Elasticsearch for Dummies
Have you heard about the popular open source tool used for searching and indexing that is used by giants like Wikipedia and Linkedin? No, I’m pretty sure you may have heard it in passing. Yes, I’m talking about Elasticsearch. In this blog, you’ll get to know the basics of Elasticsearch, its advantages, how to install it and indexing the documents using Elasticsearch. What is Elasticsearch? Elasticsearch is an open-source, enterprise-grade search engine which can power extremely fast searches that support all data discovery applications. With Elasticsearch we can store, search, and analyze big volumes of data quickly and in near real time. It is generally used as the underlying search engine that powers applications that have simple/complex search features and requirements. Advantages of Elasticsearch BUILT ON TOP OF LUCENE – Being built on top of Lucene, it offers the most powerful full-text search capabilities. DOCUMENT-ORIENTED – It stores complex entities as