Before you use an Alibaba Cloud Elasticsearch cluster to serve your business, you must access the cluster. You can also configure the cluster to improve query efficiency and service security. This topic describes how to access an Elasticsearch cluster and provides the configurations that are supported by Alibaba Cloud Elasticsearch.
Access an Elasticsearch cluster
You can use one of the following methods to access an Elasticsearch cluster.
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| Kibana console |
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Log on to the Kibana console |
| API | Use an API to access an Elasticsearch cluster. | Use API operations to manage an Alibaba Cloud Elasticsearch cluster |
| Client | Run the PHP, Python, Java, or Go code to access an Elasticsearch cluster. | Use a client to access an Alibaba Cloud Elasticsearch cluster |
Configure an Elasticsearch cluster
Alibaba Cloud Elasticsearch supports the following configurations.
| Item | Detailed configuration | References |
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| Cluster |
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| Plug-ins |
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| Monitoring and alerting |
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| Logs | Configure log-related settings. | Query logs |
| Security |
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| Data backup |
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| Data visualization |
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