Automatically install and configure Elasticsearch on EC2
sudo yum install -y git
git clone https://github.com/brainesy/ec2-install-elasticsearch.git && cd ec2-install-elasticsearch
sudo ./install-elasticsearch.sh
sudo ./configure-elasticsearch.sh [CLUSTER_NAME] [JAVA_HEAP_SIZE]
Example
sudo configure-elasticsearch.sh my-elasticsearch-cluster 1024m
sudo ./start-elasticsearch.sh
Elasticsearch will now be running on your instance. Repeat this process for each node in the cluster.