Elasticsearch Do's, Don'ts and Pro-Tips

Discover essential do's, don'ts, and pro-tips for Elasticsearch in this comprehensive conference talk. Explore best practices for protecting your cluster, managing indexes, and implementing document-oriented design. Learn about query optimization techniques, including efficient query design and avoiding deep paging. Gain insights into mapping strategies, cluster management, and optimal shard sizing. Understand the importance of debugging tools and geographic distribution in cluster topology. Apply these valuable lessons and trade secrets to enhance your existing or future Elasticsearch deployments for improved search, real-time analytics, and log processing capabilities.

Intro
Agenda
Protecting your cluster
Index Management Patterns
Elasticsearch 2 x 5.0
Document oriented design
Document-oriented design
Query-based design
Console
Query latency
Design for efficient queries
Deep paging
Don't use NGrams for search
Query explanation
Named queries
Mappings
Do you really need types?
Cluster management
Re-balancing is your enemy
Optimal shard size
Debugging tools
Cluster topology
Geographic distribution