Elasticsearch 9 on Ubuntu by cloudimg

Elasticsearch 9 on Ubuntu 22.04 by cloudimg

Production ready distributed search and analytics engine on Microsoft Azure, bundled as a single node deployment with Kibana for visualisation and xpack security enabled by default. The elastic superuser password, the kibana_system service account password, and the Kibana to Elasticsearch wiring are regenerated on the first boot of every deployed virtual machine, so two images launched from the same gallery snapshot never share credentials. Elasticsearch 9 ships with SIMD optimised vector search, logsdb as the default index mode for time series data, and reduced memory overhead for mixed read write workloads, which makes it a strong fit for log analytics, observability, and full text search at scale.

Why Choose cloudimg?

• 24/7 Expert Support with guaranteed 24 hour response for all requests and one hour average for critical issues. Contact support@cloudimg.co.uk
• Production Ready from Launch Pre configured, security patched, and validated before publication
• Azure Native Integration Built with Azure Linux Agent, cloud init, and Gen2 Hyper V support
• Zero Security Bootstrap Fight xpack security is enabled, HTTPS is live on port 9200, passwords are generated per VM, and Kibana is pre wired with a service account so you can log in on day one

What's Included

• Elasticsearch 9.x from the Elastic APT repository
• Kibana 9.x from the Elastic APT repository
• Bundled Elastic managed JDK at /usr/share/elasticsearch/jdk
• xpack security enabled, HTTPS on 9200, self signed certs
• elasticsearch-firstboot.service that rotates elastic and kibana_system passwords per VM
• systemd units for elasticsearch and kibana with correct ordering
• vm.max_map_count tuning and ulimits persisted
• Helper scripts under /opt/cloudimg/bin

Important Licensing Note

This image ships the Elasticsearch and Kibana AGPL base distribution. It does not include any Elastic commercial subscription features such as Machine Learning, Graph, cross cluster replication, or the commercial Security features that require an active Elastic subscription.

Key Ports

• 9200 Elasticsearch REST API over HTTPS
• 9300 Elasticsearch transport for internal node communication
• 5601 Kibana Web UI over HTTP

Use Cases

• Log analytics and observability pipelines with Filebeat, Fluent Bit, or Logstash
• Full text search for product catalogues, ticketing systems, and content sites
• Vector search for retrieval augmented generation and semantic search
• SIEM data lake on the AGPL base
• Time series analytics using the logsdb default index mode
• Evaluation and training environments before scaling out

Technical Specifications

• Operating System: Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
• Elasticsearch: 9.x (AGPL base)
• Kibana: 9.x (AGPL base)
• Java: Bundled Elastic managed JDK
• Recommended Size: Standard_D4s_v3 (4 vCPU, 16 GB RAM)
• VM Generation: Hyper V Gen2 with UEFI boot

Security

• Latest CVE patches applied at build time
• xpack security with HTTPS on the REST API and authentication enforced on transport plus HTTP
• elastic and kibana_system passwords regenerated on first boot, unique per VM
• Credentials file owned by root, mode 0600
• SSH hardened with key based authentication

Support

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Visit www.cloudimg.co.uk/guides/elasticsearch-9-on-ubuntu-22-04-azure for the full user guide.

Elasticsearch and Kibana are trademarks of Elasticsearch BV. This image is a repackaged upstream distribution provided by cloudimg.