Before you use an Alibaba Cloud Elasticsearch cluster to query your business data, make sure that you can access the cluster. You can access your Elasticsearch cluster by using the Kibana console, a curl command, or a client.
Use the Kibana console to access a cluster
The Kibana console is a part of the Elastic ecosystem and is seamlessly integrated into Elasticsearch. The Kibana console allows you to monitor the status of your Elasticsearch clusters and manage these clusters. This section describes how to use the Kibana console to manage your Elasticsearch cluster.
Use a curl command to access a cluster
Use a client to access a cluster
You can use a PHP, Python, Java, or Go client to access your Elasticsearch cluster. For more information, see Elasticsearch clients.