Running ElasticPress Locally

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Docker:

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Server:

1. Create an ElasticPress directory on your main hard drive account (i.e. /Users/username/Sites/ep-server).
2. Create the following files with corresponding code: a. docker-compose.yml
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   version: '2.2'
   services:
   	elasticsearch:
   		build:
   			dockerfile: Dockerfile
   			context: .
   			args:
   				ES_VERSION: ${ES_VERSION-7.10.2}
   		ports:
   			- 8890:9200
   		mem_limit: 1024M
   		mem_reservation: 1024M
   		volumes:
   			- './elasticsearch.yml:/usr/share/elasticsearch/config/elasticsearch.yml:cached'
   		environment:
   			ES_JAVA_OPTS: '-Xms450m -Xmx450m'
   

   b. Dockerfile
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   ARG ES_VERSION=7.10.2
   FROM docker.elastic.co/elasticsearch/elasticsearch:${ES_VERSION}
   RUN if [ -d plugins/ingest-attachment ]; then true ; else ./bin/elasticsearch-plugin install ingest-attachment -b; fi
   

   c. elasticsearch.yml
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   xpack.security.enabled: false
   http.host: 0.0.0.0
   http.cors.enabled : true
   http.cors.allow-origin : "*"
   http.cors.allow-methods : OPTIONS, HEAD, GET, POST, PUT, DELETE
   http.cors.allow-headers : X-Requested-With,X-Auth-Token,x-elasticpress-request-id,Content-Type,Content-Length
   

3. Open the terminal and run docker-compose up in your newly created ep-server directory.
4. Visit http://localhost:8890 in your browser of choice to confirm the server is running.
5. Update your ElasticPress plugin settings to point to the newly created server URL and run a sync to index your local site content.

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Debugging:

• Debug Bar
• ElasticPress Debugging Add-On