------------------- sudo update-rc.d elasticsearch defaults 95 10 -------------------------------------------------- Elasticsearch can be started and stopped using the `service` command: [source,sh] -------------------------------------------- sudo -i service elasticsearch start sudo -i service elasticsearch stop -------------------------------------------- If Elasticsearch fails to start for any reason, it will print the reason for failure to STDOUT. Log files can be found in `/var/log/elasticsearch/`. [[deb-running-systemd]] include::systemd.asciidoc[] [[deb-check-running]] include::check-running.asciidoc[] [[deb-configuring]] ==== Configuring Elasticsearch Elasticsearch loads its configuration from the `/etc/elasticsearch/elasticsearch.yml` file by default. The format of this config file is explained in <>. The Debian package also has a system configuration file (`/etc/default/elasticsearch`), which allows you to set the following parameters: include::sysconfig-file.asciidoc[] NOTE: Distributions that use `systemd` require that system resource limits be configured via `systemd` rather than via the `/etc/sysconfig/elasticsearch` file. See <> for more information. [[deb-layout]] ==== Directory layout of Debian package The Debian package places config files, logs, and the data directory in the appropriate locations for a Debian-based system: [cols="> | conf | Environment variables including heap size, file descriptors. | /etc/default/elasticsearch d| | data | The location of the data files of each index / shard allocated on the node. Can hold multiple locations. | /var/lib/elasticsearch | path.data | logs | Log files location. | /var/log/elasticsearch | path.logs | plugins | Plugin files location. Each plugin will be contained in a subdirectory. | /usr/share/elasticsearch/plugins | | repo | Shared file system repository locations. Can hold multiple locations. A file system repository can be placed in to any subdirectory of any directory specified here. d| Not configured | path.repo |======================================================================= include::next-steps.asciidoc[]