OpenCart Elasticsearch

Once you have performed the above steps you can now see the module under Extensions >Modules >Opencart Elastic Search. Here, you can install then edit the module as required.

Setting Cron Jobs

After the module installation, the store owner or the admin will set up the Cron Job. Just log in to the c panel Account then click on Cron Job.

To find the PHP directory path go to the terminal and log in with your ssh account using the command ‘ ssh user@ip/host‘. After that find the PHP path by running this command ‘whereis php‘.

Now copy the usr/bin/php and write

it in the command section followed by the Webkul ElasticSearch file path like this.

Click the edit option to configure the module.

First, select the store for which you want to implement the Elastic search. This option is for a multi-store configuration.

Now, the admin will configure the options under the General Settings tab –

General Settings

• Select the Status of the Elastic search engine as Enabled/Disabled as required
• Enter the Elasticsearch Host address(IP address of the server with Elasticsearch installed)
• Enter the Elasticsearch Port number(server with Elasticsearch installed)
• Index Prefix is used to create your data index unique on the elastic server.
• Select the Elasticsearch Scheme to use HTTP or HTTPS
• Enable this setting if you want products should be searched as per user location. For this Webkul Hyperlocal Extension must be installed.
• Choose to have a Login Authentication for the Elastic Server by selecting Enabled(need to enter Username & Password) or select Disabled
• Enter the numeric value in multiples of 10 for defining how many entries are indexed in every cron run or leave blank/zero(0) for complete indexing.

After this, the admin has to configure the settings under the Search tab. Here, you have 2 more tabs –

• General

Here, configure the General settings for the Search –

• Enter the Minimum Number Of Characters To Search
• Select to Redirect If Single Result by selecting Enabled or Disabled
• For Search In check the sections where you want to search on the front-end
• Check the sections under the option Search In Product For where you want to search for the product
• For the option Search In Category For check the sections where you want the search
• Search In Information Check the sections that should be searched on the information pages.

And under the Design tab –

Design

Here for the below two options –

• Details To Be Shown On Search Result – check the product detail sections that you want to display at the front-end
• Search Text Box Placeholder – enter the placeholder for the front-end search box

Finally, you can click the Save button at the top right-hand side to save the configuration settings.

Under the General section in the configuration settings, after you have entered the correct details click the Check Status button at the top right-hand corner.

This checks the connection and if the connection is established you will see a message with details.

Else, if there is some issue then you will see an error message.

After the successful installation of the extension, the admin will have the Elastic Search menu option visible under the admin side panel.

Here, the admin will do the indexing for the elastic search. Admin can add, edit, delete, and clear the indexes for products, categories, manufacturers, and information.

Now, add details for the elastic search.

To add an index click on the add button at the top right-hand side.

Here, to add an index enter –

• Index Name(every character must be lower case) & also predefined Index prefix i.e elastic_ is added before the Index name to make every field unique from other.
• The Index Type(select the index type for this mapping).
• The No of Shards (The ability to subdivide your index into multiple pieces).
• Number of Replicas(if the node holding a primary shard dies, a replica is promoted to the role of primary).
• Select the Status of this Index as Enabled or Disabled.
• lastly, click the Save button to save the Data Index.

To sync the data index to the Elastic Server click the refresh button at the right of the respective index.

When the index data is uploaded/updated you will see a confirmation for the same.

On the front end, the customers can now make use of Elasticsearch for making the fastest search within your OpenCart web store.

Did You Mean: This feature allows the customers to search for the desired products even if they had mistakenly entered the wrong product name. In this feature will suggest to them all the products which have a nearby same product name.

For further detailed information regarding this feature, you can follow this link.

Search Suggestions: When a customer searches for a character string suggestions are provided for the entered string. The customer can now click any of the suggestions to redirect to the selected suggestion.

Full Keyword Search: When a keyword is searched; along with the suggestions you see the products being displayed with the keyword.

Description Search: Customers can also search the products using the product description.

Category-Based Search: Customers can easily search for their desired products by using the category’s name.

Manufacturer based Search: Here the customers can easily search for the products by using the manufacturer names.

Information-based search: Customers can easily search for the products by providing information titles in the search bar and can find the related products.

Tag-based search: The customer can search for their desired products by just using the tags associated with products.