Summary

In this chapter, we focused on scaling and tuning Elasticsearch. We started with the hardware preparations and decisions we need to make. Next, we tuned a single Elasticsearch node as much as we could and after that we configured the whole cluster to work as well as it could. We discussed vertical expansion possibilities and we learned how to monitor our cluster once it hits the production environment.

So now we have reached the end of the book. We hope that it was a nice reading experience and that you found the book interesting. Since the previous edition of the book, Elasticsearch has changed a lot. Not only when it comes to versions, but also when it comes to functionalities. Some of the features are no longer there, some of them were moved to plugins, and of course new features were added. We really hope that you have learned something from this book and now you will find it easier to use Elasticsearch every day – no matter if you are a beginner in this world or a semi...