Elasticsearch dependency installing zammad

[proofy]

Infos:

• Used Zammad version:
• Used Zammad installation type: package
• Operating system: debian 10
• Browser + version:

Expected behavior:

• elasticsearch isn’t a dependency package

Actual behavior:

• apt-get install zammad
  Reading package lists… Done
  Building dependency tree
  Reading state information… Done
  Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
  requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
  distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
  or been moved out of Incoming.
  The following information may help to resolve the situation:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
zammad : Depends: elasticsearch but it is not installable or
elasticsearch-oss but it is not installable
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.

In the debian package there is a dependency on elasticsearch. This is very unfelxible in my opinion.
Scenario 1: You want to use an external elasticsearch node.
That’s not really that rare, is it?
Scenario 2: You want to use an alternative search engine like opensearch, which might be the better choice for future opensource projects.
What do you think?

[MrGeneration]

@proofy

Scenario 1: You want to use an external elasticsearch node.
That’s not really that rare, is it?

In the Zammad universe it technically doesn’t happen too often.
However, the documentation covers that situation by telling you to break dependencies if needed. You could also deactivate the local installation but what do I know.

See: Software — Zammad System Documentation documentation

@proofy

Scenario 2: You want to use an alternative search engine like opensearch, which might be the better choice for future opensource projects.

Zammad is tested on elasticsearch(-oss) and does support the oss branch since Zammad 4.0 in it’s packages. You should update to the latest version to have that.
The documentation also covers that use case: Set up Elasticsearch — Zammad System Documentation documentation

For any other search engines:
They’re not supported and thus we can’t provide any feedback on other third party tools out there.

If you want another search engine to be supported, the best catch would be to create a feature request on this board and see what others think.