Installed Elasticsearch 7.1.1 via MSI now What?

[chobo2]

Hi

I am new to elasticsearch, I sort of just want to get up and running asap and see if this product will be right for me.

I installed the msi and then tried to run : http://localhost:9200/ but I get "The site cannot be reached".

I am on my personal windows 10 computer with just a basic firewall and such.

I can't even tell if elasticserach is runing.

[forloop (Russ Cam)]

When installing using the MSI,

1. did you choose to install Elasticsearch as a service, and to start as part of installation
2. did the installation end successfully?

[chobo2]

@forloop

I uninstalled then retried following this tutorial

now I get

PS C:\Program Files\Elastic\Elasticsearch\7.1.1\bin> .\elasticsearch
An exception occurred while trying to start elasticsearch.: System.UnauthorizedAccessException: Access to the path 'C:\Program Files\Elastic\Elasticsearch\7.1.1\logs' is denied.
   at System.IO.__Error.WinIOError(Int32 errorCode, String maybeFullPath)
   at System.IO.Directory.InternalCreateDirectory(String fullPath, String path, Object dirSecurityObj, Boolean checkHost)
   at System.IO.Directory.InternalCreateDirectoryHelper(String path, Boolean checkHost)
   at System.IO.Abstractions.DirectoryWrapper.CreateDirectory(String path)
   at Elastic.ProcessHosts.Elasticsearch.Process.ElasticsearchProcess.Start()
   at Elastic.ProcessHosts.Service.Service.Run()
   at Elastic.ProcessHosts.Elasticsearch.Program.Main(String[] args)
Elasticsearch.exe does not have permission to write exception to event log

[forloop (Russ Cam)]

You need to have admin permissions to start elasticsearch, or the user with which you're starting elasticsearch must have access to C:\Program Files\Elastic\Elasticsearch\7.1.1\logs.

What parameters did you use to install Elasticsearch? Specifically, did you choose to install Elasticsearch as a service and if so, what credentials did you choose to run the service?

[chobo2]

@forloop

I followed this tutorial : https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/getting-started-install.html

I did not set any credentials up but as per the tutorial I choose "do not install as service"

[forloop (Russ Cam)]

Can you try running Elasticsearch.exe as an administrator?

[chobo2]

Ok I think that worked

{
  "name" : "DESKTOP-R4NR03R",
  "cluster_name" : "elasticsearch",
  "cluster_uuid" : "xYu5AJX-RgGq0tB9dF-HDA",
  "version" : {
    "number" : "7.1.1",
    "build_flavor" : "unknown",
    "build_type" : "unknown",
    "build_hash" : "7a013de",
    "build_date" : "2019-05-23T14:04:00.380842Z",
    "build_snapshot" : false,
    "lucene_version" : "8.0.0",
    "minimum_wire_compatibility_version" : "6.8.0",
    "minimum_index_compatibility_version" : "6.0.0-beta1"
  },
  "tagline" : "You Know, for Search"
}

So everytime I want to use elastic serach I have to run that .exe as admin as I did not install it as a service correct?