# Need to start ES instance for test purpose

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/need-to-start-es-instance-for-test-purpose/115918>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [January 17, 2018, 4:09pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/need-to-start-es-instance-for-test-purpose/115918 "2018-01-17T16:09:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\
**Post date:** [January 22, 2018, 11:32am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/need-to-start-es-instance-for-test-purpose/115918/18 "2018-01-22T11:32:14Z")

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In case it helps, you can read this post from @joel-costigliola :

> [@Working EsIntegrationTest example](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/working-esintegrationtest-example/108804):
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> Hi, I really struggled to get a working EsIntegrationTest but finally did it, it would have been great to have that out of the box in ES, here's what I did (it should work with maven and gradle): Hope that helps Cheers

Which leads to

> **[GitHub - joel-costigliola/elastic-search-test: ESIntegTestCase example](https://github.com/joel-costigliola/elastic-search-test)**
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> ESIntegTestCase example. Contribute to joel-costigliola/elastic-search-test development by creating an account on GitHub.

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