# Installation guide for Windows

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/installation-guide-for-windows/859>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [May 18, 2015, 6:32pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/installation-guide-for-windows/859 "2015-05-18T18:32:46Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 10\
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**Author:** ![Stra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f07891/32.png) [@Stra](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Stra)\
**Post date:** [May 18, 2015, 6:32pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/installation-guide-for-windows/859/1 "2015-05-18T18:32:46Z")

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Hi,

The installation guide provided is for Linux.  
Please i need an installation guide for Windows.

Best regards

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**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Post date:** [May 18, 2015, 8:53pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/installation-guide-for-windows/859/2 "2015-05-18T20:53:28Z")

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1. Download zip file
2. Unzip.
3. Change any config you want.
4. Run the .bat.

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**Author:** ![tlrx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a87d85/32.png) [@tlrx](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/tlrx)\
**Post date:** [May 19, 2015, 8:50am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/installation-guide-for-windows/859/3 "2015-05-19T08:50:52Z")

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You may also be interested in [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/setup-service-win.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/setup-service-win.html)

- Tanguy

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**Author:** ![Stra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f07891/32.png) [@Stra](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Stra)\
**Post date:** [May 19, 2015, 5:14pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/installation-guide-for-windows/859/4 "2015-05-19T17:14:21Z")

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Thank you,  
But the steps described here are for Linux and not Windows:  
[https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/\_installation.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/_installation.html)

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**Author:** ![Stra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f07891/32.png) [@Stra](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Stra)\
**Post date:** [May 19, 2015, 5:16pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/installation-guide-for-windows/859/5 "2015-05-19T17:16:46Z")

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Thank you Tanguy,  
What's the difference if i run it as a service?

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**Author:** ![magnusbaeck](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/magnusbaeck/32/44943_2.png) [@magnusbaeck](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/magnusbaeck)\
**Post date:** [May 19, 2015, 5:31pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/installation-guide-for-windows/859/6 "2015-05-19T17:31:21Z")

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A [Windows service](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_service) runs also when nobody is logged in. You should definitely run Elasticsearch as a service.

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**Author:** ![Stra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f07891/32.png) [@Stra](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Stra)\
**Post date:** [May 19, 2015, 7:15pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/installation-guide-for-windows/859/7 "2015-05-19T19:15:45Z")

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Hi,  
I want to interface elasticsearch with a software that extracts the keywords, focus... from a sentence. This can be done by runing elasticsearch as a service?!  
Best regards

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**Author:** ![magnusbaeck](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/magnusbaeck/32/44943_2.png) [@magnusbaeck](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/magnusbaeck)\
**Post date:** [May 19, 2015, 8:16pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/installation-guide-for-windows/859/8 "2015-05-19T20:16:10Z")

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How Elasticsearch is run—as a service or not—does not affect what you can do with the software.

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**Author:** ![Stra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f07891/32.png) [@Stra](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Stra)\
**Post date:** [May 20, 2015, 5:10pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/installation-guide-for-windows/859/9 "2015-05-20T17:10:00Z")

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Thank you

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**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, 12:12am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/installation-guide-for-windows/859/10 "2017-07-06T00:12:59Z")

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