Elasticsearch is a powerful search engine written in Java. Plugins make elasticsearch even more powerful. Two of the most common plugins are

However, sometimes it is not easy to find the right place to start. With the Mac/Brew installation, the libexec folder is what you are looking for. Here is the shortcut, simply go to your console and enter:

sudo /usr/local/Cellar/elasticsearch/2.1.1/libexec/bin/plugin install GIT_REPO

Of course your elasticsearch version can be different and you have to replace GIT_REPO with an actual Git repository (e.g. sudo plugin install lmenezes/elasticsearch-kopf/master). You can verify the plugin installation (don't forget to restart!) under http://localhost:9200/_plugin/kopf or http://localhost:9200/_plugin/hq.

I use a Mac, so maybe your paths are different. If you are not sure where elasticsearch lives on your system, go to your browser and enter http://localhost:9200/_nodes?pretty=true&settings=true. This will print out an extensive list of details of your running installation.

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