There is no explicit documentation about where to place the data directory, but I find it best if you should keep as much as possible (configs/data/logs) from outside of the installation directory. I believe installing from a deb/rpm package might enforce a directory structure (never tried).
The relevant config param is path.data https://github.com/elasticsearch/elasticsearch/blob/master/config/elasticsearch.yml#L147 Cheers, Ivan On Mon, Dec 30, 2013 at 4:15 PM, allen chan <allen.michael.c...@gmail.com>wrote: > I missed the part about placing the data directory outside of the > elasticsearch installation. To correct it, will it be as simple as doing a > mv command to move all the files to new dir and modify the elasticsearch > config to use new dir? > > > On Mon, Dec 30, 2013 at 2:48 PM, Ivan Brusic <i...@brusic.com> wrote: > >> There should be no need to migrate the index data unless you are moving >> between two major Lucene versions. Since elasticsearch has never used >> Lucene 2, the old indices should be readable. >> >> Best practices dictate that you place your data directory outside of the >> elasticsearch installation so that you can maintain the same directory >> between installations. >> >> -- >> Ivan >> >> >> On Mon, Dec 30, 2013 at 2:39 PM, allen chan <allen.michael.c...@gmail.com >> > wrote: >> >>> i never did an upgrade before. Are there instructions for migrating the >>> index data? >>> >>> >>> On Mon, Dec 30, 2013 at 1:35 PM, joergpra...@gmail.com < >>> joergpra...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> That is pretty straightforward, copy the service wrapper into the bin >>>> folder of the new ES version, adjust paths and symlinks, and there you are. >>>> >>>> Stopping and starting the cluster and migrating the index data is no >>>> difference to not using the service wrapper. >>>> >>>> Jörg >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>> Groups "elasticsearch" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>> an email to elasticsearch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CAKdsXoEsGf%2BQKx-bm1sGoXX_O-Nfu_i2O4v%3DH9yiQcJYEg1B5Q%40mail.gmail.com >>>> . >>>> >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Allen Michael Chan >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "elasticsearch" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to elasticsearch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CAPTHB%2BDu%3D8JtMg%3DsVmcD_ovzVvVGVV_cJGr-bo-xb-%3D6suUzAQ%40mail.gmail.com >>> . >>> >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "elasticsearch" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to elasticsearch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CALY%3DcQBYv4OEWiyGQSODxRvX-EgisJ%2BNvLR%2BKx%3DV40hO6rBDFg%40mail.gmail.com >> . >> >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> > > > > -- > Allen Michael Chan > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "elasticsearch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to elasticsearch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CAPTHB%2BAiGNd9UPda8kEQBTTiT6yq0x6jZAyy8NwfAo%3Dj%3DDurHQ%40mail.gmail.com > . > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to elasticsearch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CALY%3DcQBBEbg6c9pugPnJH2ymZUYo_eUs%3DYPBYSt6AR7AkBSo5g%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
