Do I need to do a Java Installation myself for this to work?

[BenLiyanage]

Do I need to install java myself before using this cookbook? I've done the default install (as well as tried a custom one) and nothing seems to be listening on any port.

In addition, when I run elastic search (I believe this is correct, I'm a bit new to this) here /usr/local/elasticsearch/bin/elasticsearch it tells me that I need to install java in the path.

Seems a bit weird that I need to install prereqs for a recipe myself.

[davidski]

The primary use pattern for this cookbook is as a resource provider. It does expect a java installation to already be present. The java cookbook off the supermarket works well for me and is a part of the recipe we use to install ES (leveraging these resources).

[BenLiyanage]

I think it'd be good if the readme mentioned that you must install java yourself as a prerequisite. I spent quite a few hours banging my head into my keyboard before I figured that out.

[martinb3]

👍 we'll add this to the docs.

[BenLiyanage]

Sweet thanks!