GCE Network Host
When the discovery-gce plugin is installed, the following are also allowed as valid network host settings:
| GCE Host Value | Description |
|---|---|
_gce:privateIp:X_ |
The private IP address of the machine for a given network interface. |
_gce:hostname_ |
The hostname of the machine. |
_gce_ |
Same as _gce:privateIp:0_ (recommended). |
Examples:
# get the IP address from network interface 1
network.host: _gce:privateIp:1_
# Using GCE internal hostname
network.host: _gce:hostname_
# shortcut for _gce:privateIp:0_ (recommended)
network.host: _gce_
- Create Google Compute Engine instance (with compute rw permissions)
- Install Elasticsearch
- Install Google Compute Engine Cloud plugin
- Modify
elasticsearch.ymlfile - Start Elasticsearch