h1. elasticsearch-head

h2. A web front end for an Elasticsearch cluster

h3. "http://mobz.github.io/elasticsearch-head":http://mobz.github.io/elasticsearch-head

h2. Running

There are multiple ways of running elasticsearch-head.

h4. Running with built in server

• @git clone git://github.com/mobz/elasticsearch-head.git@

• @cd elasticsearch-head@

• @npm install@

• @npm run start@

• @open@ "http://localhost:9100/":http://localhost:9100/

This will start a local webserver running on port 9100 serving elasticsearch-head

h4. Running with docker

• for Elasticsearch 5.x: @docker run -p 9100:9100 mobz/elasticsearch-head:5@

• for Elasticsearch 2.x: @docker run -p 9100:9100 mobz/elasticsearch-head:2@

• for Elasticsearch 1.x: @docker run -p 9100:9100 mobz/elasticsearch-head:1@

• for fans of alpine there is @mobz/elasticsearch-head:5-alpine@

• @open@ "http://localhost:9100/":http://localhost:9100/

h4. Running as a Chrome extension

• Install "ElasticSearch Head":https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/elasticsearch-head/ffmkiejjmecolpfloofpjologoblkegm/ from the Chrome Web Store.
• Click the extension icon in the toolbar of your web browser.
• Note that you don't need to "enable CORS":#enable-cors-in-elasticsearch with this method.

h4. Running as a plugin of Elasticsearch (deprecated)

• for Elasticsearch 5.x, 6.x, and 7.x: site plugins are not supported. Run "as a standalone server":#running-with-built-in-server

• for Elasticsearch 2.x: @sudo elasticsearch/bin/plugin install mobz/elasticsearch-head@

• for Elasticsearch 1.x: @sudo elasticsearch/bin/plugin -install mobz/elasticsearch-head/1.x@

• for Elasticsearch 0.x: @sudo elasticsearch/bin/plugin -install mobz/elasticsearch-head/0.9@

• @open http://localhost:9200/_plugin/head/@

This will automatically download the appropriate version of elasticsearch-head from github and run it as a plugin within the elasticsearch cluster. In this mode elasticsearch-head automatically connects to the node that is running it

h4. Running with the local proxy

This is an experimental feature which creates a local proxy for many remote elasticsearch clusters

• configure clusters in proxy/clusters
• create a file per remote cluster you want to connect to ( see @localhost9200.json@ as example )
• requires node >= 6.0
• @npm install@
• @npm run proxy@

At the moment it only works with @grunt server@ running on http://localhost:9100

h4. Alternatives

• File System: elastisearch-head is a standalone webapp written in good-ol' html5. This means, you can put it up on any webserver, run it directly from the filesystem. It'll even fit on a floppy disk.
• DEB package: There is an unofficial deb package. the plugin executable will be available at @/usr/share/elasticsearch/bin/plugin@.
• Homebrew: There is an unofficial keg. The plugin executable will be available at @/usr/local/Cellar/elasticsearch/(elasticsearch version)/libexec/bin/plugin@.

h3. Connecting to elasticsearch

By default elasticsearch exposes a http rest API on port 9200 which elasticsearch-head connects to.

h4. Enable CORS in elasticsearch

When not running as a Chrome extension or as a plugin of elasticsearch (which is not even possible from version 5), you must enable "CORS":https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/modules-http.html in elasticsearch, or else your browser will reject elasticsearch-head's requests due to violation of the same-origin policy.

In elasticsearch configuration;

• add @http.cors.enabled: true@
• you must also set @http.cors.allow-origin@ because no origin allowed by default. @http.cors.allow-origin: ""@ is valid value, however it's considered as a security risk as your cluster is open to cross origin from anywhere*.

h4. Basic Authentication

elasticsearch-head will add basic auth headers to each request if you pass in the "correct url parameters":#url-parameters You will also need to add @http.cors.allow-headers: Authorization@ to the elasticsearch configuration

h4. x-pack

elasticsearch x-pack requires basic authentication and CORS as described above. Make sure you have the correct CORS setup and then open es-head with a url like "http://localhost:9100/?auth_user=elastic&auth_password=changeme"

h4. URL Parameters

Parameters may be appended to the url to set an initial state eg. @head/index.html?base_uri=http://node-01.example.com:9200@

• @base_uri@ force elasticsearch-head to connect to a particular node.
• @dashboard@ experimental feature to open elasticsearch-head in a mode suitable for dashboard / radiator. Accepts one parameter @dashboard=cluster@
• @auth_user@ adds basic auth credentials to http requests ( requires "elasticsearch-http-basic":https://github.com/karussell/elasticsearch-http-basic plugin or a reverse proxy )
• @auth_password@ basic auth password as above (note: without "additional security layers":http://security.stackexchange.com/questions/988/is-basic-auth-secure-if-done-over-https, passwords are sent over the network in the clear )
• @lang@ force elasticsearch-head to use specified ui language (eg: en, fr, pt, zh, zh-TW, tr, ja)

h4. Contributing

To contribute to elasticsearch-head you will need the following developer tools

git and a "github":https://github.com/ account

"node ( including npm )":http://nodejs.org/download

"grunt-cli":http://gruntjs.com/getting-started

(to run jasmine tests) "phantomjs":http://phantomjs.org

Then

create a fork of elasticsearch-head on github

clone your fork to your machine

@cd elasticsearch-head@

@npm install@ # downloads node dev dependencies

@grunt dev@ # builds the distribution files, then watches the src directory for changes (if you have an warning like "Warning: Task "clean" failed. Use --force to continue.", well use --force ;) )

Changes to both _site and src directories must be committed, to allow people to run elasticsearch-head without running dev tools and follow existing dev patterns, such as indenting with tabs.

h5. Contributing an Internationalisation

• Simplified Chinese by "darkcount":https://github.com/hangxin1940
• Traditional Chinese by "kewang":https://github.com/kewang
• English (primary) by "Ben Birch":https://twitter.com/mobz
• French by "David Pilato":https://twitter.com/dadoonet
• Portuguese by "caiodangelo":https://github.com/caiodangelo
• Turkish by "Cemre Mengu":https://github.com/cemremengu
• Japanese by "Satoshi Kimura":https://github.com/satoshi-kimura
• Vietnamese by "Du Tran":https://github.com/quangdutran

To contribute an internationalisation

Follow "Contributing" instructions above

Find your 2-character "ISO 639-1 language code":http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ISO_639-1_codes

edit _site/index.html to add your 2 letter language code to the data-langs attribute of this line @@

make a copy of @src/app/langs/en_strings.js@ prefixed with your language code

convert english strings and fragments to your language. "Formatting Rules":http://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/i18n/format/messageintro.html

Submit a pull request

!http://mobz.github.com/elasticsearch-head/screenshots/clusterOverview.png(ClusterOverview Screenshot)!