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Issue
- How to deploy Elasticsearch as a service in Linux.
Environment
- Elasticsearch 7.*
Prerequisites
- Need Root user level.
Resolution
- Create elasticsearch.service file as root user in /usr/lib/systemd/system/
- Paste the below content in elasticsearch.service file
[Unit]
Description = Elasticsearch 7.17.9 Community Edition
[Service]
User=liferay
Environment=ES_JAVA_HOME=/home/liferay/zulu11.62.17-ca-jdk11.0.18-linux_x64
Environment='ES_JAVA_OPTS=-Xmx4g -Xms4g'
ExecStart=/home/liferay/elasticsearch-7.17.9/bin/elasticsearch
Type=simple
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
3. Run the below commands one by one to enable Elasticsearch as a service
systemctl daemon-reload
systemctl enable elasticsearch
systemctl start elasticsearch