# Elasticsearch-head - web console for your cluster **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [March 9, 2011, 5:06am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-head-web-console-for-your-cluster/4061 "2011-03-09T05:06:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mobz\_2](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/mobz_2/32/2473_2.png) [@mobz\_2](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mobz_2)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2011, 5:06am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-head-web-console-for-your-cluster/4061/1 "2011-03-09T05:06:06Z")
Hi, Introducing elasticsearch-head Actually this is not a new project - but might be new some of the users on this list. elasticsearch-head is a web based interface to an es cluster. eshead connects to one of the cluster nodes using ajax and the restful api to show information and allow interaction with the cluster. More information is available at [http://mobz.github.com/elasticsearch-head/](http://mobz.github.com/elasticsearch-head/). If you are playing around with elasticsearch it's definitely worth having eshead on hand. At the moment I'm developing an 'overview' mode which shows - in a grid - all your nodes, and indices, with the shard / replica allocation. The idea for this is that it could become a management interface for the cluster. My question is: What operations (eg delete an index, change setting) and what information (shard status, load, available disk space?) would be useful to see from this interface. You can see the prototype by downloading elasticsearch-head ( git clone git://github.com/mobz/elasticsearch-head.git ) and navigating to the "Overview" tab. In general, very happy to accept feature requests, and or abuse about the project. Cheers, mobz @mobz > **[mobz (Ben Birch)](https://github.com/mobz)** > > mobz has 36 repositories available. Follow their code on GitHub. ---
**Author:** ![Lukas\_Vlcek1](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/lukas_vlcek1/32/819_2.png) [@Lukas\_Vlcek1](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Lukas_Vlcek1)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2011, 8:11am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-head-web-console-for-your-cluster/4061/2 "2011-03-09T08:11:21Z")
Hey, looks nice! Did you consider using isotope [http://isotope.metafizzy.co/index.html](http://isotope.metafizzy.co/index.html) js library for the overview panel? For example check this demo: [http://isotope.metafizzy.co/demos/elements-complete.html](http://isotope.metafizzy.co/demos/elements-complete.html) and play with various filter/sort/layout options. I did not try it myself but I think isotope should support nesting of elements (each node having nested index shards in it and user could toggle display of proportional size of it and choosing various sorting options... etc). Also isotope licence[http://isotope.metafizzy.co/docs/license.html](http://isotope.metafizzy.co/docs/license.html)seems to be quite friendly. [http://isotope.metafizzy.co/demos/elements-complete.html](http://isotope.metafizzy.co/demos/elements-complete.html)Regards, Lukas On Wed, Mar 9, 2011 at 6:06 AM, mobz [ben@mobz.org](mailto:ben@mobz.org) wrote: > Hi, > > Introducing elasticsearch-head > Actually this is not a new project - but might be new some > of the users on this list. > > elasticsearch-head is a web based interface to an es cluster. eshead > connects to one of the cluster nodes using ajax and the restful api to > show information and allow interaction with the cluster. More > information is available at [http://mobz.github.com/elasticsearch-head/](http://mobz.github.com/elasticsearch-head/). > If you are playing around with elasticsearch it's definitely worth > having eshead on hand. > > At the moment I'm developing an 'overview' mode which shows - in a > grid - all your nodes, and indices, with the shard / replica > allocation. The idea for this is that it could become a management > interface for the cluster. > > My question is: What operations (eg delete an index, change setting) > and what information (shard status, load, available disk space?) would > be useful to see from this interface. > > You can see the prototype by downloading elasticsearch-head ( git > clone git://github.com/mobz/elasticsearch-head.git ) and navigating to > the "Overview" tab. > > In general, very happy to accept feature requests, and or abuse about > the project. > > Cheers, > > mobz > > @mobz > [mobz (Ben Birch) · GitHub](http://github.com/mobz) ---
**Author:** ![Ridvan\_Gyundogan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e495f1/32.png) [@Ridvan\_Gyundogan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ridvan_Gyundogan)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2011, 8:40am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-head-web-console-for-your-cluster/4061/3 "2011-03-09T08:40:56Z")
Hi , I use your elasticsearch-head. Looks really nice and saves me lots of time, but here some notes: 1. if I have metadata in my index type and click on it at the "Browser" tab it's results are not shown. 2. If I go to "Any Request" write a search query there and then go to "Browser" tab and again to "Any Request" my query is gone. Don't get me wrong the tool is great, these are only some small issues. Best Regards On Wed, Mar 9, 2011 at 6:06 AM, mobz [ben@mobz.org](mailto:ben@mobz.org) wrote: > Hi, > > Introducing elasticsearch-head > Actually this is not a new project - but might be new some > of the users on this list. > > elasticsearch-head is a web based interface to an es cluster. eshead > connects to one of the cluster nodes using ajax and the restful api to > show information and allow interaction with the cluster. More > information is available at [http://mobz.github.com/elasticsearch-head/](http://mobz.github.com/elasticsearch-head/). > If you are playing around with elasticsearch it's definitely worth > having eshead on hand. > > At the moment I'm developing an 'overview' mode which shows - in a > grid - all your nodes, and indices, with the shard / replica > allocation. The idea for this is that it could become a management > interface for the cluster. > > My question is: What operations (eg delete an index, change setting) > and what information (shard status, load, available disk space?) would > be useful to see from this interface. > > You can see the prototype by downloading elasticsearch-head ( git > clone git://github.com/mobz/elasticsearch-head.git ) and navigating to > the "Overview" tab. > > In general, very happy to accept feature requests, and or abuse about > the project. > > Cheers, > > mobz > > @mobz > [mobz (Ben Birch) · GitHub](http://github.com/mobz) ---
**Author:** ![mobz\_2](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/mobz_2/32/2473_2.png) [@mobz\_2](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mobz_2)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2011, 10:51am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-head-web-console-for-your-cluster/4061/4 "2011-03-09T10:51:56Z")
@Lukáš I've seen isotope before, but had not considered it for the overview - it would be an interesting way to show relative sizes of different indices! @Ridvan For the metadata - I'm not sure exactly what you mean - if you could gist me a test case that would be awesome For the AnyRequest - I've been thinking about adding some sort of history to the any request, so I might do that tonight. Cheers, mobz On Mar 9, 7:40 pm, Ridvan Gyundogan [ridva...@gmail.com](mailto:ridva...@gmail.com) wrote: > Hi , > I use your elasticsearch-head. > Looks really nice and saves me lots of time, but here some notes: > > 1. if I have metadata in my index type and click on it at the "Browser" tab > it's results are not shown. > 2. If I go to "Any Request" write a search query there and then go to > "Browser" tab and again to "Any Request" my query is gone. > > Don't get me wrong the tool is great, these are only some small issues. > > Best Regards > > On Wed, Mar 9, 2011 at 6:06 AM, mobz [b...@mobz.org](mailto:b...@mobz.org) wrote: > > > Hi, > > > Introducing elasticsearch-head > > Actually this is not a new project - but might be new some > > of the users on this list. > > > elasticsearch-head is a web based interface to an es cluster. eshead > > connects to one of the cluster nodes using ajax and the restful api to > > show information and allow interaction with the cluster. More > > information is available athttp://mobz.github.com/elasticsearch-head/. > > If you are playing around with elasticsearch it's definitely worth > > having eshead on hand. > > > At the moment I'm developing an 'overview' mode which shows - in a > > grid - all your nodes, and indices, with the shard / replica > > allocation. The idea for this is that it could become a management > > interface for the cluster. > > > My question is: What operations (eg delete an index, change setting) > > and what information (shard status, load, available disk space?) would > > be useful to see from this interface. > > > You can see the prototype by downloading elasticsearch-head ( git > > clone git://github.com/mobz/elasticsearch-head.git ) and navigating to > > the "Overview" tab. > > > In general, very happy to accept feature requests, and or abuse about > > the project. > > > Cheers, > > > mobz > > > @mobz > > [mobz (Ben Birch) · GitHub](http://github.com/mobz) ---
**Author:** ![Ridvan\_Gyundogan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e495f1/32.png) [@Ridvan\_Gyundogan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ridvan_Gyundogan)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2011, 2:34pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-head-web-console-for-your-cluster/4061/5 "2011-03-09T14:34:12Z")
@Ben Forget issue 1, it seems that it was my mistake I didn't notice that this is a multiple select. I saw that you implemented issue 2 - works good, but is it possible to also clear the history sometimes? On Wed, Mar 9, 2011 at 11:51 AM, mobz [ben@mobz.org](mailto:ben@mobz.org) wrote: > @Lukáš > > I've seen isotope before, but had not considered it for the overview > > - it would be an interesting way to show relative sizes of different > indices! > > @Ridvan > For the metadata - I'm not sure exactly what you mean - if you could > gist me a test case that would be awesome > For the AnyRequest - I've been thinking about adding some sort of > history to the any request, so I might do that tonight. > > Cheers, > > mobz > > On Mar 9, 7:40 pm, Ridvan Gyundogan [ridva...@gmail.com](mailto:ridva...@gmail.com) wrote: > > > Hi , > > I use your elasticsearch-head. > > Looks really nice and saves me lots of time, but here some notes: > > > > 1. if I have metadata in my index type and click on it at the "Browser" > > tab > > it's results are not shown. > > 2. If I go to "Any Request" write a search query there and then go to > > "Browser" tab and again to "Any Request" my query is gone. > > > > Don't get me wrong the tool is great, these are only some small issues. > > > > Best Regards > > > > On Wed, Mar 9, 2011 at 6:06 AM, mobz [b...@mobz.org](mailto:b...@mobz.org) wrote: > > > > > Hi, > > > > > Introducing elasticsearch-head > > > Actually this is not a new project - but might be new some > > > of the users on this list. > > > > > elasticsearch-head is a web based interface to an es cluster. eshead > > > connects to one of the cluster nodes using ajax and the restful api to > > > show information and allow interaction with the cluster. More > > > information is available athttp://mobz.github.com/elasticsearch-head/. > > > If you are playing around with elasticsearch it's definitely worth > > > having eshead on hand. > > > > > At the moment I'm developing an 'overview' mode which shows - in a > > > grid - all your nodes, and indices, with the shard / replica > > > allocation. The idea for this is that it could become a management > > > interface for the cluster. > > > > > My question is: What operations (eg delete an index, change setting) > > > and what information (shard status, load, available disk space?) would > > > be useful to see from this interface. > > > > > You can see the prototype by downloading elasticsearch-head ( git > > > clone git://github.com/mobz/elasticsearch-head.git ) and navigating to > > > the "Overview" tab. > > > > > In general, very happy to accept feature requests, and or abuse about > > > the project. > > > > > Cheers, > > > > > mobz > > > > > @mobz > > > [mobz (Ben Birch) · GitHub](http://github.com/mobz) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 4:10am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-head-web-console-for-your-cluster/4061/6 "2017-07-06T04:10:26Z")