Repositories for APT and YUM

We have repositories available for APT and YUM-based distributions. Note that we provide binary packages, but no source packages.

We use the PGP key D88E42B4, Elasticsearch Signing Key, with fingerprint

4609 5ACC 8548 582C 1A26 99A9 D27D 666C D88E 42B4

to sign all our packages. It is available from https://pgp.mit.edu.

To add the Beats repository for APT:

1. Download and install the Public Signing Key:

   wget -qO - https://artifacts.elastic.co/GPG-KEY-elasticsearch | sudo gpg --dearmor -o /usr/share/keyrings/elasticsearch-keyring.gpg
   

2. You may need to install the apt-transport-https package on Debian before proceeding:

   sudo apt-get install apt-transport-https
   

3. Save the repository definition to /etc/apt/sources.list.d/elastic-9.x.list:

   echo "deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/elasticsearch-keyring.gpg] https://artifacts.elastic.co/packages/9.x/apt stable main" | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list.d/elastic-9.x.list
   

   Note

   The package is free to use under the Elastic license. An alternative package which contains only features that are available under the Apache 2.0 license is also available. To install it, use the following sources list:

   echo "deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/elasticsearch-keyring.gpg] https://artifacts.elastic.co/packages/oss-9.x/apt stable main" | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list.d/elastic-9.x.list
   

   Warning

   To add the Elastic repository, make sure that you use the echo method shown in the example. Do not use add-apt-repository because it will add a deb-src entry, but we do not provide a source package.

   If you have added the deb-src entry by mistake, you will see an error like the following:

   Unable to find expected entry 'main/source/Sources' in Release file (Wrong sources.list entry or malformed file)

   Simply delete the deb-src entry from the /etc/apt/sources.list file, and the installation should work as expected.

4. Run apt-get update, and the repository is ready for use. For example, you can install Auditbeat by running:

   sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install auditbeat
   

5. To configure Auditbeat to start automatically during boot, run:

   sudo systemctl enable auditbeat
   

To add the Beats repository for YUM:

1. Download and install the public signing key:

   sudo rpm --import https://artifacts.elastic.co/GPG-KEY-elasticsearch
   

2. Create a file with a .repo extension (for example, elastic.repo) in your /etc/yum.repos.d/ directory and add the following lines:

   [elastic-9.x]
   name=Elastic repository for 9.x packages
   baseurl=https://artifacts.elastic.co/packages/9.x/yum
   gpgcheck=1
   gpgkey=https://artifacts.elastic.co/GPG-KEY-elasticsearch
   enabled=1
   autorefresh=1
   type=rpm-md
   

   Note

   The package is free to use under the Elastic license. An alternative package which contains only features that are available under the Apache 2.0 license is also available. To install it, use the following baseurl in your .repo file:

   baseurl=https://artifacts.elastic.co/packages/oss-9.x/yum
   

   Your repository is ready to use. For example, you can install Auditbeat by running:

   sudo yum install auditbeat
   

3. To configure Auditbeat to start automatically during boot, run:

   sudo systemctl enable auditbeat