Ansible Role: Install ElasticSearch 6.x

Installs ElasticSearch 6.x from source on Debian/Ubuntu linux servers.

Requirements

None

Role Variables

Available variables are listed below, along with default values (see defaults/main.yml):

elasticsearch_main_version: 6

Configuration:

elasticsearch_host: 'localhost'
elasticsearch_port: 9200

# settings for /etc/elasticsearch/elasticsearch.yml
elasticsearch_config:
#  - { regexp: '^script\.disable_dynamic', line: 'script.disable_dynamic: true' }
  - { regexp: 'network\.host', line: 'network.host: {{ elasticsearch_host }}' }
  - { regexp: 'http\.port', line: 'http.port: {{ elasticsearch_port }}' }

# settings for /etc/default/elasticsearch
elasticsearch_defaults:
  - { regexp: '^ES_HOME=', line: 'ES_HOME=/usr/share/elasticsearch' }
  - { regexp: '^CONF_DIR=', line: 'CONF_DIR=/etc/elasticsearch' }
  - { regexp: '^DATA_DIR=', line: 'DATA_DIR=/var/lib/elasticsearch' }
  - { regexp: '^LOG_DIR=', line: 'LOG_DIR=/var/log/elasticsearch' }
  - { regexp: '^PID_DIR=', line: 'PID_DIR=/var/run/elasticsearch' }
  - { regexp: '^ES_RESTART_ON_UPGRADE=', line: 'ES_RESTART_ON_UPGRADE=true' }
  - { regexp: '^ES_USER=', line: 'ES_USER=elasticsearch' }
  - { regexp: '^ES_GROUP=', line: 'ES_GROUP=elasticsearch' }
  - { regexp: '^ES_STARTUP_SLEEP_TIME=', line: 'ES_STARTUP_SLEEP_TIME=5' }

Dependencies

• tschifftner.java

Installation

$ ansible-galaxy install tschifftner.elasticsearch

Example Playbook

- hosts: server
  roles:
    - { role: tschifftner.elasticsearch }

Supported OS

• Debian 9 (Stretch)
• Debian 8 (Jessie)
• Ubuntu 18.04 (Bionic Beaver)
• Ubuntu 16.04 (Xenial Xerus)

Required ansible version

Ansible 2.5+

License

MIT License

Author Information

• Tobias Schifftner, ambimax® GmbH