Install elasticsearch-head

Elasticsearch-head is a Web front-end for an Elasticsearch cluster. For Elasticsearch 5.x, site plugins are not supported, so it needs to run as a standalone server. Follow these steps:

• Install Node.js and npm from the official website.

• Download the elasticsearch-head ZIP file and decompress it:

    $ wget https://github.com/mobz/elasticsearch-head/archive/master.zip
    $ unzip master.zip
  

• Install the modules and run the service:

    $ cd elasticsearch-head-master
    $ npm install
    $ ./node_modules/grunt/bin/grunt server &
  

• Update the /opt/bitnami/elasticsearch/config/elasticsearch.yml file and enable CORS by setting http.cors.enabled to true:

    http.cors.enabled: true
  

• In the same file, set the http.cors.allow-origin variable to the domains that are allowed to send cross-origin requests. If you prepend and append a “/” to the value, this will be treated as a regular expression. For example:

    http.cors.allow-origin: /https?:\/\/localhost(:[0-9]+)?/
  

NOTE: You can set the value of http.cors.allow-origin to “*” to allow CORS requests from anywhere if you wish. However, this is not recommended as it is a security risk.

• Add Apache configuration for elasticsearch-head to /opt/bitnami/elasticsearch/apache-conf/elasticsearch.conf:

    ProxyPass        /elasticsearch-head http://127.0.0.1:9100
    ProxyPassReverse /elasticsearch-head http://127.0.0.1:9100
  

• Restart the services:

    $ sudo /opt/bitnami/ctlscript.sh restart apache
  

• Browse to http://SERVER-IP/elasticsearch-head/?base_uri=http://SERVER-IP/elasticsearch and insert your Elasticsearch credentials. You should see something like the screenshot below: