Install Elasticsearch on Laravel Homestead Install Java sudo apt-get install openjdk-7-jre-headless -y Download & install the Public Signing Key wget -qO - http://packages.elasticsearch.org/GPG-KEY-elasticsearch | sudo apt-key add - Add the following to /etc/apt/sources.list deb http://packages.elasticsearch.org/elasticsearch/1.3/debian stable main Update Aptitude sudo apt-get update Install Elasticsearch sudo apt-get install elasticsearch Configure Elasticsearch to run on startup sudo update-rc.d elasticsearch defaults 95 10 Start the server now sudo /etc/init.d/elasticsearch start Test whether it's working curl -X GET localhost:9200
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