[[rpm]]
=== Install Elasticsearch with RPM

The RPM for Elasticsearch can be <<install-rpm,downloaded from our website>>
or from our  <<rpm-repo,RPM repository>>. It can be used to install
Elasticsearch on any RPM-based system such as OpenSuSE, SLES, Centos, Red Hat,
and Oracle Enterprise.

NOTE: RPM install is not supported on distributions with old versions of RPM,
such as SLES 11 and CentOS 5.  Please see <<zip-targz>> instead.

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].

[[rpm-key]]
==== Import the Elasticsearch PGP Key

include::key.asciidoc[]

[source,sh]
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rpm --import https://artifacts.elastic.co/GPG-KEY-elasticsearch
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[[rpm-repo]]
==== Installing from the RPM repository

Create a file called `elasticsearch.repo` in the `/etc/yum.repos.d/` directory
for RedHat based distributions, or in the `/etc/zypp/repos.d/` directory for
OpenSuSE based distributions, containing:

["source","sh",subs="attributes,callouts"]
--------------------------------------------------
[elasticsearch-{major-version}]
name=Elasticsearch repository for {major-version} packages
baseurl=https://artifacts.elastic.co/packages/{major-version}-prerelease/yum
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=https://artifacts.elastic.co/GPG-KEY-elasticsearch
enabled=1
autorefresh=1
type=rpm-md
--------------------------------------------------

And your repository is ready for use. You can now install Elasticsearch with one of the following commands:

[source,sh]
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sudo yum install elasticsearch <1>
sudo dnf install elasticsearch <2>
sudo zypper install elasticsearch <3>
--------------------------------------------------
<1> Use `yum` on CentOS and older Red Hat based distributions.
<2> Use `dnf` on Fedora and other newer Red Hat distributions.
<3> Use `zypper` on OpenSUSE based distributions

[[install-rpm]]
==== Download and install the RPM manually

The RPM for Elastisearch 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}.rpm
sha1sum elasticsearch-{version}.rpm <1>
sudo rpm --install elasticsearch-{version}.rpm
--------------------------------------------
<1> Compare the SHA produced by `sha1sum` or `shasum` with the
    https://artifacts.elastic.co/downloads/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-{version}.rpm.sha1[published SHA].

include::init-systemd.asciidoc[]

[[rpm-running-init]]
==== Running Elasticsearch with SysV `init`

Use the `chkconfig` command to configure Elasticsearch to start automatically
when the system boots up:

[source,sh]
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sudo chkconfig --add elasticsearch
--------------------------------------------------

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/`.


[[rpm-running-systemd]]
include::systemd.asciidoc[]

[[rpm-check-running]]
include::check-running.asciidoc[]

[[rpm-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
<<settings>>.

The RPM also has a system configuration file (`/etc/sysconfig/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 <<systemd>> for more information.

[[rpm-layout]]
==== Directory layout of RPM

The RPM places config files, logs, and the data directory in the appropriate
locations for an RPM-based system:


[cols="<h,<,<m,<m",options="header",]
|=======================================================================
| Type | Description | Default Location | Setting
| home
  | Elasticsearch home directory or `$ES_HOME`
  | /usr/share/elasticsearch
 d|

| bin
  | Binary scripts including `elasticsearch` to start a node
    and `elasticsearch-plugin` to install plugins
  | /usr/share/elasticsearch/bin
 d|

| conf
  | Configuration files including `elasticsearch.yml`
  | /etc/elasticsearch
  | path.conf

| conf
  | Environment variables including heap size, file descriptors.
  | /etc/sysconfig/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

| script
  | Location of script files.
  | /etc/elasticsearch/scripts
  | path.scripts

|=======================================================================

include::next-steps.asciidoc[]