Elastic Search for Umbraco with ExamineX
Seamless integration of Elastic Search with Umbraco
Eliminate Lucene Pain Points with Elasticsearch
ExamineX seamlessly integrates Elasticsearch with your Umbraco site, replacing Lucene.Net with the industry-leading distributed search and analytics engine.
Common Lucene Problems ExamineX Solves
- ❌ Lucene file locks blocking deployments
- ❌ Slow startup times when scaling out
- ❌ Index synchronization failures across servers
- ❌ Site downtime during index rebuilds
✓ All resolved with Elasticsearch’s distributed architecture
Why Choose ExamineX + Elasticsearch?
🌐 Maximum Deployment Flexibility
- Elastic Cloud, Azure, Google Cloud
- Self-host with Docker
- On-premise deployment
- Azure Web Apps & Umbraco Cloud
💻 Drop-In Compatibility
- Uses familiar Examine API
- Zero code changes required
- NuGet installation
- Works with existing Umbraco code
🚀 Enterprise-Grade Infrastructure
- Built on battle-tested Elasticsearch
- Horizontal scaling capabilities
- True stateless architecture
- Production-proven reliability
🔧 Full Elasticsearch Access
- Direct Elasticsearch API when needed
- Leverage advanced features yourself
- Integrate with Kibana for analytics
- Complete control over your search
🔓 Open Source Freedom
- No vendor lock-in
- Active community support
- Extensive documentation
- Choose your hosting provider
How It Works
ExamineX is a complete implementation of the Examine interface that redirects all indexing and search operations to your Elasticsearch cluster instead of local Lucene indexes.
Your existing code using Examine APIs continues to work exactly as before—the only difference is the powerful, distributed search engine running behind the scenes.
Built by the creator of Examine — trusted expertise for your Umbraco search needs.
Learn from this Umbraco Codegarden presentation about common Lucene challenges in cloud environments and how ExamineX solves them with managed search services like Elasticsearch and Azure AI Search.