Setting up tools for development

When you are getting started with ElasticSearch (ES) it might be good to have a graphical tool that helps you explore your data. A plugin called elasticsearch-head does just that. To install it, do the following:

• Find out in which folder ES is installed: ls -l $(which elasticsearch)
• cd into this folder and run the plugin installation binary: elasticsearch/bin/plugin -install mobz/elasticsearch-head
• Open http://localhost:9200/_plugin/head/ in your browser

If everything worked as expected you should be seeing a nice GUI where you can explore your data.