Elasticvue - Elasticsearch and OpenSearch GUI

This is a repackaged open source software product wherein additional charges apply for cloudimg support services.

## Overview

Elasticvue is a free, open source web front end for Elasticsearch and OpenSearch. It gives you a clean browser interface to check cluster and node health, browse and manage indices and shards, run searches and queries, and work with your documents - without installing a desktop tool. This AMI delivers Elasticvue 1.15 fully installed behind an nginx reverse proxy and pre-wired to a bundled single-node OpenSearch 3.7 cluster, so a working cluster console is serving within minutes of launch.

## Why This AMI Instead of Self-Deployment

Deploying Elasticvue manually against your own OpenSearch cluster requires configuring CORS headers, setting up TLS, hardening the OpenSearch security plugin, provisioning storage, and wiring a reverse proxy - typically dozens of configuration steps across multiple files. This AMI eliminates that work entirely. The bundled stack handles origin policy, authentication, container orchestration, disk provisioning, and automatic restarts on failure. You get a production-ready console without writing a single config file.

## Application Stack

Elasticvue and a single-node OpenSearch cluster run as containers behind nginx on port 80. Elasticvue is a static single-page application; OpenSearch provides a real cluster for it to manage out of the box. nginx serves the Elasticvue interface and reverse-proxies the OpenSearch REST API on the same origin, so the interface connects to the bundled cluster with no browser configuration. The container runtime and reverse proxy start on boot and the containers restart on failure.

## Manage Your Cluster From the Browser

• View cluster health, node statistics, and shard allocation at a glance
• Create, open, close, reindex, and delete indices
• Edit mappings and settings, manage aliases and templates
• Explore documents in a searchable table, add and update documents
• Run queries with a built-in REST request editor against any endpoint
• Point Elasticvue at the bundled OpenSearch cluster or add connections to your own Elasticsearch or OpenSearch clusters

## Secure First Boot

On the first boot a one-shot service generates a fresh admin password unique to that instance for the bundled OpenSearch cluster and records it in a file only the root user can read. No shared or default credentials ship in the image. The OpenSearch security plugin enforces authentication on the cluster, so the console is protected from the moment it comes online.

## Ready To Use

Open the web interface in your browser and Elasticvue connects to the bundled cluster automatically, with cluster health and indices ready to explore. A built-in health endpoint answers on the reverse proxy for load balancer and uptime checks. The cluster data lives on a dedicated, independently resizable data disk.

## Use-Case Scenario: Shared Developer Workbench

A development team managing 50+ indices across staging and production needs a shared console without granting SSH access to every engineer. With this AMI, a developer pushes a new mapping through the index management view, an analyst runs a saved query in the REST editor, and an operator checks shard balance on the cluster overview - all from a browser tab. During an incident, any team member can verify cluster health in seconds without CLI access or VPN tunneling.

## Additional Use Cases

• A browser-based console to inspect and operate an Elasticsearch or OpenSearch cluster
• A quick way to explore indices, run queries, and manage documents from anywhere
• A lightweight alternative to OpenSearch Dashboards when you only need cluster and index management

## cloudimg Support

24/7 technical support by email and chat. Help with deployment, HTTPS and reverse proxy configuration, connecting Elasticvue to your own clusters, index and security configuration, storage and upgrade planning.

## Get Started

Launch the AMI, open port 80 (or 443 after HTTPS setup) in your security group, and navigate to your instance's public IP. The Elasticvue interface loads automatically connected to the bundled cluster. To schedule a guided deployment walkthrough or ask pre-purchase questions, contact support@cloudimg.co.uk.

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