As a Search Admin, I want to disable Sidecar and connect to a truly Remote Elasticsearch

• Type: Task
• Status: Open
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Unresolved
• Affects Version/s: None
• Fix Version/s: None
• Component/s: Search Infrastructure > Elasticsearch Connector
• Labels:
  • fc_20_06
• Story Points: 2
• Epic Link: Elasticsearch 7 upgrade (Phase 3)
• Sprint: Search|S03 Sprint 16|5.18-6.8

Use case: Sidecar to Remote, and back

Start Liferay.

Observed: Liferay starts Sidecar Elasticsearch, connects, Search works.

Go to "Elasticsearch configuration". (LPS-105070)

Enable checkbox: "Connect to a Remote Elasticsearch Server"

Apply.

Observed: Liferay shuts down Sidecar Elasticsearch, attempts to connect to localhost 9200, fails.

Start Elasticsearch manually from the command line.

Observed: Liferay connects to localhost 9200, Search works.

Improvements

Default port of Remote must be 9200, default port of Sidecar must be anything other than 9200. This allows starting a Remote Elasticsearch Server on 9200 before Portal starts Sidecar elsewhere, no conflicts. (LPS-105084)