Elasticsearch not working in local installation

[irkartik]

I am using readthedocs in my localhost but the problem here is that the search feature is not working and throws an exception everytime I search something.

Elasticsearch version 5.6.8 and i think it might be an issue related to the version of elasticsearch used. It would be great if the version to be installed shall be included into the installation documentation too.

Request Method: GET

Request URL: http://localhost:8000/search/?q=hello

Django version: 1.9.12

Exception Type: RequestError

Exception Value: TransportError(400, u'parsing_exception')

Exception Location: /home/raj/READTHEDOCS/venv/lib/python2.7/site-packages/elasticsearch/connection/base.py in _raise_error, line 105

Python Executable: /home/raj/READTHEDOCS/venv/bin/python

Python Version: 2.7.14

[xrmx]

You should use a 1.x version of elasticsearch, I think 1.3.x is the one that should work. 1.5.2 did not work for me.

[xrmx]

Also see #3697

[irkartik]

Thank you @xrmx .
I downgraded the elasticsearch to version 1.3.8 and run python manage.py reindex_elasticsearch to make it running.

[stsewd]

@rajujha373 @xrmx would be awesome if you write a guide of how to make elastic search woking. Maybe under https://docs.readthedocs.io/en/latest/guides/index.html or on the Developer Documentation toctree.

[xrmx]

@stsewd I'll gladly write one once #3787 is merged :)

[RichardLitt]

Let's keep this open until there's a guide PR to close it, then. :)

[irkartik]

@RichardLitt @stsewd Shall I write the guide for this then? @xrmx can update the guide once #3787 is merged :)

[stsewd]

@rajujha373 I'm not the one to say it, but looks like the PR that #3787 is based on (#3373) was marked as blocked a couple months ago

So, I think is is safe to write the guide now.

@humitos what do you think?

[humitos]

I don't know. I'd wait for Eric to reply --who is the one that originally started this work.

You can start writting the guide, and then just update a couple of command/change the number of version and that's it.

[irkartik]

Cool @humitos , I am writing the guide then

[stsewd]

A guide was written in #3881

[jibunzel]

Why did this guide disappear in rtd? I have been having issues with my elasticsearch not working for searching files and this guide would be helpful.

[dojutsu-user]

@jibunzel
Previous guide was removed because it got outdated.
You can find the new guide here: https://docs.readthedocs.io/en/latest/development/search.html