Download elasticsearch
GA Release
1
Download and unzip elasticsearch
Package managers:
Containers:
elasticsearch can also be installed from our package repositories using apt or yum. See Repositories in the Guide.
2
Start elasticsearch
Run bin/elasticsearch (or bin\elasticsearch.bat on Windows) to start elasticsearch with security enabled.
3
Dive in
See our documentation for the latest up-to-date information.
Summary
Version: 8.16.0
Release date:
License: Elastic License 2.0
Supported OS/JVM/Browser
Notes:
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