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Question 1

What is Amazon Elasticsearch Service?

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Answer 1

Amazon Elasticsearch Service is a managed service that makes it easy to deploy, operate, and scale Elasticsearch clusters in the AWS Cloud.

Question 2

Which Elasticsearch version does Amazon Elasticsearch Service support?

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Answer 2

Amazon Elasticsearch Service currently supports Elasticsearch versions 6.0, 5.5, 5.3, 5.1, 2.3, and 1.5.

Question 3

What is an Amazon Elasticsearch domain?

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Answer 3

Amazon Elasticsearch domains are Elasticsearch clusters created using the Amazon Elasticsearch Service console, CLI, or API. Each domain is an Elasticsearch cluster in the cloud with the compute and storage resources you specify. You can create and delete domains, define infrastructure attributes, and control access and security. You can run one or more Amazon Elasticsearch domains.

Question 4

What does Amazon Elasticsearch Service manage on my behalf?

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Answer 4

Amazon Elasticsearch Service manages the work involved in setting up a domain, from provisioning infrastructure capacity in the network environment you request to installing the Elasticsearch software. Once your domain is running, Amazon Elasticsearch Service automates common administrative tasks, such as performing backups, monitoring instances and patching software. Amazon Elasticsearch Service integrates with Amazon CloudWatch to produce metrics that provide information about the state of the domains. Amazon Elasticsearch Service also offers options to modify your domain instance and storage settings to simplify the task of tailoring your domain based to your application needs.