Create an Alibaba Cloud Elasticsearch cluster - Elasticsearch

This topic describes how to create an Alibaba Cloud Elasticsearch cluster.

Prerequisites

An Alibaba Cloud account is created.
To create an Alibaba Cloud account, visit the account registration page.
A virtual private cloud (VPC) and a vSwitch are created.
For more information, see Create an IPv4 VPC.
The specifications and storage capacity of your cluster are evaluated.
For more information, see Evaluate specifications and storage capacity.

Procedure

Go to the Elasticsearch buy page.
On the buy page, configure cluster launch settings.

In this topic, 6.7 is selected as the cluster version. For more information about other parameters, see Parameters on the buy page.
Click Buy Now. The Confirm Order page appears. Confirm the order, read and select the terms of service, and click Pay. The Purchase page appears.
Complete the payment and go to the Overview page of the Elasticsearch console.
In the left-side navigation pane, click Elasticsearch Clusters. In the top navigation bar, select a resource group and a region. On the Elasticsearch Clusters page, view the newly created Elasticsearch cluster.

What to do next

After the state of the cluster changes from Initializing to Active, you can configure or access the cluster. For more information, see Access and configure an Elasticsearch cluster.