Installing Elasticsearch with the RPM package

Download and install the public signing key:

rpm --import https://artifacts.elastic.co/GPG-KEY-elasticsearch

Create a file named elasticsearch.repo in the /etc/yum.repos.d/ directory for Red Hat-based distributions or in the /etc/zypp/repos.d/ directory for openSUSE-based distributions, containing the following code:

[elasticsearch-6.x]
 name=Elasticsearch repository for 6.x packages
 baseurl=https://artifacts.elastic.co/packages/6.x/yum
 gpgcheck=1
 gpgkey=https://artifacts.elastic.co/GPG-KEY-elasticsearch
 enabled=1
 autorefresh=1
 type=rpm-md

Your repository is now ready for use. You can now install Elasticsearch with one of the following commands:

You can use yum on CentOS and older Red Hat-based distributions:

sudo yum install elasticsearch

You can use dnf on Fedora and other newer Red Hat distributions:

sudo dnf install elasticsearch

You can use zypper on openSUSE-based distributions:

sudo zypper install elasticsearch

Elasticsearch can be started and stopped using the service command:

sudo -i service elasticsearch start
sudo -i service elasticsearch stop