In this chapter, we've looked at how to install, configure, and start using the ElasticSearch server. We've also learned how to make use of the default mappings and templates feature of ElasticSearch. We also looked at some of the more advanced topics such as index aliasing and index- and query-time routing.

In the upcoming chapters, we will learn how to query ElasticSearch, what types of queries we can use, and how to filter the results of our queries.