The document provides instructions on how to install and use ElasticSearch, an open-source search and analytics engine. It demonstrates how to index and query sample data, perform aggregations, and configure analyzers. Bulk insertion of sample car transaction data is also shown from a GitHub dataset for running queries.

1. ElasticSearch Hands On
ElasticSearch Overview at http://www.slideshare.net/ABCTalks/elastic-search-overview
Datasets: https://github.com/ramky1982/ee-datasets/blob/master/datasets/cars
ElasticSearch vs. RDBMS
ElasticSearch RDBMS
Field Column
Document Row
Mapping Schema
Points
 Shard is a group of Segments
 Default no of Shards = 5
 Once Index is created, the Shards cannot be changed
 Shards is per Index; Replica Set is per Shard
 Kibana is a User Interface for Search
Installation
1. Download ElasticSearch (elasticsearch-1.6.0.zip)
2. Unzip to D: elasticsearch (ES_HOME)
3. Install Marvel
ES_HOME bin> plugin -i elasticsearch/marvel/latest
4. Run ElasticSearch
ES_HOME bin> elasticsearch.bat
5. Test ElasticSearch Status
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2. http://localhost:9200/?pretty
6. Marvel Web Browser
http://localhost:9200/_plugin/marvel/
Marvel - Sense
Sample
PUT meetup/test/1
{
"name" : "arvind",
"age" : 38
}
Query Response
GET _search
{
"query": {
"match_all": {}
}
}
PUT meetup/vehicle/1
{
"name" : "figo",
"brand" : "ford",
"type" : "hatchback",
"price" : 600000
}
{
"_index": "meetup",
"_type": "vehicle",
"_id": "1",
"_version": 1,
"created": true
}
GET meetup/vehicle/1 {
"_index": "meetup",
"_type": "vehicle",
"_id": "1",
"_version": 1,
"found": true,
"_source": {
"name": "figo",
"brand": "ford",
"type": "hatchback",
"price": 600000
}
}
POST meetup/vehicle/1/_update
{
"doc" :
{
{
"_index": "meetup",
"_type": "vehicle",
"_id": "1",
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3. "price" : 660000
}
}
"_version": 2
}
POST meetup/vehicle
{
"name" : "santro",
"brand" : "hyundai",
"type" : "hatchback",
"price" : 500000
}
{
"_index": "meetup",
"_type": "vehicle",
"_id": "AU4PxI-36MsC0zl6aXJO",
"_version": 1,
"created": true
}
PUT meetup/vehicle
{
"name" : "verna",
"brand" : "maruti",
"type" : "sedan",
"price" : 850000
}
No handler found for uri [/meetup/vehicle] and
method [PUT]
Using POST
{
"_index": "meetup",
"_type": "vehicle",
"_id": "AU4Pxm5Y6MsC0zl6aXKL",
"_version": 1,
"created": true
}
GET _cat/indices?v
Note: “v” denotes verbose
health status index pri rep docs.count docs.deleted store.size pri.store.size
yellow open meetup 5 1 3 0 9.5kb 9.5kb
yellow open .marvel-2015.06.20 1 1 998 0 4mb 4mb
To get all the documents from the Index
GET meetup/vehicle/_search
{
"query": {
"match_all": {}
}
}
Get the "verna" vehicle details
GET meetup/vehicle/_search
{
"query": {
"match": {
"name": "verna"
}
}
}
GET meetup/vehicle/_mapping {
"meetup": {
"mappings": {
"vehicle": {
"properties": {
"brand": {
"type": "string"
},
"doc": {
"type": "string"
},
"name": {
"type": "string"
},
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4. "price": {
"type": "long"
},
"type": {
"type": "string"
}
}
}
}
}
}
POST meetup/vehicle/1/_update
{
"doc" :
{
"year" : 2000
}
}
{
"_index": "meetup",
"_type": "vehicle",
"_id": "1",
"_version": 3
}
GET meetup/vehicle/_mapping {
"meetup": {
"mappings": {
"vehicle": {
"properties": {
"brand": {
"type": "string"
},
"doc": {
"type": "string"
},
"name": {
"type": "string"
},
"price": {
"type": "long"
},
"type": {
"type": "string"
},
"year": {
"type": "long"
}
}
}
}
}
}
DELETE meetup {
"acknowledged": true
}
PUT meetup {
"acknowledged": true
}
PUT meetup/vehicle/_mapping
{
"vehicle" : {
{
"acknowledged": true
}
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5. "properties" : {
"name": {
"type": "string"
},
"brand": {
"type": "string"
},
"type": {
"type": "string"
},
"price": {
"type": "long"
}
}
}
}
Dynamic Mapping
PUT meetup/vehicle/_mapping
{
"vehicle" : {
"dynamic" : "strict",
"properties" : {
"name": {
"type": "string"
},
"brand": {
"type": "string"
},
"type": {
"type": "string"
},
"price": {
"type": "long"
}
}
}
}
PUT meetup/vehicle/1
{
"name" : "figo",
"brand" : "ford",
"type" : "hatchback",
"price" : "600000",
"year" : 2000
}
{
"error": "StrictDynamicMappingException[mapping
set to strict, dynamic introduction of [year] within
[vehicle] is not allowed]",
"status": 400
}
Bulk Insertion of Data from Datasets
POST /cars/transactions/_bulk
{ "index": {}}
{ "price" : 10000, "color" : "red", "make" : "honda", "sold" : "2015-01-28" }
{ "index": {}}
{ "price" : 20000, "color" : "red", "make" : "honda", "sold" : "2015-02-05" }
{ "index": {}}
{ "price" : 30000, "color" : "green", "make" : "ford", "sold" : "2015-05-18" }
{ "index": {}}
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6. { "price" : 15000, "color" : "blue", "make" : "toyota", "sold" : "2015-06-02" }
{ "index": {}}
{ "price" : 12000, "color" : "green", "make" : "toyota", "sold" : "2014-08-19" }
{ "index": {}}
{ "price" : 20000, "color" : "red", "make" : "honda", "sold" : "2014-11-05" }
{ "index": {}}
{ "price" : 80000, "color" : "red", "make" : "bmw", "sold" : "2014-01-01" }
{ "index": {}}
{ "price" : 25000, "color" : "blue", "make" : "ford", "sold" : "2014-02-12" }
Retrieve Records
GET cars/transactions/_search
{
"query": {
"match_all": {}
}
}
Term
GET cars/transactions/_search
{
"query": {
"term": {
"color": {
"value": "blue"
}
}
}
}
Get documents from index "cars" with price between 9999 and 19999
GET cars/transactions/_search
{
"query": {
"range": {
"price": {
"gte": 9999,
"lte": 19999
}
}
}
}
Match and Range
GET cars/transactions/_search
{
"query": {
"filtered": {
"query": {"match": {
"make": "honda"
}},
"filter": {"range": {
"price": {
"gte": 9999,
"lte": 19999
}
}}
}
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7. }
}
Aggregation
GET /cars/transactions/_search?search_type=count
{
"aggs": {
"test": {
"terms": {
"field": "make"
}
}
}
}
Analyzers
GET /_analyze?analyzer=whitespace&text=Text to analyze(1)
GET /_analyze?analyzer=standard&text=Text to analyze(1)
GET /_analyze?analyzer=simple&text=Text to analyze(1)
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