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GCE Discovery plugin
editGCE Discovery plugin
editThe Google Compute Engine Discovery plugin uses the GCE API to identify the addresses of seed hosts.
Installation
editVersion 8.16.0 of the Elastic Stack has not yet been released.
This plugin can be installed using the plugin manager:
sudo bin/elasticsearch-plugin install discovery-gce
The plugin must be installed on every node in the cluster, and each node must be restarted after installation.
You can download this plugin for offline
install from https://artifacts.elastic.co/downloads/elasticsearch-plugins/discovery-gce/discovery-gce-8.16.0.zip. To verify
the .zip file, use the
SHA hash or
ASC key.
Removal
editThe plugin can be removed with the following command:
sudo bin/elasticsearch-plugin remove discovery-gce
The node must be stopped before removing the plugin.