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Execute CRUD Operations in Elasticsearch

No matter how you intend to use Elasticsearch, understanding how to quickly perform CRUD operations on documents in Elasticsearch is essential. In this hands-on lab, you will be creating, reading, updating, and deleting documents in Elasticsearch.

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Level
Clock icon Intermediate
Duration
Clock icon 1h 30m
Last updated
Clock icon Aug 29, 2025

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  1. Challenge

    Create account 1000.

    Use the Kibana console tool to execute the following:

    PUT bank/_doc/1000
    {
      "account_number": 1000,
      "balance": 65536,
      "firstname": "John",
      "lastname": "Doe",
      "age": 23,
      "gender": "M",
      "address": "45 West 27th Street",
      "employer": "Elastic",
      "email": "[email protected]",
      "city": "New York",
      "state": "NY"
    }
    
  2. Challenge

    Update the address for account 100.

    Use the Kibana console tool to execute the following:

    POST bank/_update/100/
    {
      "doc": {
        "address": "1600 Pennsylvania Ave NW",
        "city": "Washington",
        "state": "DC"
      }
    }
    
  3. Challenge

    Delete accounts 1 and 10.

    Use the Kibana console tool to execute the following:

    DELETE bank/_doc/1
    DELETE bank/_doc/10
    

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