In Magento 2.4.x, You have to install and configure Elasticsearch before setting up a new project.

If you want to know how to install Elasticsearch then follow below steps.

Step 1 – Install Java jdk – Its necessary for magento 2.4.x

– sudo apt-get update

– sudo apt install openjdk-8-jdk

– java -version (For check java version. It’s show something like below)

openjdk version "1.8.0_272"
OpenJDK Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0_272-8u272-b10-0ubuntu1~16.04-b10)
OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (build 25.272-b10, mixed mode)

Step 2 – Install from the APT repository

– sudo apt install apt-transport-https

Step 3 – After Install Elasticsearch using below commands

– sudo apt-get update

– sudo apt-get install elasticsearch

Step 4 – After Install Elasticsearch, Start it’s service using below commands

– systemctl daemon-reload

– systemctl enable elasticsearch.service (For enable service)

– systemctl start elasticsearch.service (For start service)

– service elasticsearch status (For check it’s status)

That’s it.

Now, Elasticsearch has been installed for your Magento 2.4.x projects.