before you begin - Philo/Umbraco.Elasticsearch GitHub Wiki

Using Umbraco.Elasticsearch is not just a point and click task, it will be absolutely nothing until you have run through the required configuration and implemented the code logic needed to inform Umbraco.Elasticsearch about your content and media.

The power of Umbraco.Elasticsearch is because of these steps, instead of making a set of generic decisions about how to read and index your content and media you are given the integration points to tell it how you want your content and media to be indexed. Once this is done, you then have the power to decide exactly how you search that indexed content and media to suit the needs of your users.

I will be trying to make the configuration process as easy to understand as possible, but I am not a technical documentation writer so please accept my apologies for any gaps or errors.

Refer to the glossary of terms for various definitions and descriptions used throughout the documentation.

I would suggest the following reading list if this is your first time with Umbraco.Elasticsearch:

1. This page, hooray!
2. Installation
3. What is an Indexing Service
4. Configuration