Merge pull request #411 from reta/issue-396

[FEATURE] Document OPENSEARCH_JAVA_HOME
opensearch-project · Mar 17, 2022 · 27f322c · 27f322c
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 OpenSearch version | Compatible Java versions | Recommended operating systems
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 1.x | 8, 11, 15 | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7, 8; CentOS 7, 8; Amazon Linux 2; Ubuntu 16.04, 18.04, 20.04
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+If you plan on running applications besides OpenSearch with different Java requirements, set the `OPENSEARCH_JAVA_HOME` environment variable to the location of the Java installation to be used by OpenSearch. `OPENSEARCH_JAVA_HOME` supersedes the `JAVA_HOME` environment variable.