Merge pull request #435 from wunderio/feature/QAG-49-2

QAG-49: (fix) Add plugin existence check for Elasticsearch installations

Author: tormi

.ddev/config.yaml

@@ -29,5 +29,13 @@ corepack_enable: false
 hooks:
   post-start:
     - exec: "composer install"
-    - exec: "elasticsearch-plugin install analysis-icu analysis-ukrainian"
+    - exec: |
+        plugins=(analysis-icu analysis-ukrainian)
+        for plugin in "${plugins[@]}"; do
+          if ! elasticsearch-plugin list | grep -q "^$plugin\b"; then
+            elasticsearch-plugin install "$plugin"
+          else
+            echo "Plugin $plugin is already installed"
+          fi
+        done
       service: elasticsearch

README.md

@@ -74,7 +74,8 @@ This project supports two local development environments: DDEV (preferred) and L
 #### DDEV setup instructions
 
 1. Install [DDEV](https://ddev.com/get-started/)
-2. Start the environment and set up your project:
+2. Ensure Docker is running on your system
+3. Start the environment and set up your project:
 
    ```bash
    # Start the DDEV environment