So, apparently I have ElasticSearch now? I had to hard reset my server in the middle of indexing because it ran out of memory and came to a complete halt. (See https://ma.fellr.net/@fell/111375959444602138)
It seems to be working though? I don't care if it hasn't indexed everything as long as it indexes new posts.
@elduvelle@odr_k4tana @feditips
I just encountered a time consuming process on 🦣: a paper I boosted got published and I was hoping to replied to you original booted post so make the information continuous...it took me 30 mins to find the post only becus I had an earlier reply that contain images so I can retrieve from my media tool in #tusky, I had tried #tootfinder and #justmytoots neither of it helped me....and unfortunately my instance cannot afford #elasticsearch.😞
@kofanchen@odr_k4tana@feditips
In any case, I hope your instance can get #ElasticSearch eventually because it is really a game changer, especially for scientists! @jonny got it to work for us and I’m sure they’ll be happy to provide some pointers (or tricks) about it.
Remember: if your server has the new Search enabled, you should decide if you want to be included in it or not (Settings > Public Profile > Privacy & Reach) and tick (or not) the “Include public posts in search results” box.
It’s disabled by default so please enable it to make Mastodon more searchable and useful!! #MastoTip#ElasticSearch
I took some time to work out the exact #formatting that #Elasticsearch demands. If you think this might be useful, go ahead and boost. If you find any errors or would like to suggest additions, please also post a reply!
Hopefully this can help prevent a lot of frustration and trouble people might encounter and give them a better Mastodon experience!
Well, I finally got myself up to #Mastodon v4.1.9, and now to begin the v4.2.0 upgrade. Not going to bother with #Elasticsearch setup for now, though would probably go for #OpenSearch probably anyways.
I'm currently running the Elasticsearch update after upgrading to Mastodon 4.2.0, and it was running really fast until it got to "PublicStatusesIndex" — now it's still importing documents, but it's really slow. It says 406 docs/s, w/ 54M to go, and the ETA keeps getting longer. Anyone else experience this?
I've noticed a lot of chatter about setting up Elasticsearch for Mastodon 4.2's new full text search over the last few days, including what hardware is required, how difficult is it, etc.
So I thought I’d write down my experience, including the hardware I'm running Elasticsearch on for my single user instance:
@enusbaum I went to check if I needed to update #Elasticsearch on my #Mastodon server and then realized that I don't have Elasticsearch on my server because I have 4GB of RAM on my server and Elasticsearch would die on my server.
How to use Elasticsuite to boost the search results by a manually defined sorting relevance? This can be solved just by configuring Elasticsuite, no code adaptions are needed. I've documented the steps in my bitExpert blog post https://blog.bitexpert.de/blog/elasticsuite_sort_relevance_boost
can confirm. The new fulltext search works great, and is awesome! I just searched for "footiMac" which I know only I use and it returned results very very quickly. I can go way back. Including to it's very first mention back in January!
This ability is so very important for the usability and attractiveness of Mastodon!
Unsere #Mastodon Instanz wurde gestern auf die neue Version 4.2.0 aktualisiert. :tux: Es bietet viele Verbesserungen, von der Suche, dem Onboarding-Prozess, bis zur Oberfläche und viele mehr!
Darüber hinaus betreiben wir nun auch #ElasticSearch im Hintergrund, also einen Suchindex. Wir werden deshalb auch bald unserem Server mehr Power geben müssen.
Profilbeschreibungen werden nun auch in der #Suche erfasst, genauso wie eure Posts, wenn ihr dies optional einstellt.
Updated my #Mastodon instances to 4.2.0 this evening. Just awaiting one of them to finish re-indexing things in #ElasticSearch. :docker: :mastodondance:
So I'm deploying #ElasticSearch on my #selfhost server right now. It’s importing the "accountsIndex”. It says ###/561466. Does that mean 561,466 accounts have interacted with my server in some way? If so. That's pretty wild. But also, if Mastodon ever got big... that number would likely go up exponentially and my little server would?? 🔥🤯🤪 #MastoAdmin