diff --git a/data/ansible/roles/elasticsearch/defaults/main.yaml b/data/ansible/roles/elasticsearch/defaults/main.yaml
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+---
+elasticsearch_version: "8.8.0"
+elasticsearch_deb_url: "https://artifacts.elastic.co/downloads/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-{{ elasticsearch_version }}-amd64.deb"
+elasticsearch_deb_sha_url: "{{ elasticsearch_deb_url }}.sha512"
+elasticsearch_gpg_key_url: "https://artifacts.elastic.co/GPG-KEY-elasticsearch"
+elasticsearch_repository: "deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/elasticsearch-keyring.gpg] https://artifacts.elastic.co/packages/8.x/apt stable main"
+auto_create_index: ".monitoring*,.watches,.triggered_watches,.watcher-history*,.ml*"
+elasticsearch_service_enabled: true
+elasticsearch_service_state: started
+elasticsearch_service_masked: no
+elasticsearch_dependencies:
+  - apt-transport-https
diff --git a/data/ansible/roles/elasticsearch/tasks/main.yaml b/data/ansible/roles/elasticsearch/tasks/main.yaml
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+---
+- name: Install Elasticsearch dependencies
+  become: true
+  apt:
+    name: "{{ elasticsearch_dependencies }}"
+    state: present
+    update_cache: yes
+    cache_valid_time: 86400
+
+- name: Import Elasticsearch PGP Key
+  become: true
+  apt_key:
+    url: "{{ elasticsearch_gpg_key_url }}"
+    state: present
+
+- name: Add Elasticsearch APT repository
+  become: true
+  apt_repository:
+    repo: "{{ elasticsearch_repository }}"
+    state: present
+
+- name: Update APT cache and install Elasticsearch
+  become: true
+  apt:
+    name: elasticsearch
+    update_cache: yes
+    state: present
+
+- name: Enable and start Elasticsearch service
+  become: true
+  systemd:
+    name: elasticsearch.service
+    enabled: "{{ elasticsearch_service_enabled }}"
+    state: "{{ elasticsearch_service_state }}"
+    masked: "{{ elasticsearch_service_masked }}"
+
+- name: Configure Elasticsearch
+  become: true
+  template:
+    src: elasticsearch.yml.j2
+    dest: /etc/elasticsearch/elasticsearch.yml
diff --git a/data/ansible/roles/elasticsearch/templates/elasticsearch.yml.j2 b/data/ansible/roles/elasticsearch/templates/elasticsearch.yml.j2
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+---
+cluster.name: "elasticsearch"
+node.name: "{{ inventory_hostname }}"
+path.data: "/var/lib/elasticsearch"
+path.logs: "/var/log/elasticsearch"
+network.host: "127.0.0.1"
+http.port: 9200
+action.auto_create_index: "{{ auto_create_index }}"