Ubuntu 26.04

How to Install Elasticsearch on Ubuntu 26.04

To install Elasticsearch on Ubuntu 26.04, add Elastic’s 9.x apt repository.

Step 1 : Update.

sudo apt update

Step 2 : Install HTTPS apt tools.

sudo apt install apt-transport-https ca-certificates wget gnupg

Step 3 : Add the GPG key.

wget -qO - https://artifacts.elastic.co/GPG-KEY-elasticsearch | sudo gpg --dearmor -o /usr/share/keyrings/elasticsearch-keyring.gpg

Step 4 : Add the 9.x repository.

echo 'deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/elasticsearch-keyring.gpg] https://artifacts.elastic.co/packages/9.x/apt stable main' | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/elastic-9.x.list

Step 5 : Update again.

sudo apt update

Step 6 : Install Elasticsearch.

sudo apt install elasticsearch

Step 7 : Enable and start.

sudo systemctl enable --now elasticsearch
sudo systemctl status elasticsearch

Step 8 : Print the elastic password (security is on by default).

sudo /usr/share/elasticsearch/bin/elasticsearch-reset-password -u elastic --batch

Step 9 : Paste the password from step 8 in place of ELASTIC_PASSWORD.

curl -sk -u elastic:ELASTIC_PASSWORD https://127.0.0.1:9200

You have installed Elasticsearch on Ubuntu 26.04.