Installation using the tar file

Follow the steps to install using the tar file:

1. First, we need to download the latest Elasticsearch tar, as shown in the following code block:

curl -L -O https://artifacts.elastic.co/downloads/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-6.x.tar.gz

1. Then, extract it using the following command:

tar -xvf elasticsearch-6.x.tar.gz

1. After extracting it, we have a bunch of files and folders. Move to the bin directory by executing the following command:

cd elasticsearch-6.x/bin 

1. After moving to the bin directory, run Elasticsearch using the following command:

./elasticsearch