From 0a76df591620814706a766415ca48d76652c80ff Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Adrien Dupuis <61695653+adriendupuis@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 3 Jun 2026 09:40:49 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] clustering_with_ddev: install Elasticsearch 7 instead of
 9

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 .../clustering/clustering_with_ddev.md                   | 9 ++++++---
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/docs/infrastructure_and_maintenance/clustering/clustering_with_ddev.md b/docs/infrastructure_and_maintenance/clustering/clustering_with_ddev.md
index b1cbdcb2c2..815ab3eaa5 100644
--- a/docs/infrastructure_and_maintenance/clustering/clustering_with_ddev.md
+++ b/docs/infrastructure_and_maintenance/clustering/clustering_with_ddev.md
@@ -160,12 +160,15 @@ A [search engine](search_engines.md) can be added to the cluster.
 The following sequence of commands:
 
 1. Adds the Elasticsearch container
-2. Sets Elasticsearch as the search engine
-3. Restarts the DDEV cluster and clears application cache
-4. Injects the schema and reindexes the content
+2. Sets the Elasticsearch version to 7 (default is 9 which is not supported; for version 8, also use `ibexa/elasticsearch8` package)
+3. Sets Elasticsearch as the search engine
+4. Restarts the DDEV cluster and clears application cache
+5. Injects the schema and reindexes the content
 
 ```bash
 ddev add-on get ddev/ddev-elasticsearch
+ddev dotenv set .ddev/.env.elasticsearch --elasticsearch-docker-image=elasticsearch:7.16.2
+cp .ddev/elasticsearch/docker-compose.elasticsearch7.yaml .ddev/
 ddev config --web-environment-add SEARCH_ENGINE=elasticsearch
 ddev config --web-environment-add ELASTICSEARCH_DSN=http://elasticsearch:9200
 ddev restart

From d2ef8c427a59999c4fbfdf0f4d0bdde162da933f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Adrien Dupuis <61695653+adriendupuis@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 3 Jun 2026 09:59:41 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Apply suggestions from code review

Co-authored-by: Adrien Dupuis <61695653+adriendupuis@users.noreply.github.com>
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 .../clustering/clustering_with_ddev.md                          | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/docs/infrastructure_and_maintenance/clustering/clustering_with_ddev.md b/docs/infrastructure_and_maintenance/clustering/clustering_with_ddev.md
index 815ab3eaa5..8d76682107 100644
--- a/docs/infrastructure_and_maintenance/clustering/clustering_with_ddev.md
+++ b/docs/infrastructure_and_maintenance/clustering/clustering_with_ddev.md
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ A [search engine](search_engines.md) can be added to the cluster.
 The following sequence of commands:
 
 1. Adds the Elasticsearch container
-2. Sets the Elasticsearch version to 7 (default is 9 which is not supported; for version 8, also use `ibexa/elasticsearch8` package)
+2. Sets the Elasticsearch version to 7 (default is 9 which is not supported, 8 is supported with the `ibexa/elasticsearch8` package)
 3. Sets Elasticsearch as the search engine
 4. Restarts the DDEV cluster and clears application cache
 5. Injects the schema and reindexes the content