Elasticsearch Single Node - In Windows

Download Elasticsearch 8.6.2

Could you unzip the file in the preferred location?

Open the command prompt as administrator and go to {directory}\elasticsearch-8.6.2\bin path.

Run ES with the elasticsearch.bat command.

When you run ES in a terminal for the first time, you get a password on the terminal as below. You must note down the password for future reference.

The following is the sample .yml file.

Cluster.name: zephyr
node.name: node-1
http.port: 9200
network.host: 192.168.0.1
xpack.security.enabled: true
xpack.security.enrollment.enabled: true
xpack.security.http.ssl:
  enabled: true
  keystore.path: certs/http.p12
xpack.security.transport.ssl:
  enabled: true
  verification_mode: certificate
  keystore.path: certs/transport.p12
  truststore.path: certs/transport.p12
http.host: 0.0.0.0
indices.query.bool.max_clause_count: 9024
action.auto_create_index: ".watches,.triggered_watches,.watcher-history-*,-zephyr*,+*"

Run https://localhost:9200 in browser with default user 'elastic'. Use the ES password that you got in the step4.

Install Zephyr by giving ES URL as https://localhost:9200

Upon successful Zephyr installation, stop the Zephyr and navigate to the {ZephyrDir}\tomcat\webapps\flex\WEB-INF\classes location.

Make changes as mentioned in the below steps, to the jdbc.properties for ES running on HTTPS.

Uncomment elastic.rest.prop.xpack.security.user and change password after colon(:) with the ES password you got after step 4. The default username is “elastic”.

transport.nodes=https://localhost:9200
rest.nodes=https://localhost:9200
elastic.rest.prop.xpack.security.user=username:password

Start the Zephyr application after making these changes.

Download Elasticsearch 8.6.2

Unzip the file in the preferred location.

Open the command prompt as administrator and go to {directory}\elasticsearch-8.6.2\bin path.

Run ES with the elasticsearch.bat command.

Stop the Elasticsearch.

Change the SSL security to false in the elasticsearch.yml  file in the config folder,as mentioned in the following sample.

cluster.name: zephyr
node.name: node-1
http.port: 9200
network.host: 192.168.0.1
xpack.security.enabled: false
xpack.security.enrollment.enabled: false
xpack.security.http.ssl:
  enabled: false 
xpack.security.transport.ssl:
  enabled: false
http.host: 0.0.0.0
indices.query.bool.max_clause_count: 9024
action.auto_create_index: ".watches,.triggered_watches,.watcher-history-*,-zephyr*,+*"

Start Elasticsearch.

Now install Zephyr with ES URL http://localhost:9200

Download Elasticsearch 8.6.2

Unzip the file in the preferred location.

Open the command prompt as administrator and go to

{directory}\elasticsearch-8.6.2\bin path.

Run ES with the

elasticsearch.bat command.

5. When you run ES in a terminal for the first time, you get a password on the terminal as below. You must note down the password for future reference.

The following is the sample .yml file.

cluster.name: zephyr
node.name: node-1
http.port: 9200
network.host: 192.168.0.1
xpack.security.enabled: true
xpack.security.enrollment.enabled: true
xpack.security.http.ssl:
  enabled: true
  keystore.path: certs/http.p12
xpack.security.transport.ssl:
  enabled: true
  verification_mode: certificate
  keystore.path: certs/transport.p12
  truststore.path: certs/transport.p12
http.host: 0.0.0.0
indices.query.bool.max_clause_count: 9024
action.auto_create_index: ".watches,.triggered_watches,.watcher-history-*,-zephyr*,+*"

Execute the below given cURL to generate an API key:

curl --location --request POST 'https://localhost:9200/_security/api_key' \
--header 'Authorization: Basic ZWxhc3RpYzpwYXNzd29yZA==' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data-raw '{
    "name": "my-api-key",
    "role_descriptors": {
        "role-zephyr": {
            "cluster": [
                "all"
            ],
            "index": [
                {
                    "names": [
                        "zephyr-*"
                    ],
                    "privileges": [
                        "all"
                    ]
                }
            ]
        }
    }
}'

Refer to the generated API key response:

{
    "id": "i_n-KIgBbJC5TV1xKsjr",
    "name": "my-api-key",
    "api_key": "oSkuars1Rh-m4diuKe18hw",
    "encoded": "aV9uLUtJZ0JiSkM1VFYxeEtzanI6b1NrdWFyczFSaC1tNGRpdUtlMThodw=="
}

The <apiKey> would be base64 encoding of id:api_key i.e. base64 encoding of o3PG-n0Bf9efLymhVjzN:eR9bKD5OTeywOxovC7It2Q. You can use online utility (Base64 Encode and Decode - Online ) for base64 encoding.

Install the Zephyr application.

Upon successful Zephyr installation, stop the Zephyr and navigate to the {ZephyrDir}\tomcat\webapps\flex\WEB-INF\classes location.

Make changes as mentioned in the below steps, to the

jdbc.properties for ES running on HTTPS.

Add following properties in jdbc.properties file:

elastic.rest.prop.api.key.id=<id>
elastic.rest.prop.api.key.secret=<api_key>

Start the Zephyr service.