Before you begin

Before you begin, gather the following items:

• The Elasticsearch REST bulk insert plugin. For installation details, see Install plugins.

• A working server with Elasticsearch version 7.x or 8.x installed or create a SaaS offering for your Elasticsearch server. You should be able to connect to Elasticsearch from the computer running PDI.

  Note: As a best practice, use compatibility mode when connecting to Elasticsearch 8.x with older clients, see Connecting to Elasticsearch v8.x using the v7.17.x client for details.

• Privileges to create, insert, and update on the directories that you need to access on the Elasticsearch server.

• Files or data that you want Elasticsearch to index.