--- title: Elasticsearch date: 2026-04-08 sidebar_position: 1 --- Elasticsearch - RocketRide Documentation ## What it does Elasticsearch node with two modes: **Index** (BM25 full-text search) and **Vector Store** (semantic/kNN search). Switch between modes with the Store Mode toggle, no pipeline rewiring needed. **Lanes:** | Lane in | Lane out | Description | | ----------- | ----------- | ------------------------------------------------------------ | | `text` | - | Ingest raw text (index mode only) | | `documents` | - | Ingest pre-embedded documents (vector store mode only) | | `questions` | `text` | Search and return matching text | | `questions` | `documents` | Search and return matching documents | | `questions` | `answers` | Search and return matching documents as answers | | `questions` | `questions` | Enrich question with matching documents for downstream nodes | Documents must be run through an embedding node before reaching this node (vector store mode only). ## Profiles | Profile | Default port | Description | | ------------------------ | ------------ | --------------------------------------------- | | Self-managed _(default)_ | `9200` | Your own Elasticsearch instance | | Elastic Cloud Hosted | `9243` | Hosted deployment: requires host and API key | | Elastic Cloud Serverless | `443` | Serverless: requires host and API key | ## Configuration | Field | Required | Description | | ---------- | ---------- | ------------------------------------------------------- | | Host | yes | Elasticsearch server address | | Port | yes | Elasticsearch server port | | API Key | cloud only | Authentication token | | Index Name | yes | Elasticsearch index (lowercase, max 255 chars) | | Store Mode | yes | `Index` (BM25 text search) or `Vector Store` (semantic) | ## Index mode: search options | Field | Default | Description | | -------------------------- | ------- | ---------------------------------------------------------- | | Match Operator | `or` | `or`: any term, `and`: all terms, `exact`: phrase match | | Slop | `0` | Words allowed between terms in exact phrase match | | Return contextual snippets | off | Highlight matching passages in results | | Snippet size | `250` | Max characters per highlight snippet | ## Upstream docs - [Elasticsearch documentation](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/index.html) - [Elastic Cloud](https://www.elastic.co/cloud)