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This default distribution is governed by the Elastic License, and includes the full set of free features.
View the detailed release notes here.
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The pure Apache 2.0 licensed distribution is available here.
Installation Steps
New around here? View our getting started page to get acquainted with the Elastic Stack.
Download and unzip Elasticsearch
Elasticsearch can also be installed from our package repositories using apt or yum, or installed on Windows using an MSI installer package. See Repositories in the Guide.
Run bin/elasticsearch (or bin\elasticsearch.bat on Windows)
Run curl http://localhost:9200/ or Invoke-RestMethod http://localhost:9200 with PowerShell
Dive into the getting started guide and video.
