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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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.
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