Handling JDK & GC Options Dynamically in Elasticsearch

Wed, 28 Oct 2020 07:48:08 +0000

Today we will dive into the start up of Elasticsearch, how it parses the configurable JVM options and how it can ergonomically switch between JVM options on startup.

Elasticsearch is a distributed search & analytics engine. Elasticsearch’s full text search capabilities are based on Apache Lucene . It’s the heart of the Elastic Stack and powers its solutions Enterprise Search, Observability and Security as well as many well known internet websites like Wikipedia, GitHub or Stack Overflow.

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Handling JDK & GC Options Dynamically in Elasticsearch