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Mastering Elasticsearch 5.x - Third Edition

By : Bharvi Dixit
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Mastering Elasticsearch 5.x - Third Edition

By: Bharvi Dixit

Overview of this book

Elasticsearch is a modern, fast, distributed, scalable, fault tolerant, and open source search and analytics engine. Elasticsearch leverages the capabilities of Apache Lucene, and provides a new level of control over how you can index and search even huge sets of data. This book will give you a brief recap of the basics and also introduce you to the new features of Elasticsearch 5. We will guide you through the intermediate and advanced functionalities of Elasticsearch, such as querying, indexing, searching, and modifying data. We’ll also explore advanced concepts, including aggregation, index control, sharding, replication, and clustering. We’ll show you the modules of monitoring and administration available in Elasticsearch, and will also cover backup and recovery. You will get an understanding of how you can scale your Elasticsearch cluster to contextualize it and improve its performance. We’ll also show you how you can create your own analysis plugin in Elasticsearch. By the end of the book, you will have all the knowledge necessary to master Elasticsearch and put it to efficient use.
Table of Contents (13 chapters)

Who this book is for

This book was written for Elasticsearch users and enthusiasts who are already familiar with the basic concepts of this great search server and want to extend their knowledge of Elasticsearch. It also covers topics such as how Apache Lucene or Elasticsearch works, along with getting aware of the changes from Elasticsearch 1.x to 5.x. In addition to that, readers who want to see how to improve their query relevancy and learn how to extend Elasticsearch with their own plugin may find this book interesting and useful.

If you are new to Elasticsearch and you are not familiar with basic concepts, such as querying and data indexing, you may find it a little difficult to use this book as most of the chapters assume that you have this knowledge already.