Installing Elasticsearch with MSI Windows Installer

Windows users are recommended to use the MSI Installer package. This package includes a graphical user interface (GUI) that guides the users through the installation process.

First, download the Elasticsearch 6.1.3 MSI from https://artifacts.elastic.co/downloads/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-6.1.3.msi.

Launch the GUI by double-clicking on the downloaded file. On the first screen, select the deployment directories: