configuring-elk-stack.md

@@ -23,7 +23,21 @@ sudo apt-get update
 sudo apt-get install -y openjdk-8-jdk wget
 ```
 
-Check java version
+Check java version:
 ```
 java -version
 ```
+Installing elasticsearch by first creating a repositoy and adding the elk-stack installation file there. 
+
+```
+wget -qO - https://artifacts.elastic.co/GPG-KEY-elasticsearch | sudo apt-key add -.
+echo "deb https://artifacts.elastic.co/packages/5.x/apt stable main" | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list.d/elk.list
+```
+```
+sudo apt-get update
+apt-get install –y elasticsearch
+```
+Start elasticsearch
+```
+systemctl enable elasticsearch, systemctl start elasticsearch
+```
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