elasticvue

Elasticsearch gui for your browser https://elasticvue.com

Elasticsearch is a trademark of Elasticsearch BV, registered in the U.S. and in other countries.

Contents

1. About
2. Usage
3. Browser support
4. Troubleshooting
5. Comparing with other frontends
6. i18n
7. Contributing

About

Screenshots

Elasticvue is a free and open-source gui for elasticsearch that you can use to manage the data in your cluster. It has full support for elasticsearch versions 8.x and 7.x. Check the FAQ for more details.

Features

• Cluster overview
• Index & alias management
• Shard management
• Searching and editing documents
• Rest queries
• Snapshot & repository management

Usage

You can use elasticvue in several ways:

• Recommended: desktop app for linux, mac and windows

Other:

• Browser extension for chrome, firefox and edge
• Docker image
• Web version
• Self-hosted

Desktop App

Please check the releases page for the latest desktop app download.

Browser extensions

• Google chrome
• Firefox
• Microsoft edge

Start elasticvue by clicking on the icon in your toolbar.

Docker

You have to configure your elasticsearch cluster if you use elasticvue via docker
Use the existing image:

docker run -p 8080:8080 --name elasticvue -d cars10/elasticvue

When using docker you can provide some default cluster configuration for your users. You can either set an environment variable or provide a config file as a volume. In either case the content should be a json array of your clusters, looking like this:

[
  {
    "name": "dev cluster",
    "uri": "http://localhost:9200"
  },
  {
    "name": "prod cluster",
    "uri": "http://localhost:9501",
    "username": "elastic",
    "password": "foobar"
  }
]

The keys name and uri are required, username and password are optional. If you want to connect with an api key simply use that as the password and omit the username.

Docker with default clusters in environment variable

Example using environment variable ELASTICVUE_CLUSTERS:

docker run -p 8080:8080 -e ELASTICVUE_CLUSTERS='[{"name": "prod cluster", "uri": "http://localhost:9200", "username": "elastic", "password": "elastic"}]' cars10/elasticvue

Docker with default clusters in config file via volume

Example using config file volume to /usr/share/nginx/html/api/default_clusters.json:

echo '[{"name": "prod cluster", "uri": "http://localhost:9200", "username": "elastic", "password": "elastic"}]' > /config.json
docker run -p 8080:8080 -v /config.json:/usr/share/nginx/html/api/default_clusters.json cars10/elasticvue

Your users will be prompted to optionally import these clusters.

Web version

You have to configure your elasticsearch cluster if you use the web version of elasticvue
Visit https://app.elasticvue.com.

Self-hosted

You have to configure your elasticsearch cluster if you use a self-hosted version of elasticvue
Please check the wiki for more information.

Elasticsearch configuration

You have to enable CORS to allow connection to your elasticsearch cluster if you do not use the desktop app or the browser extensions.

Find your elasticsearch configuration (for example /etc/elasticsearch/elasticsearch.yml) and add the following lines:

# enable CORS
http.cors.enabled: true

# Then set the allowed origins based on how you run elasticvue. Chose only one:
# for docker / running locally
http.cors.allow-origin: "http://localhost:8080"
# online version
http.cors.allow-origin: /https?:\/\/app.elasticvue.com/

# and if your cluster uses authorization you also have to add:
http.cors.allow-headers: X-Requested-With,Content-Type,Content-Length,Authorization

If you use docker to run your elasticsearch cluster you can pass the options via environment variables:

docker run -p 9200:9200 \
           -e "http.cors.enabled=true" \
           -e "http.cors.allow-origin=/.*/" \
           elasticsearch

After configuration restart your cluster and you should be able to connect.

Browser Support

Any current version of Chrome, Firefox and Edge (Chromium) should work without issues. Safari is mostly untested so your mileage may vary.

Troubleshooting

Before opening an issue please try to reset elasticvue to its default settings:

1. Open the settings
2. Download a backup of your current elasticvue data
3. Click Disconnect and reset

This will reset all your saved filters, and you have to reconnect to your cluster. Please open an issue if your problem persists.

Comparing with other frontends

See the Wiki. Comparing to other frontends

i18n

Elasticvue is available in the following languages:

• english
• chinese (about 80% translated)

Help wanted

I do not speak chinese and therefore rely on your help to keep the chinese translation up-to-date. Please open a PR if you notice missing/wrong translations in the chinese version.

Adding a new language

If you want to add a new language: translate src/locales/en.json and open a PR.

Contributing

See CONTRIBUTING.md.

License

MIT