Configuration Questions

According to the /etc/elasticsearch/elasticsearch.yml config file,
Elasticsearch sets a lot of default settings automatically. For example:

Set the address other nodes will use to communicate with this node. If not

set, it is automatically derived. It must point to an actual IP address.

network.publish_host: 192.168.0.1

Is there a way I can get a list of all the configuration values that
Elasticsearch is currently running with? So I could see what Elasticsearch
automatically derived for "network.publish_host" and other settings.

Second, if I set up two VM's to use the same cluster via the "cluster.name"
setting, they should automatically find each other, right? So I would see
them all listed when I run:

curl -XGET 'http://localhost:9200/_cluster/nodes?pretty=true'

Finally, if I set "path.data" to something, all data should be stored in
that location. Not in the default (apparently) /var/lib/elasticsearch.
Right?

Thanks! Apologies if these seem like obvious questions. I have googled, and
read the manual looking for answers. I just wasn't able to find the
answers, or didn't understand them when I found them...

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8 novembre 2013 at 02:38:14, David Reagan (jerrac@gmail.com) a écrit:

According to the /etc/elasticsearch/elasticsearch.yml config file, Elasticsearch sets a lot of default settings automatically. For example:

Set the address other nodes will use to communicate with this node. If not

set, it is automatically derived. It must point to an actual IP address.

network.publish_host: 192.168.0.1

Is there a way I can get a list of all the configuration values that Elasticsearch is currently running with? So I could see what Elasticsearch automatically derived for "network.publish_host" and other settings.
Look at logs when the server starts is the simplest way.

Or curl -XGET 'http://localhost:9200/_nodes/network?pretty'

Second, if I set up two VM's to use the same cluster via the "cluster.name" setting, they should automatically find each other, right? So I would see them all listed when I run:

curl -XGET 'http://localhost:9200/_cluster/nodes?pretty=true'

Yes

Finally, if I set "path.data" to something, all data should be stored in that location. Not in the default (apparently) /var/lib/elasticsearch. Right?
Yes

Thanks! Apologies if these seem like obvious questions. I have googled, and read the manual looking for answers. I just wasn't able to find the answers, or didn't understand them when I found them...

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Thanks for the reply. :slight_smile:

curl -XGET 'http://localhost:9200/_nodes/network?pretty' does not return
the value of network.publish_host

Or is it called something else in the output?

Also, thanks to the hint provided by the curl command, I found

Which
helped me confirm that elasticsearch is pointed at the data directory I
wanted it to point at. Nothing had appeared in that dir, but this confirms
it's just because no data has been sent to this node.

--David Reagan

On Fri, Nov 8, 2013 at 12:16 AM, David Pilato david@pilato.fr wrote:

Answers inline

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8 novembre 2013 at 02:38:14, David Reagan (jerrac@gmail.com//jerrac@gmail.com)
a écrit:

According to the /etc/elasticsearch/elasticsearch.yml config file,
Elasticsearch sets a lot of default settings automatically. For example:

Set the address other nodes will use to communicate with this node. If

not

set, it is automatically derived. It must point to an actual IP address.

network.publish_host: 192.168.0.1

Is there a way I can get a list of all the configuration values that
Elasticsearch is currently running with? So I could see what Elasticsearch
automatically derived for "network.publish_host" and other settings.

Look at logs when the server starts is the simplest way.

Or curl -XGET 'http://localhost:9200/_nodes/network?pretty'

Second, if I set up two VM's to use the same cluster via the "cluster.name"
setting, they should automatically find each other, right? So I would see
them all listed when I run:

curl -XGET 'http://localhost:9200/_cluster/nodes?pretty=true'

Yes

Finally, if I set "path.data" to something, all data should be stored in
that location. Not in the default (apparently) /var/lib/elasticsearch.
Right?

Yes

Thanks! Apologies if these seem like obvious questions. I have googled,
and read the manual looking for answers. I just wasn't able to find the
answers, or didn't understand them when I found them...

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This command gives me:
{
"ok" : true,
"cluster_name" : "workshop",
"nodes" : {
"tpgOUNUcTZ2geUXdPk38rA" : {
"name" : "Trapper",
"transport_address" : "inet[/192.168.0.15:9300]",
"hostname" : "MacBook-Air-de-David.local",
"version" : "0.90.6",
"http_address" : "inet[/192.168.0.15:9200]",
"network" : {
"refresh_interval" : 5000,
"primary_interface" : {
"address" : "192.168.0.15",
"name" : "en0",
"mac_address" : "00:88:65:38:10:D6"
}
}
}
}
}
Actually transport_address and http_address are derived from:

network.bind_host: 192.168.0.1

network.publish_host: 192.168.0.1

Or this one set both values (which really often the case):

network.host: 192.168.0.1

About the data directory, as soon as you start a node, you should see at least a clustername/nodes/0/_state where clustername is your actual cluster name (default to elasticsearch).

If you don't see it, I think that you are modifying an elasticsearch.yml file which is not used by your distribution.
Note that you can run elasticsearch using:

bin/elasticsearch -Des.path.conf=/yourdir/elasticsearch.yml

HTH

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@dadoonet | @elasticsearchfr

8 novembre 2013 at 18:09:42, David Reagan (jerrac@gmail.com) a écrit:

Thanks for the reply. :slight_smile:

curl -XGET 'http://localhost:9200/_nodes/network?pretty' does not return the value of network.publish_host

Or is it called something else in the output?

Also, thanks to the hint provided by the curl command, I found http://www.elasticsearch.org/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/cluster-nodes-stats.html#_nodes_statistics Which helped me confirm that elasticsearch is pointed at the data directory I wanted it to point at. Nothing had appeared in that dir, but this confirms it's just because no data has been sent to this node.

--David Reagan

On Fri, Nov 8, 2013 at 12:16 AM, David Pilato david@pilato.fr wrote:
Answers inline

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David Pilato | Technical Advocate | Elasticsearch.com
@dadoonet | @elasticsearchfr

8 novembre 2013 at 02:38:14, David Reagan (jerrac@gmail.com) a écrit:

According to the /etc/elasticsearch/elasticsearch.yml config file, Elasticsearch sets a lot of default settings automatically. For example:

Set the address other nodes will use to communicate with this node. If not

set, it is automatically derived. It must point to an actual IP address.

network.publish_host: 192.168.0.1

Is there a way I can get a list of all the configuration values that Elasticsearch is currently running with? So I could see what Elasticsearch automatically derived for "network.publish_host" and other settings.
Look at logs when the server starts is the simplest way.

Or curl -XGET 'http://localhost:9200/_nodes/network?pretty'

Second, if I set up two VM's to use the same cluster via the "cluster.name" setting, they should automatically find each other, right? So I would see them all listed when I run:

curl -XGET 'http://localhost:9200/_cluster/nodes?pretty=true'

Yes

Finally, if I set "path.data" to something, all data should be stored in that location. Not in the default (apparently) /var/lib/elasticsearch. Right?
Yes

Thanks! Apologies if these seem like obvious questions. I have googled, and read the manual looking for answers. I just wasn't able to find the answers, or didn't understand them when I found them...

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Ah, so they are called something different in the output of that curl
command. That's a bit confusing... Oh well, now I know. Is there a list
somewhere in the docs that shows tells me which which maps to which?

When I run curl -XGET 'http://localhost:9200/_nodes/stats?pretty&fs=true',
it shows that it's using the data dir I set in my config file. And, for
some reason, it now shows the expected 'clustername' dir in it as well. I
have no idea why it wasn't showing up yesterday evening...

Thanks again for the quick replies. You've helped a lot. :slight_smile:

--David Reagan

On Fri, Nov 8, 2013 at 9:35 AM, David Pilato david@pilato.fr wrote:

This command gives me:

{
"ok" : true,
"cluster_name" : "workshop",
"nodes" : {
"tpgOUNUcTZ2geUXdPk38rA" : {
"name" : "Trapper",
"transport_address" : "inet[/192.168.0.15:9300]",
"hostname" : "MacBook-Air-de-David.local",
"version" : "0.90.6",
"http_address" : "inet[/192.168.0.15:9200]",
"network" : {
"refresh_interval" : 5000,
"primary_interface" : {
"address" : "192.168.0.15",
"name" : "en0",
"mac_address" : "00:88:65:38:10:D6"
}
}
}
}
}

Actually transport_address and http_address are derived from:

network.bind_host: 192.168.0.1

network.publish_host: 192.168.0.1

Or this one set both values (which really often the case):

network.host: 192.168.0.1

About the data directory, as soon as you start a node, you should see at
least a clustername/nodes/0/_state where clustername is your actual
cluster name (default to elasticsearch).

If you don't see it, I think that you are modifying an elasticsearch.yml
file which is not used by your distribution.
Note that you can run elasticsearch using:

bin/elasticsearch -Des.path.conf=/yourdir/elasticsearch.yml

HTH

--
David Pilato | Technical Advocate | Elasticsearch.com
@dadoonet https://twitter.com/dadoonet | @elasticsearchfrhttps://twitter.com/elasticsearchfr

8 novembre 2013 at 18:09:42, David Reagan (jerrac@gmail.com//jerrac@gmail.com)
a écrit:

Thanks for the reply. :slight_smile:

curl -XGET 'http://localhost:9200/_nodes/network?pretty' does not return
the value of network.publish_host

Or is it called something else in the output?

Also, thanks to the hint provided by the curl command, I found
Elasticsearch Platform — Find real-time answers at scale | Elastic Which
helped me confirm that elasticsearch is pointed at the data directory I
wanted it to point at. Nothing had appeared in that dir, but this confirms
it's just because no data has been sent to this node.

--David Reagan

On Fri, Nov 8, 2013 at 12:16 AM, David Pilato david@pilato.fr wrote:

Answers inline

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David Pilato | Technical Advocate | Elasticsearch.com
@dadoonet https://twitter.com/dadoonet | @elasticsearchfrhttps://twitter.com/elasticsearchfr

8 novembre 2013 at 02:38:14, David Reagan (jerrac@gmail.com//jerrac@gmail.com)
a écrit:

According to the /etc/elasticsearch/elasticsearch.yml config file,
Elasticsearch sets a lot of default settings automatically. For example:

Set the address other nodes will use to communicate with this node.

If not

set, it is automatically derived. It must point to an actual IP

address.

network.publish_host: 192.168.0.1

Is there a way I can get a list of all the configuration values that
Elasticsearch is currently running with? So I could see what Elasticsearch
automatically derived for "network.publish_host" and other settings.

Look at logs when the server starts is the simplest way.

Or curl -XGET 'http://localhost:9200/_nodes/network?pretty'

Second, if I set up two VM's to use the same cluster via the "
cluster.name" setting, they should automatically find each other, right?
So I would see them all listed when I run:

curl -XGET 'http://localhost:9200/_cluster/nodes?pretty=true'

Yes

Finally, if I set "path.data" to something, all data should be

stored in that location. Not in the default (apparently)
/var/lib/elasticsearch. Right?

Yes

Thanks! Apologies if these seem like obvious questions. I have googled,
and read the manual looking for answers. I just wasn't able to find the
answers, or didn't understand them when I found them...

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