How To Install New License File To Elasticsearch

Check the elasticsearch version with the following request

$ curl http://<host>:9200/

You should see a response like the following which contains all the version information:

{
  "name" : "10.0.0.168",
  "cluster_name" : "api",
  "cluster_uuid" : "9bLO8dZQSPuT0QWBEPj1qg",
  "version" : {
    "number" : "2.4.6",
    "build_hash" : "5376dca9f70f3abef96a77f4bb22720ace8240fd",
    "build_timestamp" : "2017-07-18T12:17:44Z",
    "build_snapshot" : false,
    "lucene_version" : "5.5.4"
  },
  "tagline" : "You Know, for Search"
}

Then check the license status with the following request. You can not install a new license if the license is not expired yet.

$ curl http://<host>:9200/_license

You should see a response like the following and this response is about a still valid license response by the current date.

{
  "license" : {
    "status" : "active",
    "uid" : "8a737d25-dfa0-41e7-9996-357e9a95e476",
    "type" : "basic",
    "issue_date" : "2017-12-18T00:00:00.000Z",
    "issue_date_in_millis" : 1513555200000,
    "expiry_date" : "2018-12-18T23:59:59.999Z",
    "expiry_date_in_millis" : 1545177599999,
    "max_nodes" : 100,
    "issued_to" : "Ibrahim Gunduz (example.ro)",
    "issuer" : "Web Form"
  }
}

For installing a new elasticsearch license, you should visit the following page and download the version file which related your elasticsearch version.

https://license.elastic.co/registration/download/797f650e-6429-4414-ac8e-7454aca1894c

After you downloaded the file, install the liencese with the following request.

$ curl -XPUT http://<host>:9200/_license -d@new_license_filename.json

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How To Install New License File To Elasticsearch