Directory Layout - gnuhub/elasticsearch GitHub Wiki

The directory layout of an installation is as follows:

• home: Home of elasticsearch installation.
• bin: Binary scripts including elasticsearch to start a node, located at: {path.home}/bin.
• conf: Configuration files including elasticsearch.yml, located at {path.home}/config, and can be changed by setting path.conf.
• data: The location of the data files of each index / shard allocated on the node, located at {path.home}/data, and can be changed by setting: path.data
• work: Temporal files that are used by different nodes, located at {path.home}/work, and can be changed by setting path.work.
• logs: Log files location, located at {path.home}/logs, and can be changed by setting path.logs.