12.1 Prerequisites

Complete the following prerequisite before you install Elasticsearch:

  • Based on your EPS rate, deploy Elasticsearch in a cluster mode with the number of nodes and the number of replicas as recommended in the Technical Information for Sentinel page.

  • Set the file descriptors by adding the following properties in the /etc/security/limits.conf file:

    elasticsearch hard nofile 65536

    elasticsearch soft nofile 65536

    elasticsearch soft as unlimited

    NOTE:After you complete the above prerequisites, run the sysctl -p command to reload the changes made to the files.