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

Other articles for Elasticsearch

  1. Getting started
    All you need to know about Elasticsearch
  2. Automate with the CLI
    Start Elasticsearch, retrieve its credentials, and change its configuration programmatically with the Stackhero CLI
  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