ElasticSearch - Creating an Index

Would you like to learn how to create an Index on Elasticsearch? In this tutorial, we are going to show you how to create a new Index on the ElasticSearch server on a computer running Ubuntu Linux.

• Ubuntu 18
• Ubuntu 19
• ElasticSearch 7.6.2

In our example, The ElastiSearch server IP address is 192.168.100.7.

Important! The Elasticsearch uses the word Index instead of the word Table.

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Tutorial ElasticSearch - Creating an Index

Install the required packages.

Test your communication with the ElasticSearch server.

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Create an ElasticSearch index named ACCOUNTS.

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Add the following fields:

• Username - Text
• Name - Text
• Email - Text
• Age - Numeric

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Verify the mapping configuration.

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Congratulations! You have created a new Index on the ElasticSearch server.

Tutorial ElasticSearch - Adding information to an Index

Add an entry to the ElasticSearch Index.

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Add another entry to the ElasticSearch Index.

List all entries on the Index.

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List all entries on the Index containing the word Bruno.

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List all entries on the Index with an age of less than 40.

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Congratulations! You are able to add entries to an ElasticSearch Index.