Install and Configure Elasticsearch on OS X

Install the Elasticsearch search server, preferably using Homebrew:

brew install homebrew/versions/elasticsearch23

Modify the elasticsearch.yml file (in '/usr/local/etc/elasticsearch') to start Elasticsearch on the 'elasticsearch_cedar' cluster:

cluster.name: elasticsearch_cedar

Add or change the below line to enable script execution:

script.engine.groovy.inline.search: on

Start Elasticsearch:

$ elasticsearch

Install Kibana and Sense. Sense is a handy console for interacting with the REST API of Elasticsearch. Sense is a Kibana app, so you will first need to install Kibana and then install Sense:

$ brew install kibana
$ kibana plugin --install elastic/sense

In order to start Kibana, just type:

$ kibana

You can access to Sense using your browser: http://localhost:5601/app/sense.