Getting ready

To install Elasticsearch, you need a supported operating system (Linux/macOS X/Windows) with a Java Java virtual machine (JVM) 1.8 or higher installed (the Sun Oracle JDK is preferred. More information on this can be found at http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/jdk8-downloads-2133151.html). A web browser is required to download the Elasticsearch binary release. At least 1 GB of free disk space is required to install Elasticsearch.