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Fred King, MSLS, AHIP

MedStar Washington Hospital Center

Washington, DC, USA

fred.king@medstar.net

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Elasticsearch for Koha�A View from the Trenches

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Disclaimer

The opinions expressed here are my own, and are not necessarily representative of MedStar Health, its management, associates, affiliates, attending physicians, their families, or any of their household pets.

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Yes, it’s a real car.

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No, I’m not embarrassed to drive it.

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But it’s a lot harder to tinker with its components

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Elasticsearch is probably a lot easier than I think it is

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https://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Elasticsearch

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http://kohageek.blogspot.com/2021/10/install-elasticsearch-for-koha.html

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And now…a live demo!

What could possibly go wrong?

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This is where you minimize the PowerPoint show and switch to the Digital Ocean console.

You’re at a conference, remember? Everybody’s rooting for you. Everything will be all right. Calm down. Deep breaths, happy thoughts.

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Troubleshooting Elasticsearch

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https://wiki.koha-community.org/ wiki/Troubleshooting_Elasticsearch

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The End

of what I know about Elasticsearch