Planning to keep this as simple and helpful as I can.
This whole process can be done in just a few minutes, assuming your downloads happen quickly.

Prerequisites:

1. Log in to your server with credentials that allow software installation.
2. Download Elasticsearch (latest. 1.5.2 used in this example) as a ZIP file from https://www.elastic.co/downloads/elasticsearch
3. Unzip the file you just downloaded.
4. Copy the child Elasticsearch1.5.2 folder and contents to C:\elasticsearch-1.5.2, or wherever you want it.
• (You should have this path: D:\elasticsearch-1.5.2\bin )
5. Download and install Java JDK 64 bit version from: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/jdk8-downloads-2133151.html
6. Set JAVA_HOME environment variable:



7. Install Elasticsearch as a service:

(Here’s the original reference if needed)

1. Run command prompt as administrator
2. Navigate to C:\elasticsearch-1.5.2\bin
3. Type service.bat install and hit Enter.
4. It should install as a 64 bit service:



5. Close command prompt
6. Open services console, and find Elasticsearch service.
7. Open Elasticsearch service properties and set the service to start automatically and then start service.
8. In a browser on the server, go to http://localhost:9200/
9. You should see something like this (Note that the “name” is randomly selected from a list of around 3000 Marvel characters.):



8. If you see that, you have successfully installed Elasticsearch in a cluster with one node, and you rock.

Setting up multiple nodes is beyond the scope of this article.

Elasticsearch is amazing, and running as a Windows Service is nice, because you don’t have to make sure you start it manually each time.