# Feedback on providing RPM packages **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [March 13, 2013, 1:41pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/feedback-on-providing-rpm-packages/11136 "2013-03-13T13:41:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![spinscale](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/spinscale/32/25011_2.png) [@spinscale](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/spinscale)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2013, 1:41pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/feedback-on-providing-rpm-packages/11136/1 "2013-03-13T13:41:27Z")
Hey folks, I am currently preparing a pull request to be able to create RPM packages during build by calling "mvn rpm:rpm" via a maven plugin (you must have the rpm development packages of your distribution installed in order to get this working!). The pull request is available at > I would be very glad if someone with more administration and packaging skills than me (shouldnt be too hard actually) could take a look at the created packages. I'm thankful for any input on how to improve the created package. I tried to create an RPM which supports systemd as well as starting via old fashioned init script, so both are included and you can choose your preferred start up method (and thus need to configure runlevels manually via chkconfig in the init script case). Both scripts drop root privileges on startup and run as elasticsearch user. I hope that this package can run own fedora, centos as well as opensuse in order to cover as many of the big distributions as possible. So, anyone interested in an RPM, please test and give some feedback. Thanks! --Alexander -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/groups/opt\_out](https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out). ---
**Author:** ![VegHead](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/veghead/32/2411_2.png) [@VegHead](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/VegHead)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2013, 3:57pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/feedback-on-providing-rpm-packages/11136/2 "2013-03-13T15:57:58Z")
Does this create a single RPM for all Elasticsearch stuff, including plugins? I'm not familiar with the Maven RPM archetype, so I can't quite tell what it's doing... ๐Ÿ™‚ -Sean On Wednesday, March 13, 2013 6:41:27 AM UTC-7, Alexander Reelsen wrote: > Hey folks, > > I am currently preparing a pull request to be able to create RPM packages > during build by calling "mvn rpm:rpm" via a maven plugin (you must have the > rpm development packages of your distribution installed in order to get > this working!). > > The pull request is available at > [Add support for creating a RPM package with maven by spinscale ยท Pull Request #2758 ยท elastic/elasticsearch ยท GitHub](https://github.com/elasticsearch/elasticsearch/pull/2758) > > I would be very glad if someone with more administration and packaging > skills than me (shouldnt be too hard actually) could take a look at the > created packages. I'm thankful for any input on how to improve the created > package. > > I tried to create an RPM which supports systemd as well as starting via > old fashioned init script, so both are included and you can choose your > preferred start up method (and thus need to configure runlevels manually > via chkconfig in the init script case). Both scripts drop root privileges > on startup and run as elasticsearch user. > > I hope that this package can run own fedora, centos as well as opensuse in > order to cover as many of the big distributions as possible. > > So, anyone interested in an RPM, please test and give some feedback. > Thanks! > > --Alexander -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/groups/opt\_out](https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out). ---
**Author:** ![spinscale](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/spinscale/32/25011_2.png) [@spinscale](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/spinscale)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2013, 4:13pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/feedback-on-providing-rpm-packages/11136/3 "2013-03-13T16:13:12Z")
Hey, this only creates a RPM package of the elasticsearch distribution (contents are similar to the zipfile). There are no extra plugins packaged. You still need to install them via the plugin command.. Hope this helps, --Alex On Wed, Mar 13, 2013 at 4:57 PM, VegHead [organicveggie@gmail.com](mailto:organicveggie@gmail.com) wrote: > Does this create a single RPM for all Elasticsearch stuff, including > plugins? I'm not familiar with the Maven RPM archetype, so I can't quite > tell what it's doing... ๐Ÿ™‚ > > -Sean > > On Wednesday, March 13, 2013 6:41:27 AM UTC-7, Alexander Reelsen wrote: > > > Hey folks, > > > > I am currently preparing a pull request to be able to create RPM packages > > during build by calling "mvn rpm:rpm" via a maven plugin (you must have the > > rpm development packages of your distribution installed in order to get > > this working!). > > > > The pull request is available at [https://github.com/](https://github.com/)\*\* > > elasticsearch/elasticsearch/\*\*pull/2758[https://github.com/elasticsearch/elasticsearch/pull/2758](https://github.com/elasticsearch/elasticsearch/pull/2758) > > > > I would be very glad if someone with more administration and packaging > > skills than me (shouldnt be too hard actually) could take a look at the > > created packages. I'm thankful for any input on how to improve the created > > package. > > > > I tried to create an RPM which supports systemd as well as starting via > > old fashioned init script, so both are included and you can choose your > > preferred start up method (and thus need to configure runlevels manually > > via chkconfig in the init script case). Both scripts drop root privileges > > on startup and run as elasticsearch user. > > > > I hope that this package can run own fedora, centos as well as opensuse > > in order to cover as many of the big distributions as possible. > > > > So, anyone interested in an RPM, please test and give some feedback. > > Thanks! > > > > --Alexander > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "elasticsearch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/groups/opt\_out](https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out). -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/groups/opt\_out](https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out). ---
**Author:** ![spinscale](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/spinscale/32/25011_2.png) [@spinscale](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/spinscale)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2013, 11:08am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/feedback-on-providing-rpm-packages/11136/4 "2013-03-21T11:08:10Z")
Hey there, I just created an RPM from the current master branch (which basically is just released the RC1 version). I would be grateful for any kind of feedback. Go here and download the RPM [https://docs.google.com/file/d/0BxIQ48d0OE1pNHZrVEtwcm5wdGM/edit](https://docs.google.com/file/d/0BxIQ48d0OE1pNHZrVEtwcm5wdGM/edit) So, if you install the RPM, I would be glad if you could check for the following features - Does it install flawlessly - Does it start automatically - Does it run under elasticsearch user privileges? - Are there log files owned by the elasticsearch user at /var/log/elasticsearch - Do data files exist at /var/lib/elasticsearch ? - Can the package be removed without problems - Is the elasticsearch user removed after the uninstallation? If you find anything suspicious in between, drop me a mail including your distribution, its version and a little information what failed. If you are using a systemd enabled system (like opensuse) you can ignore the init script. Otherwise chkconfig and the init script should be used to enable the service. Thanks! On Wed, Mar 13, 2013 at 5:13 PM, Alexander Reelsen [alr@spinscale.de](mailto:alr@spinscale.de) wrote: > Hey, > > this only creates a RPM package of the elasticsearch distribution > (contents are similar to the zipfile). There are no extra plugins packaged. > You still need to install them via the plugin command.. > > Hope this helps, > --Alex > > On Wed, Mar 13, 2013 at 4:57 PM, VegHead [organicveggie@gmail.com](mailto:organicveggie@gmail.com) wrote: > > > Does this create a single RPM for all Elasticsearch stuff, including > > plugins? I'm not familiar with the Maven RPM archetype, so I can't quite > > tell what it's doing... ๐Ÿ™‚ > > > > -Sean > > > > On Wednesday, March 13, 2013 6:41:27 AM UTC-7, Alexander Reelsen wrote: > > > > > Hey folks, > > > > > > I am currently preparing a pull request to be able to create RPM > > > packages during build by calling "mvn rpm:rpm" via a maven plugin (you must > > > have the rpm development packages of your distribution installed in order > > > to get this working!). > > > > > > The pull request is available at [https://github.com/](https://github.com/)\*\* > > > elasticsearch/elasticsearch/\*\*pull/2758[https://github.com/elasticsearch/elasticsearch/pull/2758](https://github.com/elasticsearch/elasticsearch/pull/2758) > > > > > > I would be very glad if someone with more administration and packaging > > > skills than me (shouldnt be too hard actually) could take a look at the > > > created packages. I'm thankful for any input on how to improve the created > > > package. > > > > > > I tried to create an RPM which supports systemd as well as starting via > > > old fashioned init script, so both are included and you can choose your > > > preferred start up method (and thus need to configure runlevels manually > > > via chkconfig in the init script case). Both scripts drop root privileges > > > on startup and run as elasticsearch user. > > > > > > I hope that this package can run own fedora, centos as well as opensuse > > > in order to cover as many of the big distributions as possible. > > > > > > So, anyone interested in an RPM, please test and give some feedback. > > > Thanks! > > > > > > --Alexander > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "elasticsearch" group. > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > > email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). > > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/groups/opt\_out](https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out). -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/groups/opt\_out](https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out). ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 2:45am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/feedback-on-providing-rpm-packages/11136/5 "2017-07-06T02:45:27Z")