Enhanced Search Query

[Mister.T]

Hi,

I've just purchased XFES, installed it in my XF Admin Panel, but how do I go about configuring it correctly. It's the first time I've used it and I like my toys...

 

[Chromaniac]

Have you managed to get ElasticSearch installed as was being discussed in the other thread? XFES won't work without ES. And if ES is installed, you should have the details to put in XFES backend to activate it.

 

[philmckrackon]

Hi,

I've just purchased XFES, installed it in my XF Admin Panel, but how do I go about configuring it correctly. It's the first time I've used it and I like my toys...

Have you managed to get ElasticSearch installed as was being discussed in the other thread? XFES won't work without ES. And if ES is installed, you should have the details to put in XFES backend to activate it.

As the above reply asks, is ES installed and running?
What was the result of the curl check?
# curl -XGET 'http://localhost:9200'
Here is the XF manual.

XenForo Enhanced Search | Manual | XenForo

End-user documentation for XenForo

xenforo.com

 

[Mister.T]

Have you managed to get ElasticSearch installed as was being discussed in the other thread? XFES won't work without ES. And if ES is installed, you should have the details to put in XFES backend to activate it.

My host said they installed it, but gave me no details, such as username or password.

 

[philmckrackon]

My host said they installed it, but gave me no details, such as username or password.

What does the XFES page look like?


A working page example:


What shows when you select Reconfigure?

 

[Mister.T]

As the above reply asks, is ES installed and running?
What was the result of the curl check?
# curl -XGET 'http://localhost:9200'
Here is the XF manual.

XenForo Enhanced Search | Manual | XenForo

End-user documentation for XenForo

xenforo.com

I get this, see image.


And this in the XF Admin, with no index like yours. Don't know where I would find the username and password.


PS - I'm using XF 2.3.0 (Beta 7) and XFES 2.3.0 (Beta 7) if that helps?

 

[philmckrackon]

My host said they installed it, but gave me no details, such as username or passwo

XF 2.3 requires ES 7 +.

 

[Mister.T]

XF 2.3 requires ES 7 +.

Oh, no idea why they installed 6.8.x. How would I go about updating it?, or would I need to ask my host?

 

[philmckrackon]

If you are still on the Quasar VPS you cannot install ES 7, not enough RAM. Namecheap does offer an option for more ram.
ES 6 runs on 4 gig ram. Probably why that is the version they installed..

Options:
1) Install more ram.
2) Install NON beta XF 2.2.15

 

[Mister.T]

If you are still on the Quasar VPS you cannot install ES 7, not enough RAM. Namecheap does offer an option for more ram.
ES 6 runs on 4 gig ram. Probably why that is the version they installed..

Options:
1) Install more ram.
2) Install NON beta XF 2.2.15

I'm now on the Magnetar VPS, is that enough?

 

[philmckrackon]

I'm now on the Magnetar VPS, is that enough?

More than enough RAM (12 Gigs). You need ES 7 or preferable ES 8. (ES 6 has to be uninstalled as the is no upgrade from ES 6 to 7 or 8)

Once that is installed post the new CURL results.

 

[Mister.T]

More than enough RAM (12 Gigs). You need ES 7 or preferable ES 8.

Once that is installed post the new CURL results.

Is ES8 the newest?

 

[philmckrackon]

Is ES8 the newest?

Yes.

 

[philmckrackon]

My host said they installed it, but gave me no details, such as username or password.

BTW - You most likely will not have your ES configured with setting. A username and password will be unnecessary.

 

[Mister.T]

My host are not familiar with ES, is there anywhere I can go to hire as server admin to install ES 8+ for me and uninstall the old one 6.8.23?

My host put this.

We're not familiar with Elastic Search in detail. We can proceed with the installation if provided with appropriate guidance. Online instructions are available for version 7, while cPanel's official page covers version 6.8.23, which is why it was installed in the first place.

I'm unsure if hiring someone is necessary for this process as if you can provide us with an article detailing the installation steps, we should be able to handle it ourselves.
However, if there are some specialists in this sphere, sure you can consult with them.

 

[philmckrackon]

Holy ****! Not familiar with ES? Ridiculous!
Tell them to just frikin' Google it...

install elasticsearch almalinux 9 - Google Search

www.google.com

PS, any host with inadequate tech support is pretty worthless. Your paying for a managed VPS.

 

[philmckrackon]

Thread 'How To Install Elasticsearch 7.x for Xenforo on CentOS'

Mar 5, 2020

How To Install Elasticsearch 7.x for Xenforo​

This is tutorial for installing (not upgrading) elasticsearch 7 on centos.
If I am missing something, please post here.

Delete first old one if you have installed and install fresh new one elasticsearch v7

yum remove elasticsearch

Installing elasticsearch 7

rpm --import https://artifacts.elastic.co/GPG-KEY-elasticsearch

nano /etc/yum.repos.d/elasticsearch.repo

insert this:

[elasticsearch]
name=Elasticsearch repository for 7.x packages...

• Sunka
• Replies: 55
• Forum: Enhanced Search support

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[Mister.T]

Holy ****! Not familiar with ES? Ridiculous!
Tell them to just frikin' Google it...

install elasticsearch almalinux 9 - Google Search

www.google.com

PS, any host with inadequate tech support is pretty worthless. Your paying for a managed VPS.

Thread 'How To Install Elasticsearch 7.x for Xenforo on CentOS'

Mar 5, 2020

How To Install Elasticsearch 7.x for Xenforo​

This is tutorial for installing (not upgrading) elasticsearch 7 on centos.
If I am missing something, please post here.

Delete first old one if you have installed and install fresh new one elasticsearch v7

yum remove elasticsearch

Installing elasticsearch 7

rpm --import https://artifacts.elastic.co/GPG-KEY-elasticsearch

nano /etc/yum.repos.d/elasticsearch.repo

insert this:

[elasticsearch]
name=Elasticsearch repository for 7.x packages...

• Sunka
• Replies: 55
• Forum: Enhanced Search support

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Thankyou, so much do you have a guide for ES 8+? So I have the latest version.

 

[philmckrackon]

Thankyou, so much do you have a guide for ES 8+? So I have the latest version.

Same basic install as 7.
6 has to be removed first. Since you do not have ES running, disregard anything about maintaining the cluster info.

Upgrade to Elasticsearch 7.x | Elasticsearch Service Documentation | Elastic

www.elastic.co

 

[Mister.T]

They installed it, but it fails to start. They said this.

We have completed all the actions we're ready to do with the software in question.



Unfortunately, the later versions of Elasticsearch fail to start.



Our assumption (based on the system logs the "systemctl start elasticsearch.service" command generates) is that this is caused by the fact that /tmp is mounted with "noexec" due to security measures that cPanel enforces.



Apparently, Elasticsearch tries to extract a custom Java library there and run it from there, but fails due to the limitations of the security /tmp partition on cPanel hosts.



We did not find an easy way to modify the behavior of Elasticsearch to use a different directory and there's not much we can do beyond that.



In-depth investigation of cPanel-Elasticsearch compatibility issues is beyond the scope of assistance we can provide.



Currently, your setup has Elasticsearch 8.13.4 installed, which matches your declared requirements. Feel free to investigate the issue from your side to find a solution that will make those applications work together.