of documents in that index Node A running Elasticsearch process Cluster A collection of nodes that can communicate with each other and share the same c l u s t e r . n a m e
unopinionated: maps 1-1 with HTTP API Cluster sniffing Load balances amongst nodes Detects and gracefully handles node failures Officially supported by Elastic Well-documented API
p o s e r . p h a r r e q u i r e e l a s t i c s e a r c h / e l a s t i c s e a r c h < ? p h p r e q u i r e ' v e n d o r / a u t o l o a d . p h p ' ; $ c l i e n t = n e w E l a s t i c s e a r c h \ C l i e n t ( ) ;