Create an Aiven Elasticsearch index documentation with WPSOLR

Setup WPSOLR and Aiven

This video suppose you already have an account at Aiven.

You will see how to create an Aiven index with a few clicks.

What is Aiven?

Aiven is a service to host Elasticsearch indexes (among other services). Rather than installing Elasticsearch on your own servers, you get a subscription and let the service manage your indexes on your behalf. No need of manpower, or servers, anymore.

Here is the video tutorial:

1 – Signup for a free trial at Aiven

2 – Navigate to your Aiven dashboard

3 – Create your first Aiven Elasticsearch cluster

3.1 – Click on button “Create a new service”

Aiven Elasticsearch: new cluster service

3.2 – Set a name for your cluster

3.3 – Select the service type “Elasticsearch”

3.4 Select a plan (the size of each node/VM)

The plan will determine the limits affected to your cluster (disk, shards, support, ….)

3.5 Select a cloud and a region (where your nodes/VMs will be deployed)

3.6 Create the cluster

Wait a few moments, until your cluster is ready to accept your first index.

Aiven Elasticsearch: new cluster service creating

Done !

Aiven Elasticsearch: new cluster service created

3.6 Copy the cluster service URL with its default access key/secret

Aiven Elasticsearch: new cluster service URL

4 – Create the Aiven Elasticsearch index from WPSOLR admin

4.1 The WPSOLR new index form

Aiven Elasticsearch: new index

(1), (2), then (3) to edit a new index
(4) Select “Elasticsearch” among index types
(5) Select “Aiven” among Hosting Services
(6) Set a name for you index, visible in WPSOLR admin
(7) Set a name for your index, visible in Aiven Kibana admin (only letters and “_”, no whitespaces)
(8) Paste the Aiven cluster service URL copied from the Aiven console:

Aiven Elasticsearch: new cluster service URL
(9) Set in how many shards (“pieces”) the index will be distributed (1 for a one node deployment)
(10) Set how many times each shard will be copied (1 for a one node deployment)
(11) Create the index

4.2 Index your data

Aiven Elasticsearch: new index indexed