The reason for this branch is that we might need this step in production before upgrading directly to 5.x.x series, but it's also easier to upgrade the plugin in steps.
Right now the latest stable elasticsearch version in the 2.x.x series is 2.4.4 (lucene 5.5.2).
Also note that java 8 is required (up from 7).
And I mean exactly
2.4.4
, since the version of Elasticsearch we specify inplugin-descriptor.properties
must match exactly the current running version and the minor version cannot be wildcarded.Resolves #9
The reason for this branch is that we might need this step in production before upgrading directly to 5.x.x series, but it's also easier to upgrade the plugin in steps.
Right now the latest stable elasticsearch version in the 2.x.x series is 2.4.4 (lucene 5.5.2). Also note that java 8 is required (up from 7).