[[running-elasticsearch]]
=== Running elasticsearch during development

There are many ways to run Elasticsearch while you are developing.

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==== By snapshot

This will run a snapshot of elasticsearch that is usually built nightly. Read more about <<development-es-snapshots>>.

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yarn es snapshot
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See all available options, like how to specify a specific license, with the `--help` flag.

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yarn es snapshot --help
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`trial` will give you access to all capabilities.

**Keeping data between snapshots**

If you want to keep the data inside your Elasticsearch between usages of this command, you should use the following command, to keep your data folder outside the downloaded snapshot folder:

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yarn es snapshot -E path.data=../data
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==== By source

If you have the Elasticsearch repo checked out locally and wish to run against that, use `source`. By default, it will reference an elasticsearch checkout which is a sibling to the {kib} directory named elasticsearch. If you wish to use a checkout in another location you can provide that by supplying --source-path 

[source,bash]
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yarn es source
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==== From an archive

Use this if you already have a distributable. For released versions, one can be obtained on the Elasticsearch downloads page.

[source,bash]
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yarn es archive <full_path_to_archive>
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Each of these will run Elasticsearch with a basic license. Additional options are available, pass --help for more information.

==== From a remote host

You can save some system resources, and the effort of generating sample data, if you have a remote Elasticsearch cluster to connect to. (Elasticians: you do! Check with your team about where to find credentials)

You'll need to create a kibana.dev.yml (<<customize-kibana-yml>>) and add the following to it:

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elasticsearch.hosts:
  - {{ url }}
elasticsearch.username: {{ username }}
elasticsearch.password: {{ password }}
elasticsearch.ssl.verificationMode: none
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If many other users will be interacting with your remote cluster, you'll want to add the following to avoid causing conflicts:

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kibana.index: '.{YourGitHubHandle}-kibana'
xpack.task_manager.index: '.{YourGitHubHandle}-task-manager-kibana'
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===== Running remote clusters

Setup remote clusters for cross cluster search (CCS) and cross cluster replication (CCR).

Start your primary cluster by running:

[source,bash]
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yarn es snapshot -E path.data=../data_prod1
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Start your remote cluster by running:

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yarn es snapshot -E transport.port=9500 -E http.port=9201 -E path.data=../data_prod2
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Once both clusters are running, start {kib}. {kib} will connect to the primary cluster.

Setup the remote cluster in {kib} from either Management -> Elasticsearch -> Remote Clusters UI or by running the following script in Console.

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PUT _cluster/settings
{
  "persistent": {
    "cluster": {
      "remote": {
        "cluster_one": {
          "seeds": [
            "localhost:9500"
          ]
        }
      }
    }
  }
}
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Follow the cross-cluster search instructions for setting up index patterns to search across clusters (<<management-cross-cluster-search>>).