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mkdir elasticsearch
wget https://artifacts.elastic.co/downloads/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-5.1.1.tar.gz
tar -xzf elasticsearch-5.1.1.tar.gz
./elasticsearch-5.1.1/bin/elasticsearch
To check that its up and running correctly open up a new terminal window and run this curl command:
curl -XGET http://localhost:9200
The response should be something like this:
{
"name" : "6xIrzqq",
"cluster_name" : "elasticsearch",
"cluster_uuid" : "eUH9REKyQOy4RKPzkuRI1g",
"version" : {
"number" : "5.1.1",
"build_hash" : "5395e21",
"build_date" : "2016-12-06T12:36:15.409Z",
"build_snapshot" : false,
"lucene_version" : "6.3.0"
},
"tagline" : "You Know, for Search"