Open Distro for Elasticsearch 1.6.0 Released

Open Distro for Elasticsearch 1.6.0 is now available for download.

This release consists of Apache-2 licensed Elasticsearch 7.6.1, Kibana 7.6.1 and plugins for alerting, index management, performance analyzer, security, SQL and machine learning with k-NN. Also included are a SQL JDBC driver and PerfTop, a client for Performance Analyzer.

Download the latest packages

You can find Docker Hub images Open Distro for Elasticsearch 1.6.0 and Open Distro for Elasticsearch Kibana 1.6.0 on Docker Hub. Make sure your compose file specifies 1.6.0 or uses the latest tag.

If you’re using RPMs or DEBs, see our documentation on how to install Open Distro for Elasticsearch with RPMs and install Open Distro for Elasticsearch with Debian packages. A tarball is also available for testing and other applications.

If you’re using Windows, you can now easily install Elasticsearch and Kibana on Windows.

If you’re using Kubernetes, check out the Helm chart to install Open Distro for Elasticsearch.

You can find our Open Distro for Elasticsearch security plugin artifacts on Maven Central. You can download the latest versions of Open Distro for Elasticsearch’s PerfTop client, and Open Distro for Elasticsearch’s SQL JDBC driver.

Release highlights

Release highlights include security plugin optimization for a faster version of the implied permission type, memoization of results for batch requests, implementation of lazy loading for efSearch parameter in the k-NN plugin, improved exception handling and report date handling using standard formats for the SQL plugin.

Release notes

Please take a look at the 1.6.0 release notes for the latest features, enhancements, infra and config updates and bug fixes.

Upgrade now to Open Distro 1.6.0 to leverage the latest features and bug fixes!

Happy downloading!

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