Elasticsearch: Add the plugin to Elasticsearch

This documentation is part of the Ingest attachment plugin guide. View the full guide here: How to extract data from PPT, XLS, and PDF files to Elasticsearch.

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First, enable the plugin in your Stackhero Elasticsearch configuration:

  1. Go to the Elasticsearch section in your Stackhero dashboard.
  2. Select the plugin ingest-attachment from the available options.

Stackhero dashboardStackhero dashboard

Continue reading this guide

  1. Read the full guide: Ingest attachment plugin
    How to extract data from PPT, XLS, and PDF files to Elasticsearch
  2. Declare the pipeline attachment
  3. Add a document with an attachment
  4. Retrieve the document with the attachment content
  5. Conclusion

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  3. GitHub Actions & GitLab CI
    Spin up a real Elasticsearch service from your GitHub Actions or GitLab CI pipeline, run your tests against it, and tear it down automatically