Elasticsearch

• Purpose: Connect to an Elasticsearch cluster for full-text search and log analytics.
• When to use it: Best for analyzing application logs, event streams, and search indices stored in Elasticsearch or OpenSearch.
• How to create it:
  1. Go to Data Sources and click Add.
  2. Select Elasticsearch.
  3. Name: Enter a unique name for this connection.
  4. URL: Cluster endpoint (e.g., http://localhost:9200 or your Elastic Cloud URL).
  5. Index: The index name to query (e.g., logs-*).
  6. Authentication: Choose one:
     • API Key: Paste the Base64-encoded Elasticsearch API key.
     • Username / Password: Basic auth credentials.
  7. Scan Limit: Maximum documents to fetch per query (default 10,000).
  8. Query: (Optional) DSL filter to narrow results on load.
  9. Click Test Connection to verify, then Save.