Download Elasticsearch

1

Download Elasticsearch

Download and install one of the supported JDKs for Elasticsearch

Choose platform:
Windows
Containers:
2

Download and unzip Elasticsearch

Elasticsearch can also be installed from our package repositories using apt or yum. Refer to snapshot repositories in the Elasticsearch Guide.

3

Start Elasticsearch

Run bin/elasticsearch (or bin\elasticsearch.bat on Windows)

Run curl http://localhost:9200/ (or Invoke-RestMethod http://localhost:9200 with PowerShell).

4

Dive in

See our documentation for the latest up-to-date information.

Summary

Version: 7.17.18

Release date:

License: Elastic License 2.0

Supported OS/JVM/Browser

Notes:

This download doesn’t include a JDK. Download and install one of the supported JDKs for Elasticsearch. You can override the JDK by setting ES_JAVA_HOME. If you're looking for a download option that bundles the JDK, use this distribution instead.

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This default distribution is governed by the Elastic License, and includes the full set of free features.

Information about third party dependencies and links to any source code we are obligated to provide are available on this page.

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