Creating Destination Files for Elasticsearch

Elasticsearch is tied to your target—and therefore your output—through the use of publishing destinations. You must create both a primary destination and an Elasticsearch destination. With the primary destination, you tell Flare where to send your output files. With the Elasticsearch destination, you specify where your search indexing data should be stored (i.e., the server location that is set up by your network administrator).

How to Create a Primary Destination File

  1. In the Project Organizer, right-click the Destinations folder and select Add Destination.
  2. Give the file a name and click Add.
  3. Complete the fields in the Destination Editor, depending on how you want to transfer a copy of your output files to their destination (e.g., FTP, SFTP). For more about the available options, see Creating Destinations.
  4. Click Save the active file. to save your work.

Note You have the option in the Destination Editor to choose “File System” as the method for transferring files. In this case, you would be storing the copy of your output files to a local folder instead of transferring them remotely. You might choose to do this if you prefer to use a third-party tool to then move those files up to the server hosting your output.

If you choose to publish your files locally in this way, you must have Java Development Kit (JDK) version 8 installed. See the following:

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How to Create an Elasticsearch Destination File

  1. In the Project Organizer, right-click the Destinations folder and select Add Destination.
  2. Give the file a name and click Add.
  3. In the Destination Editor, click the drop-down arrow for the Type field and select Elasticsearch.
  4. Enter the Search Destination URL. This is the location provided by your network administrator where the search index files will be uploaded for your output.

  5. Click Save the active file. to save your work.

What’s Next?

Associating Elasticsearch Destinations With a Target