es-template-manager 1.3

A utility for managing Elasticsearch index templates in source control

es-template-manager

A utility for managing Elasticsearch index templates in source control

Template Directory

The utility expects to be passed the path to a directory containing Elasticsearch index template files. The utility will iterate over each file, using the name of the file as the name of the index template. The contents of each index template file should be a JSON payload defining the index template.

Usage

python es-template-manager.py $ARGUMENTS

Run python es-template-manager.py -h to see a full list of arguments.

Required Arguments

• --es-hostname: The Elasticsearch hostname. Do not prefix with http/https

• --es-port: The Elasticsearch port number

• --template-directory: The path to the directory containing the index template files

Optional Arguments

• --debug: Enable debug logging

• --es-use-ssl: Use SSL/TLS when connecting to Elasticsearch

• --es-cacert: The path to a CA certificate file for verifying the Elasticsearch server certificate's authenticity

• --es-cert: The path to a certificate file for authencating against the Elasticsearch server

• --es-key: The path to a key file for authenticating against the Elasticsearch server

• --overwrite-templates: Whether to overwrite any templates that already exist

• --pushgateway_enpoint: If you want to push the final status of the job to a pushgateway endpoint