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| author | GitLab Bot <gitlab-bot@gitlab.com> | 2022-07-26 21:11:45 +0300 |
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| committer | GitLab Bot <gitlab-bot@gitlab.com> | 2022-07-26 21:11:45 +0300 |
| commit | 013a89081d9ec45ea6c3d148c456aca35d628805 (patch) | |
| tree | e8d587509e8fae7ca3aa9ae88743f59cc2b619ba /doc/integration/advanced_search | |
| parent | 60a260df4186ab0fe08352d1eb957b34ebdeb7c2 (diff) | |
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diff --git a/doc/integration/advanced_search/elasticsearch_troubleshooting.md b/doc/integration/advanced_search/elasticsearch_troubleshooting.md index e061829deec..a07c0aef189 100644 --- a/doc/integration/advanced_search/elasticsearch_troubleshooting.md +++ b/doc/integration/advanced_search/elasticsearch_troubleshooting.md @@ -24,6 +24,20 @@ integration are logs. The most relevant logs for this integration are: Here are some common pitfalls and how to overcome them. +## Common terminology + +- **Lucene**: A full-text search library written in Java. +- **Near real time (NRT)**: Refers to the slight latency from the time to index a + document to the time when it becomes searchable. +- **Cluster**: A collection of one or more nodes that work together to hold all + the data, providing indexing and search capabilities. +- **Node**: A single server that works as part of a cluster. +- **Index**: A collection of documents that have somewhat similar characteristics. +- **Document**: A basic unit of information that can be indexed. +- **Shards**: Fully-functional and independent subdivisions of indices. Each shard is actually + a Lucene index. +- **Replicas**: Failover mechanisms that duplicate indices. + ## How can I verify that my GitLab instance is using Elasticsearch? There are a couple of ways to achieve that: |