Install Watcher

1

Install Watcher

bin/plugin install elasticsearch/license/latest
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bin/plugin install elasticsearch/watcher/latest
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To install Watcher on a DEB/RPM installation of the Elastic Stack, see DEB/RPM installation instructions.

2

Start Elasticsearch

bin/elasticsearch
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3

Verify installation

curl -XGET 'http://localhost:9200/_watcher/stats?pretty'
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4

Dive in

Summary

Version: 2.4.1

Release date:

License: Elastic Commercial Software End User License Agreement

Supported OS/JVM/Browser

Notes:

Are you on 5.x? Watcher is now part of X‑Pack.

Running a cluster without Internet access? View our offline installation instructions.

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