Who this book is for

If you are a beginner to the work of full-text search and ElasticSearch server, this book is especially for you. You will be guided through the basics of ElasticSearch, and you will learn how to use some of the advanced functionalities.

If you know ElasticSearch and have worked with it, you may find this book interesting as it provides a good overview of all the functionalities with examples and descriptions. However, you may encounter sections that you already know about.

If you know the Apache Solr search engine, this book can also be used to compare some functionalities of Apache Solr and ElasticSearch. This may help you judge which tool is more appropriate for your use case.

If you know all the details about ElasticSearch and know how each of the configuration parameters works, this is definitely not the book you are looking for!