How to enable Elasticsearch for your Nexcess Cloud account
Elasticsearch is a fast and scalable search engine for large amounts of structured and unstructured data in your Magento store. Learn how to enable Elasticsearch for your Nexcess Cloud account.
Prerequisites
- Your my.nexcess.net login credentials. If you cannot locate them, click Forgot Password? on the login page.
- An existing Nexcess Cloud account using Magento 1 or 2. See See How to create Nexcess Cloud accounts for more information.
Enabling Elasticsearch
- Log in to my.nexcess.net. From the home page, click Plans.
- Either click the name of your Magento 2 service, or select Plan Dashboard from the menu toggle.
- From the dashboard, select Menu > Containers.
- Click the Elasticsearch enable button. You will need to select the size of the container that you want to have Elasticsearch run on.
- Note the Endpoint and Port, which you will need to configure your store to use Elasticsearch.
