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Elasticsearch: A Highly Scalable Open-source Full-Text Search and Analytics Engine

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Joshua James
Jul 27, 2021

In the following tutorial, you will learn how to install Elasticsearch on Debian 11 Bullseye.

Elasticsearch is a highly scalable open-source full-text search and analytics engine. The software supports RESTful operations that allow you to store, search, and analyze big volumes of data quickly and in near real-time. Elasticsearch is well-liked and popular amongst sysadmins and developers because it’s based on the Lucene library. It is generally used as the underlying engine/technology that powers applications with complex search features and requirements.

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Joshua James

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