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authorMartin Czygan <martin.czygan@gmail.com>2019-11-08 19:25:28 +0100
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mention elasticsearch empty index setup
When setting up with the defaults, all works fine, except that the web search will try to access a local elasticsearch. Mention in README, how to create empty indices.
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+If elasticsearch is not set up, you might want to create two empty indices:
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+ curl -XPUT localhost:9200/fatcat_release
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## Running Tests
Many (though not all) python tests depend on access to a local running API