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[[settings]]
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== Configuring Elasticsearch
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Elasticsearch ships with good defaults and requires very little configuration.
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Most settings can be changed on a running cluster using the
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<<cluster-update-settings>> API.
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The configuration files should contain settings which are node-specific (such
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as `node.name` and paths), or settings which a node requires in order to be
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able to join a cluster, such as `cluster.name` and `network.host`.
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[float]
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=== Config file location
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Elasticsearch has two configuration files:
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* `elasticsearch.yml` for configuring Elasticsearch, and
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* `log4j2.properties` for configuring Elasticsearch logging.
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These files are located in the config directory, whose location defaults to
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`$ES_HOME/config/`. The Debian and RPM packages set the config directory
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location to `/etc/elasticsearch/`.
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The location of the config directory can be changed with the `path.conf`
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flag, as follows:
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[source,sh]
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./bin/elasticsearch --path.conf /path/to/my/config/
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-------------------------------
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[float]
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=== Config file format
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The configuration format is http://www.yaml.org/[YAML]. Here is an
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example of changing the path of the data and logs directories:
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[source,yaml]
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--------------------------------------------------
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path:
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data: /var/lib/elasticsearch
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logs: /var/log/elasticsearch
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--------------------------------------------------
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Settings can also be flattened as follows:
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[source,yaml]
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--------------------------------------------------
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path.data: /var/lib/elasticsearch
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path.logs: /var/log/elasticsearch
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--------------------------------------------------
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[float]
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=== Environment variable substitution
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Environment variables referenced with the `${...}` notation within the
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configuration file will be replaced with the value of the environment
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variable, for instance:
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[source,yaml]
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--------------------------------------------------
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node.name: ${HOSTNAME}
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network.host: ${ES_NETWORK_HOST}
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--------------------------------------------------
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[float]
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=== Prompting for settings
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For settings that you do not wish to store in the configuration file, you can
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use the value `${prompt.text}` or `${prompt.secret}` and start Elasticsearch
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in the foreground. `${prompt.secret}` has echoing disabled so that the value
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entered will not be shown in your terminal; `${prompt.text}` will allow you to
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see the value as you type it in. For example:
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[source,yaml]
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node:
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name: ${prompt.text}
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--------------------------------------------------
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When starting Elasticsearch, you will be prompted to enter the actual value
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like so:
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[source,sh]
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--------------------------------------------------
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Enter value for [node.name]:
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NOTE: Elasticsearch will not start if `${prompt.text}` or `${prompt.secret}`
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is used in the settings and the process is run as a service or in the background.
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