pipedit
This installation procedure requires a functional Python pip executable and requires that the
target machine has internet connectivity for downloading Curator and the dependencies from
The Python Package Index.
Installing a specific version with pipedit
Because version 7.0.1 is not the most recent release, you will need to specify the
version number to install via pip.
The -U flag uninstalls the current version (if any), then installs the latest version, or a
specified one. Specify a specific version by adding == followed by the version you’d like to
install, like this:
pip install -U elasticsearch-curator==X.Y.Z
For this release, you would type:
pip install -U elasticsearch-curator==7.0.1
System-wide vs. User-only installationedit
The above commands each imply a system-wide installation. This usually
requires super-user access, or the sudo command. There is a way to install
Curator into a path for just the current user, using the --user flag.
pip install --user elasticsearch-curator==X.Y.Z
This will result in the curator end-point being installed in the current
user’s home directory, in the .local directory, in the bin subdirectory. The
full path might look something like this:
/home/user/.local/bin/curator
You can make an alias or a symlink to this so you can call it more easily.
The --user flag can also be used in conjunction with the -U flag:
pip install -U --user elasticsearch-curator==X.Y.Z