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+class ElasticsearchAT56 < Formula
+  desc "Distributed search & analytics engine"
+  homepage "https://www.elastic.co/products/elasticsearch"
+  url "https://artifacts.elastic.co/downloads/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-5.6.4.tar.gz"
+  sha256 "1098fc776fae8c74e65f8e17cf2ea244c1d07c4e6711340c9bb9f6df56aa45b0"
+
+  head do
+    url "https://github.com/elasticsearch/elasticsearch.git"
+    depends_on "gradle" => :build
+  end
+
+  bottle :unneeded
+  keg_only :versioned_formula
+
+  depends_on :java => "1.8+"
+
+  def cluster_name
+    "elasticsearch_#{ENV["USER"]}"
+  end
+
+  def install
+    if build.head?
+      # Build the package from source
+      system "gradle", "clean", ":distribution:tar:assemble"
+      # Extract the package to the tar directory
+      mkdir "tar"
+      cd "tar"
+      system "tar", "--strip-components=1", "-xf", Dir["../distribution/tar/build/distributions/elasticsearch-*.tar.gz"].first
+    end
+
+    # Remove Windows files
+    rm_f Dir["bin/*.bat"]
+    rm_f Dir["bin/*.exe"]
+
+    # Install everything else into package directory
+    libexec.install "bin", "config", "lib", "modules"
+
+    # Set up Elasticsearch for local development:
+    inreplace "#{libexec}/config/elasticsearch.yml" do |s|
+      # 1. Give the cluster a unique name
+      s.gsub!(/#\s*cluster\.name\: .*/, "cluster.name: #{cluster_name}")
+
+      # 2. Configure paths
+      s.sub!(%r{#\s*path\.data: /path/to.+$}, "path.data: #{var}/elasticsearch/")
+      s.sub!(%r{#\s*path\.logs: /path/to.+$}, "path.logs: #{var}/log/elasticsearch/")
+    end
+
+    inreplace "#{libexec}/bin/elasticsearch.in.sh" do |s|
+      # Configure ES_HOME
+      s.sub!(%r{#\!/bin/bash\n}, "#!/bin/bash\n\nES_HOME=#{libexec}")
+    end
+
+    inreplace "#{libexec}/bin/elasticsearch-plugin" do |s|
+      # Add the proper ES_CLASSPATH configuration
+      s.sub!(/SCRIPT="\$0"/, %Q(SCRIPT="$0"\nES_CLASSPATH=#{libexec}/lib))
+      # Replace paths to use libexec instead of lib
+      s.gsub!(%r{\$ES_HOME/lib/}, "$ES_CLASSPATH/")
+    end
+
+    # Move config files into etc
+    (etc/"elasticsearch").install Dir[libexec/"config/*"]
+    (etc/"elasticsearch/scripts").mkdir unless File.exist?(etc/"elasticsearch/scripts")
+    (libexec/"config").rmtree
+
+    bin.write_exec_script Dir[libexec/"bin/elasticsearch"]
+    bin.write_exec_script Dir[libexec/"bin/elasticsearch-plugin"]
+  end
+
+  def post_install
+    # Make sure runtime directories exist
+    (var/"elasticsearch/#{cluster_name}").mkpath
+    (var/"log/elasticsearch").mkpath
+    ln_s etc/"elasticsearch", libexec/"config"
+    (libexec/"plugins").mkdir
+  end
+
+  def caveats
+    s = <<~EOS
+      Data:    #{var}/elasticsearch/#{cluster_name}/
+      Logs:    #{var}/log/elasticsearch/#{cluster_name}.log
+      Plugins: #{libexec}/plugins/
+      Config:  #{etc}/elasticsearch/
+      plugin script: #{libexec}/bin/elasticsearch-plugin
+    EOS
+
+    s
+  end
+
+  plist_options :manual => "elasticsearch"
+
+  def plist
+    <<~EOS
+      <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+      <!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
+      <plist version="1.0">
+        <dict>
+          <key>KeepAlive</key>
+          <false/>
+          <key>Label</key>
+          <string>#{plist_name}</string>
+          <key>ProgramArguments</key>
+          <array>
+            <string>#{opt_bin}/elasticsearch</string>
+          </array>
+          <key>EnvironmentVariables</key>
+          <dict>
+          </dict>
+          <key>RunAtLoad</key>
+          <true/>
+          <key>WorkingDirectory</key>
+          <string>#{var}</string>
+          <key>StandardErrorPath</key>
+          <string>#{var}/log/elasticsearch.log</string>
+          <key>StandardOutPath</key>
+          <string>#{var}/log/elasticsearch.log</string>
+        </dict>
+      </plist>
+    EOS
+  end
+
+  test do
+    system "#{libexec}/bin/elasticsearch-plugin", "list"
+    pid = "#{testpath}/pid"
+    begin
+      system "#{bin}/elasticsearch", "-d", "-p", pid, "-Epath.data=#{testpath}/data"
+      sleep 10
+      system "curl", "-XGET", "localhost:9200/"
+    ensure
+      Process.kill(9, File.read(pid).to_i)
+    end
+  end
+end