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NAME

es-apply-settings.pl - Run to apply a JSON list of settings to indexes matching a pattern

VERSION

version 5.6

SYNOPSIS

es-apply-settings.pl --local --pattern logstash-* settings.json

Options:

    --help              print help
    --manual            print full manual
    --close             Close the index, apply settings, and re-open the index

From App::ElasticSearch::Utilities:

    --local         Use localhost as the elasticsearch host
    --host          ElasticSearch host to connect to
    --port          HTTP port for your cluster
    --proto         Defaults to 'http', can also be 'https'
    --http-username HTTP Basic Auth username
    --http-password HTTP Basic Auth password (if not specified, and --http-user is, you will be prompted)
    --password-exec Script to run to get the users password
    --noop          Any operations other than GET are disabled, can be negated with --no-noop
    --timeout       Timeout to ElasticSearch, default 30
    --keep-proxy    Do not remove any proxy settings from %ENV
    --index         Index to run commands against
    --base          For daily indexes, reference only those starting with "logstash"
                     (same as --pattern logstash-* or logstash-DATE)
    --datesep       Date separator, default '.' also (--date-separator)
    --pattern       Use a pattern to operate on the indexes
    --days          If using a pattern or base, how many days back to go, default: all

See also the "CONNECTION ARGUMENTS" and "INDEX SELECTION ARGUMENTS" sections from App::ElasticSearch::Utilities.

From CLI::Helpers:

    --data-file         Path to a file to write lines tagged with 'data => 1'
    --color             Boolean, enable/disable color, default use git settings
    --verbose           Incremental, increase verbosity (Alias is -v)
    --debug             Show developer output
    --debug-class       Show debug messages originating from a specific package, default: main
    --quiet             Show no output (for cron)
    --syslog            Generate messages to syslog as well
    --syslog-facility   Default "local0"
    --syslog-tag        The program name, default is the script name
    --syslog-debug      Enable debug messages to syslog if in use, default false

DESCRIPTION

This script allows you to change index settings on indexes whose name matches the specified pattern.

Usage:

    $ es-apply-settings.pl --local --pattern logstash-*
    > { "index.routing.allocation.exclude.ip": "192.168.10.120" }

Or specify a file containing the settings

    $ es-apply-settings.pl --local --pattern logstash-* settings.json

OPTIONS

help

Print this message and exit

manual

Print this message and exit

close

IMPORTANT: Settings are not dynamic, and the index needs to closed to have the settings applied. If this is set, the index will be re-opened before moving to the next index.

older

When this option is used along with the --days option the the setting will only be applied to indexs that are older than the days specified.

    es-apply-settings.pl --older --days 30 --pattern logstash-*

AUTHOR

Brad Lhotsky <brad@divisionbyzero.net>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

This software is Copyright (c) 2012 by Brad Lhotsky.

This is free software, licensed under:

  The (three-clause) BSD License