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Dir Layout
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The directory layout of an installation is as follows:


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 Type      Description                                                                    Default Location          Setting       
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*home*    Home of elasticsearch installation                                                                       **path.home**  
*bin*     Binary scripts including **elasticsearch** to start a node                     **{path.home}/bin**                      
*conf*    Configuration files including **elasticsearch.yml**                            **{path.home}/config**    **path.conf**  
*data*    The location of the data files of each index / shard allocated on the node.    **{path.home}/data**      **path.data**  
*work*    Temporal files that are used by different nodes.                               **{path.home}/work**      **path.work**  
*logs*    Log files location                                                             **{path.home}/logs**      **path.logs**  
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