Configuring Content Platform Engine to use Elasticsearch

You need to use the Administration Console for Content Platform Engine to configure the Content Platform Engine to access an Elasticsearch cluster.

Before you begin

Before you configure your Content Platform Engine to access the Elasticsearch cluster, make sure that you complete all the Elasticsearch administrator installation tasks. For more information, see topic Elasticsearch administrator installation tasks.
Note: If you use Content Platform Engine on a Windows server, make sure that you install the Microsoft 2013 and 2019 Redistributable files if the files are not already on the server. The files are needed for CBR indexing and searching, and for generating thumbnails.

Procedure

Use the steps to configure the Content Platform Engine to access an Elasticsearch cluster:

Create an Elasticsearch cluster for your domain.
You can configure only one Elasticsearch cluster for a domain. However, multiple object stores within the domain can share the cluster.
  1. In ACCE, select Domain > Global Configuration > Administration > Elasticsearch Clusters to create an Elasticsearch cluster for your domain.
  2. Enter the Principal and Credential information to connect to the Elasticsearch cluster.
    If you use a username/password based authentication to connect to the Elasticsearch cluster, you need to supply the Content Platform Engine with the credentials to connect to the Elasticsearch cluster.
  3. Specify the Cluster Nodes information.
    You need to supply the name of the Elasticsearch load balancer or a list of hostnames along with the port numbers. If you supply a list of hostnames, the Content Platform Engine manages requests across the hosts in round-robin basis. For example, you can supply the hostnames and port numbers as MyElasticSearchCluster:9200 or MyOpenSearchCluster:443.
  4. Click OK to create the cluster.

What to do next

After configuring the Content Platform Engine to use Elasticsearch, create an index area for your object store. For more information, see Creating an Elasticsearch index area.