Elastic search

Java / Elastic search 6

This is the recommended version but requires Java 8.

Java 7 / Elastic search 1.7

This version is an alternate version.

Install and unpack files

 sudo wget https://download.elastic.co/elasticsearch/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-1.7.6.tar.gz
 tar -xvf elasticsearch-1.7.6.tar.gz
 sudo rm elasticsearch-1.7.6.tar.gz

Run as a daemon

 elasticsearch-1.7.6/bin/elasticsearch -d

Test that the service is running

 curl 'http://localhost:9200/?pretty'