Bonsai supports the ElasticHQ monitoring and management interface. This open source software gives you insight into the state of your cluster. If you’re looking to see details about performance, check out Cluster Metrics.
The GitHub repo has tons of documentation and how-to guides. This article lays out some common methods of running ElasticHQ locally.
<div class="code-snippet-container"><a fs-copyclip-element="click-1" href="#" class="btn w-button code-copy-button" title="Copy"><img class="copy-image" src="https://global-uploads.webflow.com/63c81e4decde60c281417feb/6483934eeefb356710a1d2e9_icon-copy.svg" loading="lazy" alt=""><img class="copied-image" src="https://assets-global.website-files.com/63c81e4decde60c281417feb/64839e207c2860eb9e6aa572_icon-copied.svg" loading="lazy" alt=""></a><div class="code-snippet"><pre><code fs-codehighlight-element="code" fs-copyclip-element="copy-this-1" class="hljs language-javascript">mkdir -p ~/.pow/elastichq
git clone git@github.com:royrusso/elasticsearch-HQ.git ~/.pow/elastichq/public</code></pre></div></div>
Navigate your browser to http://elastichq.dev/. You should see the ElasticHQ dashboard. Enter your Bonsai cluster URL in the field for the cluster location and click on “Connect.” The dashboard will bring up information about your cluster.
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cd elasticsearch-HQ
git checkout master
npm install
grunt server</code></pre></div></div>
You should see the ElasticHQ dashboard at <span class="inline-code"><pre><code>http://localhost:9000/</code></pre></span>. Enter your bonsai.io cluster URL in the field for the cluster location and click on “Connect.” The dashboard will bring up information about your cluster.
First, make sure Apache is running. Typically this means you can access a directory via your browser at <span class="inline-code"><pre><code>http://localhost:80/</code></pre></span>. Your install may be different, so use whatever URL/folder is appropriate for you.
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git@github.com:royrusso/elasticsearch-HQ.git
cd elasticsearch-HQ/
git checkout master</code></pre></div></div>
Open up your browser to <span class="inline-code"><pre><code>http://localhost:80/elasticsearch-HQ/</code></pre></span> and you should see the ElasticHQ dashboard. Enter your bonsai.io cluster URL in the field for the cluster location and click on “Connect.” The dashboard will bring up information about your cluster.
