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Install Elasticsearch on macOS with Homebrew

Elastic publishes Homebrew formulae so you can install Elasticsearch with the Homebrew package manager.

To install with Homebrew, you first need to tap the Elastic Homebrew repository:

brew tap elastic/tap

Once you’ve tapped the Elastic Homebrew repo, you can use brew install to install the latest version of Elasticsearch:

brew install elastic/tap/elasticsearch-full

Directory layout for Homebrew installs

When you install Elasticsearch with brew install the config files, logs, and data directory are stored in the following locations.

Type	Description	Default Location	Setting
home	Elasticsearch home directory or `$ES_HOME`	`/usr/local/var/homebrew/linked/elasticsearch-full`
bin	Binary scripts including `elasticsearch` to start a node and `elasticsearch-plugin` to install plugins	`/usr/local/var/homebrew/linked/elasticsearch-full/bin`
conf	Configuration files including `elasticsearch.yml`	`/usr/local/etc/elasticsearch`	`ES_PATH_CONF`
data	The location of the data files of each index / shard allocated on the node.	`/usr/local/var/lib/elasticsearch`	`path.data`
logs	Log files location.	`/usr/local/var/log/elasticsearch`	`path.logs`
plugins	Plugin files location. Each plugin will be contained in a subdirectory.	`/usr/local/var/homebrew/linked/elasticsearch/plugins`

Next steps

You now have a test Elasticsearch environment set up. Before you start serious development or go into production with Elasticsearch, you must do some additional setup:

Learn how to configure Elasticsearch.
Configure important Elasticsearch settings.
Configure important system settings.

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