IMPORTANT: No additional bug fixes or documentation updates
will be released for this version. For the latest information, see the
current release documentation.
EC2 Discovery Plugin
editEC2 Discovery Plugin
editThe EC2 discovery plugin uses the AWS API for unicast discovery.
If you are looking for a hosted solution of Elasticsearch on AWS, please visit http://www.elastic.co/cloud.
Installation
editThis plugin can be installed using the plugin manager:
sudo bin/elasticsearch-plugin install discovery-ec2
The plugin must be installed on every node in the cluster, and each node must be restarted after installation.
This plugin can be downloaded for offline install from https://artifacts.elastic.co/downloads/elasticsearch-plugins/discovery-ec2/discovery-ec2-6.3.2.zip.
Removal
editThe plugin can be removed with the following command:
sudo bin/elasticsearch-plugin remove discovery-ec2
The node must be stopped before removing the plugin.