Perform CRUD Operations on Documents in Elasticsearch

Libraries: If you want this lab, consider one of these libraries.
Cloud

Perform CRUD Operations on Documents in Elasticsearch

No matter how you intend to use Elasticsearch, understanding how to quickly create, update, and delete documents in Elasticsearch is essential. In this learning activity, you will complete the following tasks: * Create documents in Elasticsearch * Update existing documents in Elasticsearch * Delete documents from an Elasticsearch index

Get started Contact sales

Lab Info

Level

Advanced

Last updated

Aug 29, 2025

Duration

1h 30m

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": "125 Bear Creek Pkwy",
  "employer": "Linux Academy",
  "email": "[email protected]",
  "city": "Keller",
  "state": "TX"
}

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"
  }
}

Challenge

Delete accounts 1 and 10.
Use the Kibana console tool to execute the following:
```
DELETE bank/_doc/1
DELETE bank/_doc/10
```

About the author

Pluralsight Skills

Pluralsight Skills gives leaders confidence they have the skills needed to execute technology strategy. Technology teams can benchmark expertise across roles, speed up release cycles and build reliable, secure products. By leveraging our expert content, skill assessments and one-of-a-kind analytics, keep up with the pace of change, put the right people on the right projects and boost productivity. It's the most effective path to developing tech skills at scale.

Real skill practice before real-world application

Hands-on Labs are real environments created by industry experts to help you learn. These environments help you gain knowledge and experience, practice without compromising your system, test without risk, destroy without fear, and let you learn from your mistakes. Hands-on Labs: practice your skills before delivering in the real world.

Learn by doing

Engage hands-on with the tools and technologies you’re learning. You pick the skill, we provide the credentials and environment.

Follow your guide

All labs have detailed instructions and objectives, guiding you through the learning process and ensuring you understand every step.

Turn time into mastery

On average, you retain 75% more of your learning if you take time to practice. Hands-on labs set you up for success to make those skills stick.