Heya,
We've just released our first version of Google Compute Engine plugin: https://github.com/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-cloud-gce/
It helps to very easily deploy elasticsearch on GCE infrastructure.
Google Compute Engine VM discovery allows to use the google APIs to perform automatic discovery (similar to multicast in non hostile multicast environments). Here is a simple sample configuration:
cloud:
gce:
project_id:
zone:
discovery:
type: gce
How to start (short story):
Create Google Compute Engine instance
Install Elasticsearch
Install Google Compute Engine Cloud plugin
Modify elasticsearch.yml file
Start Elasticsearch
For the long story, please refer to the README file: https://github.com/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-cloud-gce/blob/master/README.md.
If you test it, we will be happy to get feedback from you!
Hope this helps
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David Pilato | Technical Advocate | Elasticsearch.com
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