Install Xenforo CentOS 7.x How To Install Elasticsearch 7.x for Xenforo

So, glad to see this coming up as I just came here to ask about this issue.
Here is the latest version i have installed which is 7.17.18
I have XF 2.3.2 which supports opensearch (auto completion). It seems we need to update ES to a version that support this
XF 2.3 - What's new with Enhanced Search, Resource Manager and Media Gallery in XenForo 2.3?
Any idea @eva2000

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Thanks. I know it meets the minimum requirement for 2.3 but it doesn't seem like auto completion is working. Maybe there is a configuration somewhere I missed.

Secondly, do you know the status of ES 8.x on centminmod AlmaLinux 9.4?
Can I use this same guide to update to ES 8.14?
Thank you

 

I am currently on version 7.17.17. Should I be on the 8.15 current branch?

Thanks,
Itworx4me

 

Same question.
Why don't you upgrade and let us know.
Thanks

 

ES 8 works without any issues on XF 2.2 or 2.3

If you want to use the default security features (including a certificate) it takes a bit more work to get it 100% working.
But you can just disable the security features of ES8 when running it locally.

Code:

xpack.security.enabled: false

 

Great to hear.
Is there a particular update/install guide for 2.3 and ES 8?
Appreciate it.

 

Did just that and found out a bug with XF 2.3 and XFES 2.3.2 not working with auto completion if you disable dynamic avatars.
I reported the bug here.
ES 2.3.2 Auto Complete crashes when dynamic avatar disabled

 

@duderuud are you using ES 7 or 8 on your XF 2.3 sites?

 

ES8

 

Elasticsearch seems to not working anymore as usual by installing it using the repo.

I am getting a 403 or 404.

Archive url also seems to not work.

I tried for v7 and v8

Any ideas?

 

Does the log say anything? Does curl on port 9200 work?

Some more information would be handy...

 

Almalinux 9

I used:

Code:

[elasticsearch-7.x]
name=Elasticsearch repository for 7.x packages
baseurl=https://artifacts.elastic.co/packages/7.x/yum
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=https://artifacts.elastic.co/GPG-KEY-elasticsearch
enabled=1
autorefresh=1
type=rpm-md

and then:

Code:

yum update

and then tried to install it...

Code:

yum -y install elasticsearch
Elasticsearch repository for 7.x packages                                                                                                      971 kB/s | 639 kB     00:00
Errors during downloading metadata for repository 'elasticsearch-7.x':
  - Status code: 403 for https://artifacts.elastic.co/packages/7.x/yum/repodata/filelists.xml.gz (IP: 34.120.127.130)
Error: Failed to download metadata for repo 'elasticsearch-7.x': Yum repo downloading error: Downloading error(s): repodata/filelists.xml.gz - Cannot download, all mirrors were already tried without success

Then i tried the:

Code:

baseurl=https://artifacts.elastic.co/packages/oss-7.x/yum

but nothing...

Code:

Status code: 403 for https://artifacts.elastic.co/packages/7.x/yum/repodata/primary.xml.gz

and

Status code: 403 for https://artifacts.elastic.co/packages/7.x/yum/repodata/filelists.xml.gz

 

Any ideas?

 

Can you reach that url manually on your server?

A 403 means forbidden, looks like your server is blocked somehow

 

curl -I https://artifacts.elastic.co/packages/7.x/yum/repodata/primary.xml.gz

Code:

HTTP/2 403
content-length: 134
content-type: text/html; charset=UTF-8
date: Tue, 08 Apr 2025 17:04:18 GMT
alt-svc: h3=":443"; ma=2592000,h3-29=":443"; ma=2592000

Yes it seems the specific server is blocked.

I tested from another server and it was ok.

Weird as this was a new server and i just install Centminmod.

Any ideas how can i bypass it at least just for installing it?

I know that probably i can use rpm but i think the updates are handled easily using the repo....

 

You should als Elastic why this is. They are the only one that can do anything about it.

Find a mirror (repo). Let me look one up

Edit:
Btw, did you import the GPG key prior to adding the repo?

Code (Text):

rpm --import https://artifacts.elastic.co/GPG-KEY-elasticsearch

 

Thanks for your reply.

It seems that i am totally blocked for a reason:

Code:

rpm --import https://artifacts.elastic.co/GPG-KEY-elasticsearch
curl: (22) The requested URL returned error: 403
error: https://artifacts.elastic.co/GPG-KEY-elasticsearch: import read failed(2).

I did the manual installation and all are fine but it will be good to know how to select another mirror that may not blocking the server and complete the installation using the repo.