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Update defaults in documentation (#25483)
Following internal discussion Relates: elastic/windows-installers#49 (cherry picked from commit 099ccd3)
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[[msi-installer-selected-plugins]]
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image::images/msi_installer/msi_installer_selected_plugins.png[]
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By default, the {xpack-ref}/index.html[X-Pack] plugin will be selected to be installed, and if
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installing with the <<ingest, ingest>> node role, the {plugins}/ingest-attachment.html[Ingest Attachment Processor] and {plugins}/ingest-geoip.html[Ingest GeoIP Processor] plugins will also be selected for installation.
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NOTE: X-Pack includes a trial license for 30 days. After that, you can obtain one of the https://www.elastic.co/subscriptions[available subscriptions] or {ref}/security-settings.html[disable Security]. The Basic license is free and includes the https://www.elastic.co/products/x-pack/monitoring[Monitoring] extension.
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After clicking the install button, Elasticsearch will be installed:
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As with any MSI installation package, a log file for the installation process can be found
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within the `%TEMP%` directory, with a randomly generated name adhering to the format
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`MSI*.LOG`. The path to a log file can be supplied using the `/l` command line argument
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`MSI<random>.LOG`. The path to a log file can be supplied using the `/l` command line argument
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["source","sh",subs="attributes,callouts"]
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`INSTALLDIR`::
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The installation directory. Defaults to `%PROGRAMFILES%\Elastic\Elasticsearch`
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The installation directory. Defaults to `%ProgramW6432%\Elastic\Elasticsearch`
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`DATADIRECTORY`::
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`SELECTEDMEMORY`::
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The amount of memory to allocate to the JVM heap for Elasticsearch.
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Defaults to half of the available memory on the target machine, up to a maximum of 30.5GB
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Defaults to `2048`. If the target machine has less than 4GB in total, defaults
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to 50% of total memory.
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`LOCKMEMORY`::
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Whether `bootstrap.memory_lock` should be used to try to lock the process
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address space into RAM. Defaults to `true`
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address space into RAM. Defaults to `false`
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`UNICASTNODES`::
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`PLUGINS`::
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A comma separated list of the plugins to download and install as part of the installation. Defaults to
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`x-pack, ingest-attachment, ingest-geoip`
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A comma separated list of the plugins to download and install as part of the installation. Defaults `""`
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To pass a value, simply append the property name and value using the format `<PROPERTYNAME>="<VALUE>"` to
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the installation command. For example, to use a different installation directory to the default one:

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