How To Install elasticsearch-curator on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install elasticsearch-curator on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is elasticsearch-curator
elasticsearch-curator is:
Elasticsearch Curator helps manage Elasticsearch time-series indices. It consists of a Python library and a CLI tool providing a high-level interface to Elasticsearch administration tasks, such as:
- Management of index aliases
- Index optimization
- Changing the replica count
- Modifying the shard/index allocation using routing tags
- Index snapshotting
This package contains the curator and es_repo_mgr command-line tools.
There are three methods to install elasticsearch-curator on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install elasticsearch-curator Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install elasticsearch-curator using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install elasticsearch-curator
Install elasticsearch-curator Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install elasticsearch-curator using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install elasticsearch-curator
Install elasticsearch-curator Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install elasticsearch-curator using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install elasticsearch-curator
How To Uninstall elasticsearch-curator on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the elasticsearch-curator package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove elasticsearch-curator
Uninstall elasticsearch-curator And Its Dependencies
To uninstall elasticsearch-curator and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove elasticsearch-curator
Remove elasticsearch-curator Configurations and Data
To remove elasticsearch-curator configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge elasticsearch-curator
Remove elasticsearch-curator configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove elasticsearch-curator configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge elasticsearch-curator
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install elasticsearch-curator package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
