Elasticsearch Engineering in Practice: Definitive Reference for Developers and Engineers

"Elasticsearch Engineering in Practice"

"Elasticsearch Engineering in Practice" is the definitive guide for architects, engineers, and practitioners seeking to master every facet of Elasticsearch—from foundational concepts to advanced, real-world solutions. The book systematically unpacks the inner workings of cluster architecture, indexing, data modeling, and search, illuminating how Elasticsearch harmonizes Lucene’s powerful capabilities with scalable distributed systems design. Readers will discover the mechanisms behind cluster coordination, index and shard management, consensus algorithms, and extensibility through a thriving plugin ecosystem.

The text delves deeply into advanced ingestion patterns, schema engineering, and the full breadth of the Elasticsearch Query DSL, providing actionable techniques for high-throughput indexing, complex field modeling, and custom search relevance. Key topics include real-time performance optimization, aggregation pipelines, seamless data migrations, and robust document versioning—enabling professionals to design search solutions that excel under demanding workloads and evolving business needs. Operational excellence is thoroughly addressed, with detailed practices for scaling, resilience, security, compliance, and observability across the entire stack.

Enriched with coverage of security engineering, multi-tenancy, machine learning integrations, federated search architectures, and emerging trends, this book goes far beyond basics to address the true challenges faced in modern Elasticsearch environments. Whether building enterprise-grade observability platforms, geospatial search, or cutting-edge analytics pipelines, "Elasticsearch Engineering in Practice" equips you with the clarity, patterns, and strategic guidance needed to achieve robust, efficient, and future-ready search solutions.

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Erscheinungsdatum

E-Book: 6. Juni 2025