| Type | Description | Default Location | Setting |
|---|
| home | Home of elasticsearch installation. | | path.home |
| bin | Binary scripts including elasticsearch to start a node. | {path.home}/bin | |
| conf | Configuration files including elasticsearch.yml | {path.home}/config | path.conf |
| data | The location of the data files of each index / shard allocated on the node. Can hold multiple locations. | {path.home}/data | path.data |
| logs | Log files location. | {path.home}/logs | path.logs |
| plugins | Plugin files location. Each plugin will be contained in a subdirectory. | {path.home}/plugins | path.plugin |
