How to run an embedded elastic search instance for testing

Question

I'm working in a setup that has an embedded elastic search instance for unit testing purposes, but when I run the tests continuously with sbt (~test-only <my-test>) the system becomes increasingly unstable until it freezes and has to be killed with fire.

Things I'm having a hard time getting to work properly are:

isolation
cleanup
shutdown

What is the proper way to set this up, (solutions preferably using specs2, but Java based is also welcome)?

score 12 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 23 '13 at 11:52

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I would suggest you to have a look at the elasticsearch-test project on github. You can easily add it as a dependency to your project and use its handy annotations to start test nodes, create indices and so on.

answered Jan 23 '13 at 11:52

javanna

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thanks for the tip, it looks like this is going to solve a lot of my problems. – iwein Jan 23 '13 at 13:55
what about if you are using python? – karantan Mar 22 '16 at 14:58
are there examples/snippetes of how to use it? – Aliya Apr 11 '16 at 22:09
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@javanna Is this still a best approach. As I am using elasticsearch v5.1.1 and there is no support as such in the library. – Hbksagar Jul 31 '17 at 12:46

How to run an embedded elastic search instance for testing

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