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The guide describes how to create an Elasticsearch cluster using Elasticsearch cloud, and get the required information to be able to bootstrap your Digizuite.
1. Signing up
First and foremost you have to create an Elastic cloud account. Go to https://www.elastic.co/cloud/ and select “Login” or “Try free”.
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After you have signed up it is possible to attach a credit card to keep using Elastic for more than 14 days. If you are an employee at Digizuite that is currently configuring an environment, please see this guide (!!!!!!!!1INSERT LINK HERE!!!!!!!!!!!).
Once your account has been created you should be met with a dashboard that looks roughly like this:
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2. Creating a new cluster
To actually create a cluster, select the Start your free trial button or create new cluster depending on if you have a credit card attached or not.
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Setting name | Description | Recommended value |
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Cloud provided | At which cloud provider is this cluster hosted. At the time of writing this, 3 providers are available. Azure, AWS (Amazon Web Services) and GCP (Google Cloud Platform. The cloud provider affects things like price and available regions for hosting. Try to pick the same cloud provider as where the Digizuite is hosted, as this gives the shortest latency for executing searches. | Azure |
Region | Where in the world is the cluster hosted? Try to use the same region as where the Digizuite is hosted for best performance. If not possible, try to pick the closest possible region. | Same region as Digizuite is hosted in. |
Hardware Profile | Decides the CPU/Memory/Storage configuration. As Digizuite only uses Elasticsearch for searching, you will want to pick “Compute Optimized” | Compute Optimized |
Version | What version of Elasticsearch should the cluster be running. At the time of writing digizuite has been tested with Elasticsearch version 7.14, so any version in the 7 range, but above 7.14 should work. 78.0. But any version above that should work | 8.x. At least 78.140, but higher versions should also work. |
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This will take you to your brand-new cluster.
3. Getting credentials for accessing the Elasticsearch cluster
Once you hit the continue button you will likely be met with a screen like this:
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This will now should you the created API key. Make sure to copy and save it somewhere, as you will not be able to see it in this UI again. You will need the key later when configuring the Digizuite. Do note that the api key is actually longer than what is shown in the UI, so make sure to use the copy button to the right of the key to actually copy the entire key.
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4. Getting the Elasticsearch server URL
To get the actual URL for Elasticsearch, open the menu again, and go to Manage this deployment.
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From here you can also go back into Kibana by selecting Open Kibana.
5. Done diddly done
You should now have the two things you need to set up the Digizuite for Elasticsearch.
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