fix versoin newline

satisfy full linter
internal/gofix and fix error wrapping (#76 )
2026-08-24 09:34:17 +02:00 · 2026-07-07 23:48:20 +02:00 · 2026-07-07 23:45:14 +02:00 · 2026-07-07 10:41:34 +02:00 · 2026-07-07 08:39:32 +02:00 · 2026-07-07 07:29:03 +02:00
76 changed files with 4146 additions and 1394 deletions
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -32,3 +32,6 @@ esctl
 *.log

 cpu.profile
+
+t
+single
--- a/.golangci.yml
+++ b/.golangci.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,110 @@
+version: "2"
+
+linters:
+  enable:
+    - errcheck
+    - govet
+    - ineffassign
+    - staticcheck
+    - unused
+    - arangolint
+    - asasalint
+    - asciicheck
+    - bidichk
+    - bodyclose
+    - canonicalheader
+    - clickhouselint
+    - containedctx
+    #- contextcheck
+    - copyloopvar
+    #- cyclop
+    - decorder
+    - dogsled
+    - dupword
+    - durationcheck
+    - embeddedstructfieldcheck
+    - errchkjson
+    - errname
+    #- errorlint
+    - exhaustive
+    - exptostd
+    - fatcontext
+    - funcorder
+    #- funlen
+    - ginkgolinter
+    - gocheckcompilerdirectives
+    - gochecknoinits
+    - gochecksumtype
+    #- gocognit
+    - gocritic
+    #- gocyclo
+    #- godoclint
+    - goheader
+    - gomoddirectives
+    - gomodguard_v2
+    - goprintffuncname
+    #- gosec
+    - gosmopolitan
+    - grouper
+    - iface
+    - importas
+    - inamedparam
+    - interfacebloat
+    - intrange
+    - iotamixing
+    - lll
+    - loggercheck
+    - makezero
+    - misspell
+    - modernize
+    - nakedret
+    #- nestif
+    - nilerr
+    - nilnesserr
+    - nlreturn
+    - nonamedreturns
+    - nosprintfhostport
+    - paralleltest
+    - perfsprint
+    - prealloc
+    #- predeclared
+    - promlinter
+    - protogetter
+    - reassign
+    - recvcheck
+    #- revive
+    - rowserrcheck
+    - sloglint
+    - spancheck
+    - sqlclosecheck
+    - tagalign
+    - testableexamples
+    - testifylint
+    - testpackage
+    - thelper
+    - tparallel
+    - unconvert
+    - unparam
+    - unqueryvet
+    - usestdlibvars
+    - usetesting
+    - varnamelen
+    - wastedassign
+    - whitespace
+    - wsl_v5
+    - zerologlint
+
+  settings:
+    varnamelen:
+      ignore-names:
+        - err
+        - wg
+        - mu
+        - ts
+        - to
+        - es
+        - op
+        - fd
+        - id
+        - fn
+      
--- a/.woodpecker/build.yaml
+++ b/.woodpecker/build.yaml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ matrix:
  platform:
    - linux/amd64
  goversion:
-    - 1.25.8
+    - 1.26.4

 labels:
  platform: ${platform}
@@ -21,6 +21,6 @@ steps:
      event: [push,manual]
    image: golang:${goversion}
    commands:
-      - curl -sSfL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/golangci/golangci-lint/HEAD/install.sh | sh -s -- -b $(go env GOPATH)/bin v2.5.0
+      - curl -sSfL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/golangci/golangci-lint/HEAD/install.sh | sh -s -- -b $(go env GOPATH)/bin v2.12.2
      - golangci-lint --version
      - golangci-lint run ./...
--- a/9
+++ b/9
@@ -62,17 +62,16 @@ install: buildlocal
 clean:
 	rm -rf $(tool) coverage.out testdata t/out pkg/es/openspec.go

-test: clean
-	mkdir -p t/out
-	go test ./... $(ARGS)
+test: clean buildlocal
+	make -C t test

 testlint: test lint

 lint:
-	golangci-lint run
+	golangci-lint run --enable-only errcheck,govet,ineffassign,staticcheck,unused

 lint-full:
-	golangci-lint run --enable-all --exclude-use-default --disable exhaustivestruct,exhaustruct,depguard,interfacer,deadcode,golint,structcheck,scopelint,varcheck,ifshort,maligned,nosnakecase,godot,funlen,gofumpt,cyclop,noctx,gochecknoglobals,paralleltest
+	golangci-lint run --show-stats=false

 testfuzzy: clean
 	go test -fuzz ./... $(ARGS)
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ Features:
 - Shell completion support (bash, zsh and fish). Put this into your
  rc: `source <(esctl completion bash)`.
 - Cluster settings can be viewed and modified.
+- Comprehensive cluster status.
+- Cluster reroute support.
 - Search: you can search indices using full text or by fields, select
  logical condition (OR, AND), use PIT, limit datetime (ES date math
  can be used), etc. It is however not yet possible to create
@@ -44,10 +46,12 @@ Features:
 - API  documentation   (`api  list`  and  `api   show  <path>`)  with
  interactive markdown pager for endpoint documentation.
 - Repl: this is an interactive REPL (read eval print loop) towards the
-  elasticsearch API. You can run API calls on the current selected
+  elasticsearch API.  You can  run API calls  on the  current selected
  cluster w/o the hassle to specify the whole url, credentials etc. It
-  has line editing and history support. If `jq` is installed output
-  JSON will be syntax highlighted.
+  has line  editing and history  support. If `jq` is  installed output
+  JSON will  be syntax  highlighted. A simple  internal pager  will be
+  used if output exceeds the terminal height. You can tweak this using
+  the `$ES_JSON_PAGER` environment variable (I'd recommend [fx](https://fx.wtf/)).
 - Doc support. You can put, delete and show docs for an index. Very
  handy if you want to play with it. Just create a new index:
  `esctl index create foo` and then insert docs into it for search
@@ -113,6 +117,7 @@ Configure `esctl` with environment variables:
 - `ES_URI`: elasticsearch uri
 - `ES_USER`: username
 - `ES_PASS`: password
+- `ES_TOKEN`: API token, instead of user+password

 Or create a config file such as this:

@@ -121,11 +126,10 @@ clusters:
  foobar:
    uri: https://es.foo.bar:9200/
    user: elastic
-    pass: 123456
+    pass: ******
  other:
    uri: https://myes.foo:9200/
-    user: elastic
-    pass: asdasdasd
+    token: ******
 ```

 and specify it with `-c configfile`.  You may also put clusters into a
@@ -433,6 +437,40 @@ $ esctl search -i hyperdrive -l 2 | jq
 }
 ```

+There are also some uniq features which are not directly available via
+the ES API or GUI. Here's one example: say you have a number of
+indices with ILM policies each. At some day there were a surge in
+incoming data in some of them and you want to know, when the excess
+data will be rolled over to cold storage:
+
+```console
+$ esctl ilm forecast sh -f warm -w 3d 
+1.1 TB bytes of data in warm phase will be rolled within 72h0m0s to the next phase
+```
+
+You may also look at a detailed ilm forecast list:
+
+```console
+$ esctl ilm forecast ls -f warm -w 3d
+INDEX                           CURRENT-SIZE  CURRENT-AGE  VIRTUAL-AGE  MIN-AGE  MIN-SIZE  CURRENT-PHASE  NEXT-PHASE
+foobar-n1-p01-elastic-000126    12 GB         2d:8h:12m    3d:5h:16m    7d       25 GB     hot            warm      
+foobar-n1-p01-misc-000070       16 GB         5d:16h:31m   4d:10h:31m   7d       25 GB     hot            warm      
+foobar-n1-q01-elastic-000122    23 GB         5d:0h:11m    6d:10h:33m   7d       25 GB     hot            warm      
+foobar-n1-q01-misc-000072       18 GB         6d:15h:21m   4d:21h:36m   7d       25 GB     hot            warm      
+delaware-f1-p01-kafka-000023    1.3 MB        15h:12m      0s           7d       25 GB     hot            warm      
+delaware-f1-p01-misc-000024     17 GB         6d:16h:1m    4d:16h:33m   7d       25 GB     hot            warm      
+delaware-f1-q01-kafka-000023    1.5 MB        15h:12m      0s           7d       25 GB     hot            warm      
+delaware-f1-q01-misc-000024     16 GB         6d:15h:31m   4d:13h:52m   7d       25 GB     hot            warm      
+delaware-n1-p01-elastic-000417  16 GB         12h:42m      4d:10h:31m   7d       25 GB     hot            warm 
+```
+So you can see, which index will be rolled over when. Note the
+**VIRTUAL-AGE** field however: it is calculated from the current
+storage usage of the index in relation to rollover max shard size. So
+you can see, when an index will be rolled over either because it aged
+out or because its storage exceeded the limit.
+
+---
+
 Please note, that `esctl` is still in its early stages and things are
 changing heavily every now and then. New commands are being added
 constantly as well.
@@ -440,95 +478,102 @@ constantly as well.
 ### Command tree:

 ```console
-api                   - api access and documentation
-  list                - list index of API calls
-  show                - show an API doc
-  repl                - interactive API repl
-ccr                   - manage cross cluster replication
-  status              - cross cluster replication status (yaml config with 2 clusters required)
-  pause               - pause shard allocation
-  resume              - resume shard allocation
-  follower            - manage ccr follower indices
-    show              - show ccr follower index details
-    add               - add ccr follower index
-    delete            - delete ccr follower index
-    unfollow          - unfollow ccr follower index
-    pause             - pause ccr index to follow
-    resume            - resume ccr index to follow
-    renew             - renew ccr follower index
-  info                - show ccr remote info
-cluster               - manage cluster[s]
-  status              - show cluster status
-  switch              - set current elasticsearch cluster
-  list                - list configured clusters
-  settings            - cluster settings management
-    list              - show cluster settings
-    set               - set|update cluster settings
-datastream            - manage data streams
-  list                - list indicies
-  show                - show details about an data stream
-  create              - create a new data stream
-  delete              - delete a data stream
-  rollover            - roll over a data stream
-doc                   - manage documents
-  add                 - add JSON document index
-  show                - show a JSON document
-  delete              - delete JSON document[s] from index[es]
-ilm                   - manage index lifecycle
-  retry               - retry applying an ILM profile to an index
-  status              - get the current index lifecycle management status
-  list                - list index lifecycle policies
-  show                - show details about an index lifecycle policy
-  create              - create a index lifecycle policy
-  forecast            - calculate index phase movements
-    list              - list index rollover config
-    show              - show rollover forecast over all indices
-index                 - manage indicies
-  list                - list indicies
-  show                - show details about an index
-  create              - create a new index
-  modify              - modify anindex
-  delete              - delete an index
-  close               - close an index
-  allocation          - explain index allocation
-  fields              - show info about field capabilities
-  ilm                 - show ilm status
-  alias               - manage index aliases
-    create            - create an index alias
-    list              - list index aliases
-    delete            - delete an index alias
-    rollover          - roll over an index alias
-  template            - manage index templates
-    list              - list index templates
-    show              - show details about an index template
-    create            - create a new index template
-    modify            - modify a new index template
-    delete            - delete an index template
-node                  - manage nodes
-  list                - list nodes
-  show                - show details about a node
-role                  - manage roles
-  list                - list roles
-  show                - show details about a role
-  diff                - show differences between roles and CSV baseline
-search                - search within an index
-shard                 - manage shards
-  list                - list shards
-  show                - show details about a shard
-snapshot              - manage snapshots
-  list                - list snapshots
-  show                - show details about a snapshot
-task                  - manage tasks
-  list                - list tasks
-  cancel              - cancel running task
-version               - show esctl version information
-debug                 - developer only
-help-jsonpath         - show jsonpath help
-completion            - Output shell completion script for bash, zsh, fish, or Powershell
-  pwsh                - Output pwsh completion script
-  bash                - Output bash completion script
-  zsh                 - Output zsh completion script
-  fish                - Output fish completion script
+api                         - api access and documentation
+  list                      - list index of API calls
+  show                      - show an API doc
+  repl                      - interactive API repl
+ccr                         - manage cross cluster replication
+  status                    - cross cluster replication status (yaml config with 2 clusters required)
+  pause                     - pause shard allocation
+  resume                    - resume shard allocation
+  follower                  - manage ccr follower indices
+    show                    - show ccr follower index details
+    add                     - add ccr follower index
+    delete                  - delete ccr follower index
+    unfollow                - unfollow ccr follower index
+    pause                   - pause ccr index to follow
+    resume                  - resume ccr index to follow
+    renew                   - renew ccr follower index
+  info                      - show ccr remote info
+cluster                     - manage cluster[s]
+  status                    - show cluster status
+  switch                    - set current elasticsearch cluster
+  list                      - list configured clusters
+  settings                  - cluster settings management
+    list                    - show cluster settings
+    set                     - set|update cluster settings
+  reroute                   - manually change the allocation of individual shards in the cluster.
+    move                    - move shard to another node
+    allocate-replica        - allocate-replica replica to another node
+    cancel                  - cancel a reroute operation
+    allocate-empty-primary  - allocate an empty primary shard to a node
+    allocate-stale-primary  - allocate a stale primary shard to a node
+datastream                  - manage data streams
+  list                      - list indicies
+  show                      - show details about an data stream
+  create                    - create a new data stream
+  delete                    - delete a data stream
+  rollover                  - roll over a data stream
+doc                         - manage documents
+  add                       - add JSON document index
+  show                      - show a JSON document
+  delete                    - delete JSON document[s] from index[es]
+ilm                         - manage index lifecycle
+  retry                     - retry applying an ILM profile to an index
+  status                    - get the current index lifecycle management status
+  list                      - list index lifecycle policies
+  show                      - show details about an index lifecycle policy
+  create                    - create a new lifecycle policy
+  update                    - update an lifecycle policy
+  forecast                  - calculate index phase movements
+    list                    - list index rollover config
+    show                    - show rollover forecast over all indices
+  explain                   - explain ilm condition of an index
+index                       - manage indicies
+  list                      - list indicies
+  show                      - show details about an index
+  create                    - create a new index
+  update                    - update an index
+  delete                    - delete an index
+  close                     - close an index
+  fields                    - show info about field capabilities
+  ilm                       - show ilm status
+  alias                     - manage index aliases
+    create                  - create an index alias
+    list                    - list index aliases
+    delete                  - delete an index alias
+    rollover                - roll over an index alias
+  template                  - manage index templates
+    list                    - list index templates
+    show                    - show details about an index template
+    create                  - create a new index template
+    update                  - update a new index template
+    delete                  - delete an index template
+license                     - manage cluster license
+  show                      - show details about the cluster license
+node                        - manage nodes
+  list                      - list nodes
+  show                      - show details about a node
+  clients                   - show node http clients
+role                        - manage roles
+  list                      - list roles
+  show                      - show details about a role
+  diff                      - show differences between roles and CSV baseline
+search                      - search within an index
+shard                       - manage shards
+  list                      - list shards
+  show                      - show details about a shard
+  allocation                - explain shard allocation
+snapshot                    - manage snapshots
+  list                      - list snapshots
+  show                      - show details about a snapshot
+task                        - manage tasks
+  list                      - list tasks
+  cancel                    - cancel running task
+version                     - show esctl version information
+debug                       - developer only
+help-jsonpath               - show jsonpath help
+help-usage                  - show overview of all available commands
 ```

 # Development
--- a/TODO.md
+++ b/TODO.md
@@ -3,10 +3,6 @@

 - index show: add more details, see screenshots

- add shard explain, aka:
-  get /_cluster/allocation/explain {"index":"yourindex", "primary": true, "shard":0}
-
-
 - add datastream support:
  https://www.elastic.co/docs/api/doc/elasticsearch/operation/operation-indices-get-data-stream
  
--- a/cmd/api.go
+++ b/cmd/api.go
@@ -83,6 +83,16 @@ func ApiRepl(conf *cfg.Config) *cli.Command {
 		Aliases: []string{"shell"},
 		Usage:   "interactive API repl",

+		Flags: []cli.Flag{
+			&cli.StringFlag{
+				Name:        "pager",
+				Usage:       "external viewer program (default:internal)",
+				Destination: &conf.Pager,
+				Aliases:     []string{"p"},
+				Sources:     cli.EnvVars("PAGER", "ES_JSON_PAGER"),
+			},
+		},
+
 		Action: func(ctx context.Context, cmd *cli.Command) error {
 			return es.ApiRepl(conf)
 		},
--- a/cmd/cluster.go
+++ b/cmd/cluster.go
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ func Cluster(conf *cfg.Config) *cli.Command {
 			ClusterSwitch(conf),
 			ClusterList(conf),
 			ClusterSettings(conf),
+			ClusterReroute(conf),
 		},
 	}
 }
@@ -60,12 +61,6 @@ func ClusterStatus(conf *cfg.Config) *cli.Command {
 		Aliases: []string{"s"},

 		Flags: []cli.Flag{
-			&cli.BoolFlag{
-				Name:        "all",
-				Usage:       "show status of all clusters",
-				Destination: &conf.All,
-				Aliases:     []string{"a"},
-			},
 			&cli.BoolFlag{
 				Name:        "verbose",
 				Usage:       "include verbose statistics",
--- a/cmd/cluster_reroute.go
+++ b/cmd/cluster_reroute.go
@@ -0,0 +1,224 @@
+/*
+Copyright © 2026 Thomas von Dein
+
+This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+(at your option) any later version.
+
+This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+*/
+package cmd
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"errors"
+
+	"codeberg.org/scip/esctl/pkg/cfg"
+	"codeberg.org/scip/esctl/pkg/es"
+
+	"github.com/urfave/cli/v3"
+)
+
+func ClusterReroute(conf *cfg.Config) *cli.Command {
+	return &cli.Command{
+		Name:      "reroute",
+		Usage:     "manually change the allocation of individual shards in the cluster.",
+		UsageText: "reroute <cluster-name>",
+		Aliases:   []string{"ctx"},
+
+		Commands: []*cli.Command{
+			ClusterRerouteMove(conf),
+			ClusterRerouteAllocateReplica(conf),
+			ClusterRerouteCancel(conf),
+			ClusterRerouteAllocatePrimary(conf, false),
+			ClusterRerouteAllocatePrimary(conf, true),
+		},
+	}
+}
+
+func ClusterRerouteMove(conf *cfg.Config) *cli.Command {
+	return &cli.Command{
+		Name:      "move",
+		Usage:     "move shard to another node",
+		UsageText: "move [options] <index>",
+
+		ShellComplete: func(ctx context.Context, cmd *cli.Command) {
+			complete(cmd, Cindex)
+		},
+
+		Flags: []cli.Flag{
+			&cli.IntFlag{
+				Name:        "shard",
+				Usage:       "shard to move",
+				Destination: &conf.Shards,
+				Aliases:     []string{"s"},
+				Required:    true,
+			},
+			&cli.StringFlag{
+				Name:        "from-node",
+				Usage:       "current node",
+				Destination: &conf.FromNode,
+				Aliases:     []string{"f"},
+				Required:    true,
+			},
+			&cli.StringFlag{
+				Name:        "to-node",
+				Usage:       "node to move to",
+				Destination: &conf.ToNode,
+				Aliases:     []string{"t"},
+				Required:    true,
+			},
+		},
+
+		Action: func(ctx context.Context, cmd *cli.Command) error {
+			index := cmd.Args().Get(0)
+			if index == "" {
+				return errors.New("no index specified")
+			}
+
+			return es.ClusterRerouteMove(conf, index)
+		},
+	}
+}
+
+func ClusterRerouteAllocateReplica(conf *cfg.Config) *cli.Command {
+	return &cli.Command{
+		Name:      "allocate-replica",
+		Usage:     "allocate-replica replica to another node",
+		UsageText: "allocate-replica [options] <index>",
+
+		ShellComplete: func(ctx context.Context, cmd *cli.Command) {
+			complete(cmd, Cindex)
+		},
+
+		Flags: []cli.Flag{
+			&cli.IntFlag{
+				Name:        "shard",
+				Usage:       "shard to move",
+				Destination: &conf.Shards,
+				Aliases:     []string{"s"},
+				Required:    true,
+			},
+			&cli.StringFlag{
+				Name:        "to-node",
+				Usage:       "node to move to",
+				Destination: &conf.ToNode,
+				Aliases:     []string{"t"},
+				Required:    true,
+			},
+		},
+
+		Action: func(ctx context.Context, cmd *cli.Command) error {
+			index := cmd.Args().Get(0)
+			if index == "" {
+				return errors.New("no index specified")
+			}
+
+			return es.ClusterRerouteAllocateReplica(conf, index)
+		},
+	}
+}
+
+func ClusterRerouteCancel(conf *cfg.Config) *cli.Command {
+	return &cli.Command{
+		Name:      "cancel",
+		Usage:     "cancel a reroute operation",
+		UsageText: "cancel [options] <index>",
+
+		ShellComplete: func(ctx context.Context, cmd *cli.Command) {
+			complete(cmd, Cindex)
+		},
+
+		Flags: []cli.Flag{
+			&cli.IntFlag{
+				Name:        "shard",
+				Usage:       "shard to move",
+				Destination: &conf.Shards,
+				Aliases:     []string{"s"},
+				Required:    true,
+			},
+			&cli.StringFlag{
+				Name:        "to-node",
+				Usage:       "node to move to",
+				Destination: &conf.ToNode,
+				Aliases:     []string{"t"},
+				Required:    true,
+			},
+			&cli.BoolFlag{
+				Name:        "allow-primary",
+				Usage:       "allow primary shard to cancel",
+				Destination: &conf.AllowPrimary,
+				Aliases:     []string{"a"},
+			},
+		},
+
+		Action: func(ctx context.Context, cmd *cli.Command) error {
+			index := cmd.Args().Get(0)
+			if index == "" {
+				return errors.New("no index specified")
+			}
+
+			return es.ClusterRerouteCancel(conf, index)
+		},
+	}
+}
+
+func ClusterRerouteAllocatePrimary(conf *cfg.Config, stale bool) *cli.Command {
+	name := "allocate-empty-primary"
+	usage := "allocate an empty primary shard to a node"
+
+	if stale {
+		name = "allocate-stale-primary"
+		usage = "allocate a stale primary shard to a node"
+	}
+
+	return &cli.Command{
+		Name:      name,
+		Usage:     usage,
+		UsageText: name + " [options] <index>",
+
+		ShellComplete: func(ctx context.Context, cmd *cli.Command) {
+			complete(cmd, Cindex)
+		},
+
+		Flags: []cli.Flag{
+			&cli.IntFlag{
+				Name:        "shard",
+				Usage:       "shard to move",
+				Destination: &conf.Shards,
+				Aliases:     []string{"s"},
+				Required:    true,
+			},
+			&cli.StringFlag{
+				Name:        "to-node",
+				Usage:       "node to move to",
+				Destination: &conf.ToNode,
+				Aliases:     []string{"t"},
+				Required:    true,
+			},
+			&cli.BoolFlag{
+				Name:        "accept-data-loss",
+				Usage:       "",
+				Destination: &conf.AcceptDataLoss,
+				Aliases:     []string{"a"},
+				Required:    true,
+			},
+		},
+
+		Action: func(ctx context.Context, cmd *cli.Command) error {
+			index := cmd.Args().Get(0)
+			if index == "" {
+				return errors.New("no index specified")
+			}
+
+			return es.ClusterRerouteAllocatePrimary(conf, index, stale)
+		},
+	}
+}
--- a/cmd/cluster_settings.go
+++ b/cmd/cluster_settings.go
@@ -104,6 +104,10 @@ func ClusterSettingsSet(conf *cfg.Config) *cli.Command {
 			},
 		},

+		ShellComplete: func(ctx context.Context, cmd *cli.Command) {
+			complete(cmd, Cclustersettings)
+		},
+
 		Action: func(ctx context.Context, cmd *cli.Command) error {
 			args := cmd.Args()

--- a/cmd/completion.go
+++ b/cmd/completion.go
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ const (
 	Ccluster
 	Capi
 	Cilm
+	Cnode
+	Cclustersettings
 )

 func complete(cmd *cli.Command, what int) {
@@ -46,8 +48,10 @@ func complete(cmd *cli.Command, what int) {
 		return
 	}

-	var list []string
-	var err error
+	var (
+		list []string
+		err  error
+	)

 	switch what {
 	case Cindex:
@@ -64,6 +68,10 @@ func complete(cmd *cli.Command, what int) {
 		list = es.ApiPathNames()
 	case Cilm:
 		list, err = es.IlmNames(conf)
+	case Cnode:
+		list, err = es.NodeNames(conf)
+	case Cclustersettings:
+		list, err = es.ClusterSettingsNames(conf)
 	}

 	if err != nil {
--- a/cmd/ilm.go
+++ b/cmd/ilm.go
@@ -36,7 +36,8 @@ func Ilm(conf *cfg.Config) *cli.Command {
 			IlmStatus(conf),
 			IlmList(conf),
 			IlmShow(conf),
-			IlmCreate(conf),
+			IlmCreate(conf, false),
+			IlmCreate(conf, true),
 			IlmForecast(conf),
 			IlmExplain(conf),
 		},
@@ -103,6 +104,15 @@ func IlmShow(conf *cfg.Config) *cli.Command {
 		Usage:     "show details about an index lifecycle policy",
 		UsageText: "show <policy>",

+		Flags: []cli.Flag{
+			&cli.BoolFlag{
+				Name:        "tree",
+				Usage:       "display policy as a tree",
+				Destination: &conf.Ilm.Tree,
+				Aliases:     []string{"t"},
+			},
+		},
+
 		Action: func(ctx context.Context, cmd *cli.Command) error {
 			policy := cmd.Args().Get(0)
 			if policy == "" {
@@ -118,12 +128,22 @@ func IlmShow(conf *cfg.Config) *cli.Command {
 	}
 }

-func IlmCreate(conf *cfg.Config) *cli.Command {
+func IlmCreate(conf *cfg.Config, modify bool) *cli.Command {
+	name := "create"
+	alias := "+"
+	usage := "create a new lifecycle policy"
+
+	if modify {
+		name = "update"
+		usage = "update an lifecycle policy"
+		alias = "upd"
+	}
+
 	return &cli.Command{
-		Name:      "create",
-		Aliases:   []string{"+"},
-		Usage:     "create a index lifecycle policy",
-		UsageText: "create [options] <policy>",
+		Name:      name,
+		Aliases:   []string{alias},
+		Usage:     usage,
+		UsageText: name + " [options] <policy>",

 		Flags: []cli.Flag{
 			&cli.StringFlag{
--- a/cmd/ilm_forecast.go
+++ b/cmd/ilm_forecast.go
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ func IlmForecastList(conf *cfg.Config) *cli.Command {
 			},
 			&cli.StringFlag{
 				Name:        "within",
-				Usage:       "<duration> withing which to forecast",
+				Usage:       "<duration> within which to forecast",
 				Destination: &conf.Ilm.Within,
 				Aliases:     []string{"w"},
 			},
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ func IlmForecastShow(conf *cfg.Config) *cli.Command {
 			},
 			&cli.StringFlag{
 				Name:        "within",
-				Usage:       "duration withing which to forecast",
+				Usage:       "duration within which to forecast",
 				Destination: &conf.Ilm.Within,
 				Aliases:     []string{"w"},
 			},
--- a/cmd/index.go
+++ b/cmd/index.go
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ package cmd
 import (
 	"context"
 	"errors"
-	"fmt"

 	"codeberg.org/scip/esctl/pkg/cfg"
 	"codeberg.org/scip/esctl/pkg/es"
@@ -40,7 +39,6 @@ func Index(conf *cfg.Config) *cli.Command {
 			IndexCreate(conf, true),
 			IndexDelete(conf),
 			IndexClose(conf),
-			IndexAllocation(conf),
 			IndexFields(conf),
 			IndexIlm(conf),

@@ -96,38 +94,6 @@ func IndexList(conf *cfg.Config) *cli.Command {
 	}
 }

-func IndexAllocation(conf *cfg.Config) *cli.Command {
-	return &cli.Command{
-		Name:    "allocation",
-		Aliases: []string{"a"},
-		Usage:   "explain index allocation",
-
-		Flags: []cli.Flag{
-			&cli.IntFlag{
-				Name:        "shard",
-				Usage:       "shard number to explain for",
-				Destination: &conf.Shards,
-				Aliases:     []string{"s"},
-			},
-			&cli.BoolFlag{
-				Name:        "primary",
-				Usage:       "explain primary allocation (default true)",
-				Destination: &conf.Primary,
-				Aliases:     []string{"p"},
-			},
-		},
-
-		Action: func(ctx context.Context, cmd *cli.Command) error {
-			index := cmd.Args().Get(0)
-			if index == "" {
-				return errors.New("no index specified")
-			}
-
-			return es.IndexAllocation(conf, cmd.Args().Get(0))
-		},
-	}
-}
-
 func IndexShow(conf *cfg.Config) *cli.Command {
 	return &cli.Command{
 		Name:    "show",
@@ -154,8 +120,8 @@ func IndexCreate(conf *cfg.Config, modify bool) *cli.Command {
 	usage := "create a new index"

 	if modify {
-		name = "modify"
-		usage = "modify anindex"
+		name = "update"
+		usage = "update an index"
 	}

 	return &cli.Command{
@@ -196,7 +162,7 @@ Valid field mapping types: integer, text, date, keyword`,
 		Action: func(ctx context.Context, cmd *cli.Command) error {
 			args := cmd.Args()
 			if args.Len() == 0 {
-				return fmt.Errorf("no index specified")
+				return errors.New("no index specified")
 			}

 			mappings := args.Slice()[1:]
--- a/cmd/index_alias.go
+++ b/cmd/index_alias.go
@@ -38,7 +38,8 @@ func IndexAlias(conf *cfg.Config) *cli.Command {
 			IndexAliasDelete(conf),
 			IndexAliasRollover(conf),
 			// FIXME: implement IndexAliasAdd
-			//IndexAliasAdd(conf), // see https://www.elastic.co/docs/api/doc/elasticsearch/operation/operation-indices-update-aliases
+			// see https://www.elastic.co/docs/api/doc/elasticsearch/operation/operation-indices-update-aliases
+			// IndexAliasAdd(conf),
 		},
 	}
 }
--- a/cmd/index_template.go
+++ b/cmd/index_template.go
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ package cmd
 import (
 	"context"
 	"errors"
-	"fmt"
 	"slices"

 	"codeberg.org/scip/esctl/pkg/cfg"
@@ -83,8 +82,8 @@ func IndexTemplateCreate(conf *cfg.Config, modify bool) *cli.Command {
 	required := true

 	if modify {
-		name = "modify"
-		alias = "mod"
+		name = "update"
+		alias = "upd"
 		required = false
 	}

@@ -180,7 +179,7 @@ https://www.elastic.co/docs/reference/elasticsearch/index-settings
 		Action: func(ctx context.Context, cmd *cli.Command) error {
 			args := cmd.Args()
 			if args.Len() == 0 {
-				return fmt.Errorf("no name specified")
+				return errors.New("no name specified")
 			}

 			if conf.Mode != "" {
--- a/cmd/license.go
+++ b/cmd/license.go
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+/*
+Copyright © 2026 Thomas von Dein
+
+This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+(at your option) any later version.
+
+This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+*/
+package cmd
+
+import (
+	"context"
+
+	"codeberg.org/scip/esctl/pkg/cfg"
+	"codeberg.org/scip/esctl/pkg/es"
+
+	"github.com/urfave/cli/v3"
+)
+
+func License(conf *cfg.Config) *cli.Command {
+	return &cli.Command{
+		Name:  "license",
+		Usage: "manage cluster license",
+
+		Commands: []*cli.Command{
+			LicenseShow(conf),
+		},
+	}
+}
+
+func LicenseShow(conf *cfg.Config) *cli.Command {
+	return &cli.Command{
+		Name:    "show",
+		Aliases: []string{"sh"},
+		Usage:   "show details about the cluster license",
+
+		Action: func(ctx context.Context, cmd *cli.Command) error {
+			return es.LicenseShow(conf)
+		},
+	}
+}
--- a/cmd/node.go
+++ b/cmd/node.go
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ package cmd

 import (
 	"context"
+	"errors"

 	"codeberg.org/scip/esctl/pkg/cfg"
 	"codeberg.org/scip/esctl/pkg/es"
@@ -34,6 +35,7 @@ func Node(conf *cfg.Config) *cli.Command {
 		Commands: []*cli.Command{
 			NodeList(conf),
 			NodeShow(conf),
+			NodeClients(conf),
 		},
 	}
 }
@@ -57,10 +59,47 @@ func NodeShow(conf *cfg.Config) *cli.Command {
 		Usage:     "show details about a node",
 		UsageText: "show [options] <node>",

+		ShellComplete: func(ctx context.Context, cmd *cli.Command) {
+			complete(cmd, Cnode)
+		},
+
 		Action: func(ctx context.Context, cmd *cli.Command) error {
-			// FIXME: implement es.NodeShow()
-			// return es.NodeShow(conf, cmd.Args().Get(0))
-			return nil
+			node := cmd.Args().Get(0)
+			if node == "" {
+				return errors.New("no node specified")
+			}
+
+			return es.NodeShow(conf, node)
+		},
+	}
+}
+
+func NodeClients(conf *cfg.Config) *cli.Command {
+	return &cli.Command{
+		Name:      "clients",
+		Usage:     "show node http clients",
+		UsageText: "clients [options] <node>",
+
+		Flags: []cli.Flag{
+			&cli.BoolFlag{
+				Name:        "query",
+				Usage:       "include query parameters",
+				Destination: &conf.All,
+				Aliases:     []string{"q"},
+			},
+		},
+
+		ShellComplete: func(ctx context.Context, cmd *cli.Command) {
+			complete(cmd, Cnode)
+		},
+
+		Action: func(ctx context.Context, cmd *cli.Command) error {
+			node := cmd.Args().Get(0)
+			if node == "" {
+				return errors.New("no node specified")
+			}
+
+			return es.NodeClients(conf, node)
 		},
 	}
 }
--- a/cmd/root.go
+++ b/cmd/root.go
@@ -31,151 +31,16 @@ import (
 	"github.com/urfave/cli/v3"
 )

-func Finish(err error) int {
-	if err != nil {
-		fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr, "Error: ", err.Error())
-		return 1
-	}
+const (
+	versionFmt = `esctl version: %s
+  build: %s
+  branch: %s
+  commit: %s
+  go version: %s
+  API Version: %s
+`

-	return 0
-}
-
-func Main() int {
-	conf := cfg.NewConfig()
-	tree := false
-
-	cmd := &cli.Command{
-		Name:                  "esctl",
-		Usage:                 "manage elasticsearch from cli",
-		EnableShellCompletion: true,
-
-		Flags: []cli.Flag{
-			&cli.BoolFlag{
-				Name:        "debug",
-				Aliases:     []string{"d"},
-				Value:       false,
-				Usage:       "enable debugging",
-				Sources:     cli.EnvVars("ES_DEBUG"),
-				Destination: &conf.Debug,
-			},
-			&cli.BoolFlag{
-				Name:        "debug-http",
-				Value:       false,
-				Usage:       "enable HTTP debugging",
-				Destination: &conf.DebugHTTP,
-			},
-			&cli.BoolFlag{
-				Name:        "show-command-tree",
-				Value:       false,
-				Usage:       "generate a command tree",
-				Destination: &tree,
-				Hidden:      true,
-			},
-			&cli.BoolFlag{
-				Name:        "align-ints",
-				Aliases:     []string{"I"},
-				Value:       false,
-				Usage:       "right align integers in tabular output",
-				Destination: &conf.AlignInts,
-			},
-			&cli.StringFlag{
-				Name:        "config",
-				Aliases:     []string{"c"},
-				Value:       "",
-				Usage:       "config file",
-				Sources:     cli.EnvVars("ES_CONFIG"),
-				Destination: &conf.ConfigFile,
-			},
-			&cli.StringFlag{
-				Name:        "cluster",
-				Aliases:     []string{"C"},
-				Value:       "",
-				Usage:       "cluster alias to work with",
-				Destination: &conf.CurrentCluster,
-			},
-			&cli.StringFlag{
-				Name:        "output",
-				Aliases:     []string{"o"},
-				Value:       "",
-				Usage:       "output mode (tsv, markdown, json, yaml) default: tsv",
-				Destination: &conf.Output,
-			},
-			&cli.StringFlag{
-				Name:        "profile-file",
-				Usage:       "golang profiler output file",
-				Destination: &conf.ProfileFile,
-				Hidden:      true,
-			},
-		},
-
-		Commands: []*cli.Command{
-			Api(conf),
-			Ccr(conf),
-			Cluster(conf),
-			Datastream(conf),
-			Doc(conf),
-			Ilm(conf),
-			Index(conf),
-			Node(conf),
-			Roles(conf),
-			Search(conf),
-			Shard(conf),
-			Snapshot(conf),
-			Task(conf),
-			Version(conf),
-			Debug(conf),
-			HelpJsonPath(conf),
-		},
-
-		Before: func(ctx context.Context, cmd *cli.Command) (context.Context, error) {
-			if tree {
-				if err := Tree(cmd); err != nil {
-					return nil, err
-				}
-
-				os.Exit(0)
-			}
-
-			if err := conf.Init(); err != nil {
-				if len(os.Args) > 1 {
-					return nil, err
-				} else {
-					fmt.Println(cmd.UsageText)
-					return nil, nil
-				}
-			}
-
-			log.Init(conf)
-
-			if conf.ProfileFile != "" {
-				// enable  cpu profiling. Do  NOT use q  to stop the  game but
-				// close the window to get a profile
-				fd, err := os.Create(conf.ProfileFile)
-				if err != nil {
-					return nil, err
-				}
-				defer func() {
-					if err := fd.Close(); err != nil {
-						golog.Fatal(err)
-					}
-				}()
-
-				if err := pprof.StartCPUProfile(fd); err != nil {
-					golog.Fatal(err)
-				}
-
-				defer pprof.StopCPUProfile()
-			}
-
-			return nil, nil
-		},
-	}
-
-	return Finish(cmd.Run(context.Background(), os.Args))
-}
-
-func HelpJsonPath(conf *cfg.Config) *cli.Command {
-	msg := `jsonPath usage:
+	jsonPathUsage = `jsonPath usage:

 name.last          >> "Anderson"
 age                >> 37
@@ -215,13 +80,147 @@ To extract more than one field, use:


 Documentation: https://github.com/tidwall/gjson/blob/master/SYNTAX.md`
+)

+func Finish(err error) int {
+	if err != nil {
+		fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr, "Error: ", err.Error())
+
+		return 1
+	}
+
+	return 0
+}
+
+func Main() int {
+	conf := cfg.NewConfig()
+
+	cmd := &cli.Command{
+		Name:                  "esctl",
+		Usage:                 "manage elasticsearch from cli",
+		EnableShellCompletion: true,
+
+		Flags: []cli.Flag{
+			&cli.BoolFlag{
+				Name:        "debug",
+				Aliases:     []string{"d"},
+				Value:       false,
+				Usage:       "enable debugging",
+				Sources:     cli.EnvVars("ES_DEBUG"),
+				Destination: &conf.Debug,
+			},
+			&cli.BoolFlag{
+				Name:        "debug-http",
+				Value:       false,
+				Usage:       "enable HTTP debugging",
+				Destination: &conf.DebugHTTP,
+			},
+			&cli.BoolFlag{
+				Name:        "align-ints",
+				Aliases:     []string{"I"},
+				Value:       false,
+				Usage:       "right align integers in tabular output",
+				Destination: &conf.AlignInts,
+			},
+			&cli.StringFlag{
+				Name:        "config",
+				Aliases:     []string{"c"},
+				Value:       "",
+				Usage:       "config file",
+				Sources:     cli.EnvVars("ES_CONFIG"),
+				Destination: &conf.ConfigFile,
+			},
+			&cli.StringFlag{
+				Name:        "cluster",
+				Aliases:     []string{"C"},
+				Value:       "",
+				Usage:       "cluster alias to work with",
+				Destination: &conf.CurrentCluster,
+			},
+			&cli.StringFlag{
+				Name:        "output",
+				Aliases:     []string{"o"},
+				Value:       "",
+				Usage:       "output mode (tsv, json, yaml) default: tsv",
+				Destination: &conf.Output,
+			},
+			&cli.StringFlag{
+				Name:        "profile-file",
+				Usage:       "golang profiler output file",
+				Destination: &conf.ProfileFile,
+				Hidden:      true,
+			},
+		},
+
+		Commands: []*cli.Command{
+			Api(conf),
+			Ccr(conf),
+			Cluster(conf),
+			Datastream(conf),
+			Doc(conf),
+			Ilm(conf),
+			Index(conf),
+			License(conf),
+			Node(conf),
+			Roles(conf),
+			Search(conf),
+			Shard(conf),
+			Snapshot(conf),
+			Task(conf),
+			Version(conf),
+			Debug(conf),
+			HelpJsonPath(conf),
+			HelpUsage(conf),
+		},
+
+		Before: func(ctx context.Context, cmd *cli.Command) (context.Context, error) {
+			if err := conf.Init(); err != nil {
+				if len(os.Args) > 1 {
+					return nil, err
+				} else {
+					fmt.Println(cmd.UsageText)
+
+					return nil, nil
+				}
+			}
+
+			log.Init(conf)
+
+			if conf.ProfileFile != "" {
+				// enable  cpu profiling. Do  NOT use q  to stop the  game but
+				// close the window to get a profile
+				fd, err := os.Create(conf.ProfileFile)
+				if err != nil {
+					return nil, err
+				}
+				defer func() {
+					if err := fd.Close(); err != nil {
+						golog.Fatal(err)
+					}
+				}()
+
+				if err := pprof.StartCPUProfile(fd); err != nil {
+					golog.Fatal(err)
+				}
+
+				defer pprof.StopCPUProfile()
+			}
+
+			return nil, nil
+		},
+	}
+
+	return Finish(cmd.Run(context.Background(), os.Args))
+}
+
+func HelpJsonPath(conf *cfg.Config) *cli.Command {
 	return &cli.Command{
 		Name:  "help-jsonpath",
 		Usage: "show jsonpath help",

 		Action: func(ctx context.Context, cmd *cli.Command) error {
-			_, err := fmt.Println(msg)
+			_, err := fmt.Println(jsonPathUsage)
+
 			return err
 		},
 	}
@@ -233,8 +232,9 @@ func Version(conf *cfg.Config) *cli.Command {
 		Usage: "show esctl version information",

 		Action: func(ctx context.Context, cmd *cli.Command) error {
-			_, err := fmt.Printf("esctl version: %s\n  build: %s\n  branch: %s\n  commit: %s\n  go version: %s\n  API Version: %s\n",
+			_, err := fmt.Printf(versionFmt,
 				cfg.Version, cfg.BUILD, cfg.BRANCH, cfg.COMMIT, cfg.GOVERSION, cfg.APIVERSION)
+
 			return err
 		},
 	}
@@ -261,22 +261,108 @@ func Debug(conf *cfg.Config) *cli.Command {
 	}
 }

-func Tree(cmd *cli.Command) error {
-	max := 20
+func HelpUsage(conf *cfg.Config) *cli.Command {
+	return &cli.Command{
+		Name:               "help-usage",
+		Usage:              "show overview of all available commands",
+		UsageText:          "help-usage [<filter>]",
+		Aliases:            []string{"usage"},
+		CustomHelpTemplate: addReference(`<filter> implies -f`),

-	return cmd.Walk(func(cmd *cli.Command) error {
-		path := cmd.Path()
-		command := path[len(path)-1]
+		Flags: []cli.Flag{
+			&cli.BoolFlag{
+				Name:        "hidden",
+				Usage:       "include hidden commands",
+				Destination: &conf.Hidden,
+				Aliases:     []string{"H"},
+			},
+			&cli.BoolFlag{
+				Name:        "full-commands",
+				Usage:       "show full commands",
+				Destination: &conf.Force,
+				Aliases:     []string{"f"},
+			},
+		},

-		if len(path) == 1 || command == "help" {
-			return nil
-		}
+		Action: func(ctx context.Context, cmd *cli.Command) error {
+			maxCommandWidth := 0
+			filter := cmd.Args().Get(0)

-		indent := strings.Repeat("  ", len(path[1:])-1)
-		space := strings.Repeat(" ", max-(len(command)+len(indent)))
+			if filter != "" {
+				conf.Force = true
+			}

-		fmt.Printf("%s%s %s - %s\n", indent, command, space, cmd.Usage)
+			// first pass, determine max command width
+			if err := walkVisible(conf, cmd.Root(), func(cmd *cli.Command) error {
+				path := cmd.Path()
+				size := len(path[len(path)-1])

-		return nil
-	})
+				if conf.Force {
+					path := strings.Join(cmd.Path(), " ")
+					size = len(path)
+				}
+
+				if size > maxCommandWidth {
+					maxCommandWidth = size
+				}
+
+				return nil
+			}); err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+
+			maxCommandWidth += 4 // account for indent width
+
+			// second pass, build tree
+			return walkVisible(conf, cmd.Root(), func(cmd *cli.Command) error {
+				path := cmd.Path()
+
+				if filter != "" {
+					if !strings.Contains(strings.Join(path, " "), filter) {
+						return nil
+					}
+				}
+
+				command := path[len(path)-1]
+				if conf.Force {
+					command = strings.Join(cmd.Path(), " ")
+				}
+
+				if len(path) == 1 || strings.HasSuffix(command, "help") {
+					return nil
+				}
+
+				indent := strings.Repeat("  ", len(path[1:])-1)
+				space := strings.Repeat(" ", maxCommandWidth-(len(command)+len(indent)))
+
+				fmt.Printf("%s%s %s - %s\n", indent, command, space, cmd.Usage)
+
+				return nil
+			})
+		},
+	}
+}
+
+// copy of cmd.Walk() with the exception to skip hidden commands and its siblings
+// see: https://github.com/urfave/cli/issues/2372
+func walkVisible(conf *cfg.Config, cmd *cli.Command, fn func(*cli.Command) error) error {
+	if fn == nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	if !conf.Hidden && cmd.Hidden {
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	if err := fn(cmd); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	for _, sub := range cmd.Commands {
+		if err := walkVisible(conf, sub, fn); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+
+	return nil
 }
--- a/cmd/shards.go
+++ b/cmd/shards.go
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ func Shard(conf *cfg.Config) *cli.Command {
 		Commands: []*cli.Command{
 			ShardList(conf),
 			ShardShow(conf),
+			ShardAllocation(conf),
 		},
 	}
 }
@@ -94,3 +95,41 @@ func ShardShow(conf *cfg.Config) *cli.Command {
 		},
 	}
 }
+
+func ShardAllocation(conf *cfg.Config) *cli.Command {
+	return &cli.Command{
+		Name:    "allocation",
+		Aliases: []string{"a"},
+		Usage:   "explain shard allocation",
+
+		Flags: []cli.Flag{
+			&cli.IntFlag{
+				Name:        "shard",
+				Usage:       "shard number to explain for",
+				Destination: &conf.Shards,
+				Aliases:     []string{"s"},
+			},
+			&cli.BoolFlag{
+				Name:        "primary",
+				Usage:       "explain primary allocation (default true)",
+				Destination: &conf.Primary,
+				Aliases:     []string{"p"},
+			},
+			&cli.StringFlag{
+				Name:        "node",
+				Usage:       "explain a shard only if it is currently located on the specified node name or node ID",
+				Destination: &conf.FromNode,
+				Aliases:     []string{"n"},
+			},
+		},
+
+		Action: func(ctx context.Context, cmd *cli.Command) error {
+			index := cmd.Args().Get(0)
+			if index == "" {
+				return errors.New("no index specified")
+			}
+
+			return es.ShardAllocation(conf, cmd.Args().Get(0))
+		},
+	}
+}
--- a/cmd/utilities.go
+++ b/cmd/utilities.go
@@ -26,9 +26,10 @@ import (
 func addReference(ref string) string {
 	indentedRef := []string{}

-	for _, line := range strings.Split(ref, "\n") {
+	for line := range strings.SplitSeq(ref, "\n") {
 		indentedRef = append(indentedRef, "   "+line)
 	}
+
 	return fmt.Sprintf("%s\nREFERENCE:\n%s\n",
 		cli.SubcommandHelpTemplate,
 		strings.Join(indentedRef, "\n"))
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -14,11 +14,13 @@
 // along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 module codeberg.org/scip/esctl

-go 1.25.8
+go 1.26.4

 require (
 	github.com/MichaelMure/go-term-markdown v0.1.4
 	github.com/alecthomas/repr v0.5.2
+	github.com/charmbracelet/bubbles v1.0.0
+	github.com/charmbracelet/bubbletea v1.3.10
 	github.com/charmbracelet/lipgloss v1.1.0
 	github.com/chzyer/readline v1.5.1
 	github.com/dustin/go-humanize v1.0.1
@@ -29,10 +31,11 @@ require (
 	github.com/go-openapi/spec v0.22.5
 	github.com/go-openapi/swag/loading v0.26.1
 	github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.22
-	github.com/olekukonko/tablewriter v1.1.4
+	github.com/seeruk/go-wordwrap v0.0.0-20191208221741-14ec4aac9550
 	github.com/tidwall/gjson v1.19.0
 	github.com/tlinden/yadu v0.1.3
 	github.com/urfave/cli/v3 v3.10.1-0.20260623012112-f980ca84bf65
+	golang.org/x/term v0.44.0
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1
 )

@@ -40,9 +43,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/MichaelMure/go-term-text v0.3.1 // indirect
 	github.com/alecthomas/chroma v0.7.1 // indirect
 	github.com/aymanbagabas/go-osc52/v2 v2.0.1 // indirect
-	github.com/cespare/xxhash/v2 v2.3.0 // indirect
-	github.com/charmbracelet/bubbles v1.0.0 // indirect
-	github.com/charmbracelet/bubbletea v1.3.10 // indirect
 	github.com/charmbracelet/colorprofile v0.4.1 // indirect
 	github.com/charmbracelet/x/ansi v0.11.6 // indirect
 	github.com/charmbracelet/x/cellbuf v0.0.15 // indirect
@@ -69,7 +69,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/go-openapi/swag/typeutils v0.26.1 // indirect
 	github.com/go-openapi/swag/yamlutils v0.26.1 // indirect
 	github.com/go-viper/mapstructure/v2 v2.5.0 // indirect
-	github.com/goccy/go-json v0.10.6 // indirect
 	github.com/gomarkdown/markdown v0.0.0-20191123064959-2c17d62f5098 // indirect
 	github.com/google/uuid v1.6.0 // indirect
 	github.com/kyokomi/emoji/v2 v2.2.8 // indirect
@@ -81,9 +80,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/muesli/cancelreader v0.2.2 // indirect
 	github.com/muesli/termenv v0.16.0 // indirect
 	github.com/oklog/ulid/v2 v2.1.1 // indirect
-	github.com/olekukonko/cat v0.0.0-20250911104152-50322a0618f6 // indirect
-	github.com/olekukonko/errors v1.2.0 // indirect
-	github.com/olekukonko/ll v0.1.8 // indirect
 	github.com/rivo/uniseg v0.4.7 // indirect
 	github.com/tidwall/match v1.1.1 // indirect
 	github.com/tidwall/pretty v1.2.0 // indirect
@@ -93,10 +89,8 @@ require (
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.35.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.35.0 // indirect
 	go.yaml.in/yaml/v3 v3.0.4 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20231006140011-7918f672742d // indirect
 	golang.org/x/image v0.0.0-20191206065243-da761ea9ff43 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/net v0.55.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/sys v0.46.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/term v0.44.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/text v0.37.0 // indirect
 )
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -14,28 +14,18 @@ github.com/alecthomas/repr v0.5.2 h1:SU73FTI9D1P5UNtvseffFSGmdNci/O6RsqzeXJtP0Qs
 github.com/alecthomas/repr v0.5.2/go.mod h1:Fr0507jx4eOXV7AlPV6AVZLYrLIuIeSOWtW57eE/O/4=
 github.com/aymanbagabas/go-osc52/v2 v2.0.1 h1:HwpRHbFMcZLEVr42D4p7XBqjyuxQH5SMiErDT4WkJ2k=
 github.com/aymanbagabas/go-osc52/v2 v2.0.1/go.mod h1:uYgXzlJ7ZpABp8OJ+exZzJJhRNQ2ASbcXHWsFqH8hp8=
-github.com/cespare/xxhash/v2 v2.3.0 h1:UL815xU9SqsFlibzuggzjXhog7bL6oX9BbNZnL2UFvs=
-github.com/cespare/xxhash/v2 v2.3.0/go.mod h1:VGX0DQ3Q6kWi7AoAeZDth3/j3BFtOZR5XLFGgcrjCOs=
 github.com/charmbracelet/bubbles v1.0.0 h1:12J8/ak/uCZEMQ6KU7pcfwceyjLlWsDLAxB5fXonfvc=
 github.com/charmbracelet/bubbles v1.0.0/go.mod h1:9d/Zd5GdnauMI5ivUIVisuEm3ave1XwXtD1ckyV6r3E=
 github.com/charmbracelet/bubbletea v1.3.10 h1:otUDHWMMzQSB0Pkc87rm691KZ3SWa4KUlvF9nRvCICw=
 github.com/charmbracelet/bubbletea v1.3.10/go.mod h1:ORQfo0fk8U+po9VaNvnV95UPWA1BitP1E0N6xJPlHr4=
-github.com/charmbracelet/colorprofile v0.2.3-0.20250311203215-f60798e515dc h1:4pZI35227imm7yK2bGPcfpFEmuY1gc2YSTShr4iJBfs=
-github.com/charmbracelet/colorprofile v0.2.3-0.20250311203215-f60798e515dc/go.mod h1:X4/0JoqgTIPSFcRA/P6INZzIuyqdFY5rm8tb41s9okk=
 github.com/charmbracelet/colorprofile v0.4.1 h1:a1lO03qTrSIRaK8c3JRxJDZOvhvIeSco3ej+ngLk1kk=
 github.com/charmbracelet/colorprofile v0.4.1/go.mod h1:U1d9Dljmdf9DLegaJ0nGZNJvoXAhayhmidOdcBwAvKk=
 github.com/charmbracelet/lipgloss v1.1.0 h1:vYXsiLHVkK7fp74RkV7b2kq9+zDLoEU4MZoFqR/noCY=
 github.com/charmbracelet/lipgloss v1.1.0/go.mod h1:/6Q8FR2o+kj8rz4Dq0zQc3vYf7X+B0binUUBwA0aL30=
-github.com/charmbracelet/x/ansi v0.8.0 h1:9GTq3xq9caJW8ZrBTe0LIe2fvfLR/bYXKTx2llXn7xE=
-github.com/charmbracelet/x/ansi v0.8.0/go.mod h1:wdYl/ONOLHLIVmQaxbIYEC/cRKOQyjTkowiI4blgS9Q=
 github.com/charmbracelet/x/ansi v0.11.6 h1:GhV21SiDz/45W9AnV2R61xZMRri5NlLnl6CVF7ihZW8=
 github.com/charmbracelet/x/ansi v0.11.6/go.mod h1:2JNYLgQUsyqaiLovhU2Rv/pb8r6ydXKS3NIttu3VGZQ=
-github.com/charmbracelet/x/cellbuf v0.0.13-0.20250311204145-2c3ea96c31dd h1:vy0GVL4jeHEwG5YOXDmi86oYw2yuYUGqz6a8sLwg0X8=
-github.com/charmbracelet/x/cellbuf v0.0.13-0.20250311204145-2c3ea96c31dd/go.mod h1:xe0nKWGd3eJgtqZRaN9RjMtK7xUYchjzPr7q6kcvCCs=
 github.com/charmbracelet/x/cellbuf v0.0.15 h1:ur3pZy0o6z/R7EylET877CBxaiE1Sp1GMxoFPAIztPI=
 github.com/charmbracelet/x/cellbuf v0.0.15/go.mod h1:J1YVbR7MUuEGIFPCaaZ96KDl5NoS0DAWkskup+mOY+Q=
-github.com/charmbracelet/x/term v0.2.1 h1:AQeHeLZ1OqSXhrAWpYUtZyX1T3zVxfpZuEQMIQaGIAQ=
-github.com/charmbracelet/x/term v0.2.1/go.mod h1:oQ4enTYFV7QN4m0i9mzHrViD7TQKvNEEkHUMCmsxdUg=
 github.com/charmbracelet/x/term v0.2.2 h1:xVRT/S2ZcKdhhOuSP4t5cLi5o+JxklsoEObBSgfgZRk=
 github.com/charmbracelet/x/term v0.2.2/go.mod h1:kF8CY5RddLWrsgVwpw4kAa6TESp6EB5y3uxGLeCqzAI=
 github.com/chzyer/logex v1.2.1 h1:XHDu3E6q+gdHgsdTPH6ImJMIp436vR6MPtH8gP05QzM=
@@ -114,8 +104,6 @@ github.com/go-openapi/testify/v2 v2.5.1 h1:TMdhCaw8fUNraVSf3Omoob1dO/AzBfhtFAPW0
 github.com/go-openapi/testify/v2 v2.5.1/go.mod h1:SgsVHtfooshd0tublTtJ50FPKhujf47YRqauXXOUxfw=
 github.com/go-viper/mapstructure/v2 v2.5.0 h1:vM5IJoUAy3d7zRSVtIwQgBj7BiWtMPfmPEgAXnvj1Ro=
 github.com/go-viper/mapstructure/v2 v2.5.0/go.mod h1:oJDH3BJKyqBA2TXFhDsKDGDTlndYOZ6rGS0BRZIxGhM=
-github.com/goccy/go-json v0.10.6 h1:p8HrPJzOakx/mn/bQtjgNjdTcN+/S6FcG2CTtQOrHVU=
-github.com/goccy/go-json v0.10.6/go.mod h1:oq7eo15ShAhp70Anwd5lgX2pLfOS3QCiwU/PULtXL6M=
 github.com/gomarkdown/markdown v0.0.0-20191123064959-2c17d62f5098 h1:Qxs3bNRWe8GTcKMxYOSXm0jx6j0de8XUtb/fsP3GZ0I=
 github.com/gomarkdown/markdown v0.0.0-20191123064959-2c17d62f5098/go.mod h1:aii0r/K0ZnHv7G0KF7xy1v0A7s2Ljrb5byB7MO5p6TU=
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.7.0 h1:wk8382ETsv4JYUZwIsn6YpYiWiBsYLSJiTsyBybVuN8=
@@ -154,14 +142,6 @@ github.com/muesli/termenv v0.16.0 h1:S5AlUN9dENB57rsbnkPyfdGuWIlkmzJjbFf0Tf5FWUc
 github.com/muesli/termenv v0.16.0/go.mod h1:ZRfOIKPFDYQoDFF4Olj7/QJbW60Ol/kL1pU3VfY/Cnk=
 github.com/oklog/ulid/v2 v2.1.1 h1:suPZ4ARWLOJLegGFiZZ1dFAkqzhMjL3J1TzI+5wHz8s=
 github.com/oklog/ulid/v2 v2.1.1/go.mod h1:rcEKHmBBKfef9DhnvX7y1HZBYxjXb0cP5ExxNsTT1QQ=
-github.com/olekukonko/cat v0.0.0-20250911104152-50322a0618f6 h1:zrbMGy9YXpIeTnGj4EljqMiZsIcE09mmF8XsD5AYOJc=
-github.com/olekukonko/cat v0.0.0-20250911104152-50322a0618f6/go.mod h1:rEKTHC9roVVicUIfZK7DYrdIoM0EOr8mK1Hj5s3JjH0=
-github.com/olekukonko/errors v1.2.0 h1:10Zcn4GeV59t/EGqJc8fUjtFT/FuUh5bTMzZ1XwmCRo=
-github.com/olekukonko/errors v1.2.0/go.mod h1:ppzxA5jBKcO1vIpCXQ9ZqgDh8iwODz6OXIGKU8r5m4Y=
-github.com/olekukonko/ll v0.1.8 h1:ysHCJRGHYKzmBSdz9w5AySztx7lG8SQY+naTGYUbsz8=
-github.com/olekukonko/ll v0.1.8/go.mod h1:RPRC6UcscfFZgjo1nulkfMH5IM0QAYim0LfnMvUuozw=
-github.com/olekukonko/tablewriter v1.1.4 h1:ORUMI3dXbMnRlRggJX3+q7OzQFDdvgbN9nVWj1drm6I=
-github.com/olekukonko/tablewriter v1.1.4/go.mod h1:+kedxuyTtgoZLwif3P1Em4hARJs+mVnzKxmsCL/C5RY=
 github.com/pborman/getopt v0.0.0-20170112200414-7148bc3a4c30/go.mod h1:85jBQOZwpVEaDAr341tbn15RS4fCAsIst0qp7i8ex1o=
 github.com/pkg/errors v0.8.1/go.mod h1:bwawxfHBFNV+L2hUp1rHADufV3IMtnDRdf1r5NINEl0=
 github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 h1:4DBwDE0NGyQoBHbLQYPwSUPoCMWR5BEzIk/f1lZbAQM=
@@ -171,6 +151,8 @@ github.com/rivo/uniseg v0.4.7 h1:WUdvkW8uEhrYfLC4ZzdpI2ztxP1I582+49Oc5Mq64VQ=
 github.com/rivo/uniseg v0.4.7/go.mod h1:FN3SvrM+Zdj16jyLfmOkMNblXMcoc8DfTHruCPUcx88=
 github.com/rogpeppe/go-internal v1.13.1 h1:KvO1DLK/DRN07sQ1LQKScxyZJuNnedQ5/wKSR38lUII=
 github.com/rogpeppe/go-internal v1.13.1/go.mod h1:uMEvuHeurkdAXX61udpOXGD/AzZDWNMNyH2VO9fmH0o=
+github.com/seeruk/go-wordwrap v0.0.0-20191208221741-14ec4aac9550 h1:C3CfUXH/qmWuQFRqnPm3Sx8PFxa+pqACjhV5CaNO8pw=
+github.com/seeruk/go-wordwrap v0.0.0-20191208221741-14ec4aac9550/go.mod h1:Sl541M2Em6rRG3V9WObycR7MYFZiERVkd/TJg0Gt0U4=
 github.com/sergi/go-diff v1.0.0 h1:Kpca3qRNrduNnOQeazBd0ysaKrUJiIuISHxogkT9RPQ=
 github.com/sergi/go-diff v1.0.0/go.mod h1:0CfEIISq7TuYL3j771MWULgwwjU+GofnZX9QAmXWZgo=
 github.com/stretchr/objx v0.1.0/go.mod h1:HFkY916IF+rwdDfMAkV7OtwuqBVzrE8GR6GFx+wExME=
@@ -187,8 +169,6 @@ github.com/tidwall/pretty v1.2.0 h1:RWIZEg2iJ8/g6fDDYzMpobmaoGh5OLl4AXtGUGPcqCs=
 github.com/tidwall/pretty v1.2.0/go.mod h1:ITEVvHYasfjBbM0u2Pg8T2nJnzm8xPwvNhhsoaGGjNU=
 github.com/tlinden/yadu v0.1.3 h1:5cRCUmj+l5yvlM2irtpFBIJwVV2DPEgYSaWvF19FtcY=
 github.com/tlinden/yadu v0.1.3/go.mod h1:l3bRmHKL9zGAR6pnBHY2HRPxBecf7L74BoBgOOpTcUA=
-github.com/urfave/cli/v3 v3.9.1-0.20260524212652-be8b79d0c8de h1:ESKPiS7inVoBnv4FmgGNZdjWBI/wmvaragoyD3D9nM4=
-github.com/urfave/cli/v3 v3.9.1-0.20260524212652-be8b79d0c8de/go.mod h1:ysVLtOEmg2tOy6PknnYVhDoouyC/6N42TMeoMzskhso=
 github.com/urfave/cli/v3 v3.10.1-0.20260623012112-f980ca84bf65 h1:NXitXXO9DupDLEFj8hIyYtsubRxSFTp5JXqohElT0nU=
 github.com/urfave/cli/v3 v3.10.1-0.20260623012112-f980ca84bf65/go.mod h1:ysVLtOEmg2tOy6PknnYVhDoouyC/6N42TMeoMzskhso=
 github.com/xo/terminfo v0.0.0-20220910002029-abceb7e1c41e h1:JVG44RsyaB9T2KIHavMF/ppJZNG9ZpyihvCd0w101no=
@@ -221,8 +201,6 @@ golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20190222072716-a9d3bda3a223/go.mod h1:STP8DvDyc/dI5b8T5h
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20191026070338-33540a1f6037/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20210809222454-d867a43fc93e/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20220310020820-b874c991c1a5/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
-golang.org/x/sys v0.45.0 h1:dO4czNzziLiiXplLQgBCEpCvXQ3dnkn0SdaZSYdQ+FY=
-golang.org/x/sys v0.45.0/go.mod h1:4GL1E5IUh+htKOUEOaiffhrAeqysfVGipDYzABqnCmw=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.46.0 h1:noSf2Fq6F8DBgS+LysIkx7rIExoNHJsxOAtPp4rthXw=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.46.0/go.mod h1:4GL1E5IUh+htKOUEOaiffhrAeqysfVGipDYzABqnCmw=
 golang.org/x/term v0.44.0 h1:0rLvDRCtNj0gZkyIXhCyOb2OAzEhLVqc4B+hrsBhrmc=
--- a/pkg/cfg/cluster.go
+++ b/pkg/cfg/cluster.go
@@ -17,27 +17,33 @@ along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 package cfg

 import (
+	"crypto/tls"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
+	"net"
 	"net/http"
 	"os"
+	"strings"
+	"syscall"
+	"time"

 	"github.com/elastic/elastic-transport-go/v8/elastictransport"
 	"github.com/elastic/go-elasticsearch/v9"
+	"golang.org/x/term"
 	"gopkg.in/yaml.v3"
 )

 // used in general config struct
 type Cluster struct {
-	Uri, User, Pass string
-	client          *elasticsearch.TypedClient
-	Default         bool
+	Name, Uri, User, Pass, Token string
+	client                       *elasticsearch.TypedClient
+	Default, DebugHTTP           bool
 }

 // used just for writing back to the config file
 type ClusterConfig struct {
-	Uri, User, Pass string
-	Default         bool
+	Uri, User, Pass, Token string
+	Default                bool
 }

 // to write the config, we avoid all other config settings
@@ -45,17 +51,66 @@ type WriteConfig struct {
 	Clusters map[string]*ClusterConfig
 }

+func (cluster *Cluster) SetClient(client *elasticsearch.TypedClient) {
+	cluster.client = client
+}
+
+// return the  go-elasticsearch client  object but before  doing that,
+// check if we need to tune auth
 func (cluster *Cluster) ES() *elasticsearch.TypedClient {
 	if cluster.client == nil {
 		fmt.Println("no current cluster, use 'esctl cluster switch <name>' to set one")
 		os.Exit(1)
 	}

+	if err := cluster.CheckAuth(); err != nil {
+		fmt.Printf("Error: %s", err)
+		os.Exit(1)
+	}
+
 	return cluster.client
 }

-func (cluster *Cluster) SetClient(client *elasticsearch.TypedClient) {
-	cluster.client = client
+// add authentication to es client, if not yet done
+func (cluster *Cluster) CheckAuth() error {
+	if cluster.Pass == "" && cluster.User != "" && cluster.Token == "" && cluster.Default {
+		// no token - user is set, but no password.
+
+		// check if the env var is set
+		pass := os.Getenv("ES_PASS")
+		if pass != "" {
+			cluster.Pass = pass
+		} else {
+			// k, try interactively
+			fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "Enter password for elasticsearch user %s@%s: ", cluster.User, cluster.Name)
+
+			pass, err := term.ReadPassword(syscall.Stdin)
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+
+			passwd := strings.TrimSpace(string(pass))
+			if passwd == "" {
+				return errors.New("password empty")
+			}
+
+			cluster.Pass = string(pass)
+
+			fmt.Println()
+		}
+
+		opts := cluster.getDefaultOptions()
+		opts = append(opts, elasticsearch.WithBasicAuth(cluster.User, cluster.Pass))
+
+		es, err := elasticsearch.NewTyped(opts...)
+		if err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("failed to setup elasticsearch connection: %w", err)
+		}
+
+		cluster.SetClient(es)
+	}
+
+	return nil
 }

 // set Default=true for the given cluster in the config (if exists)
@@ -72,6 +127,7 @@ func (conf *Config) SwitchCluster(name string) error {
 			Uri:     cluster.Uri,
 			User:    cluster.User,
 			Pass:    cluster.Pass,
+			Token:   cluster.Token,
 			Default: false,
 		}

@@ -97,24 +153,74 @@ func (conf *Config) SwitchCluster(name string) error {
 	return nil
 }

-func (conf *Config) SetupES() error {
+// We do NOT  use go-elasticsearch to check  for cluster reachability,
+// because  at this  stage,  auth  may not  have  been configured.  So
+// instead we just connect to  the cluster using plan net/tcp
+func (cluster *Cluster) IsReachable() (bool, error) {
+	timeout := 500 * time.Millisecond
+
+	url := strings.TrimPrefix(strings.TrimPrefix(cluster.Uri, "https://"), "http://")
+
+	host := strings.Split(url, "/")
+
+	if !strings.Contains(host[0], ":") {
+		host[0] += ":443"
+	}
+
+	conn, err := net.DialTimeout("tcp", host[0], timeout)
+	if err != nil {
+		return false, err
+	}
+
+	return true, conn.Close()
+}
+
+func (cluster *Cluster) getDefaultOptions() []elasticsearch.Option {
 	// These headers are  not needed with ES 9, but with  ES 8, we set
 	// them here  so every API call uses it.  The only exception being
 	// the api repl, which does it on its own.
 	headers := http.Header{}
-	headers.Add("content-type", "application/json")
+	headers.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")
 	headers.Add("Accept", "application/json")

-	for _, cluster := range conf.Clusters {
-		es, err := elasticsearch.NewTyped(
-			elasticsearch.WithAddresses(cluster.Uri),
-			elasticsearch.WithBasicAuth(cluster.User, cluster.Pass),
-			elasticsearch.WithTransportOptions(
-				conf.getTransport(),
-				elastictransport.WithHeader(headers),
-			),
-		)
+	return []elasticsearch.Option{
+		elasticsearch.WithAddresses(cluster.Uri),
+		elasticsearch.WithTransportOptions(
+			cluster.getTransport(),
+			elastictransport.WithHeader(headers),
+		),
+	}
+}

+func (cluster *Cluster) getTransport() elastictransport.Option {
+	transport := &http.Transport{
+		TLSClientConfig: &tls.Config{InsecureSkipVerify: true},
+	}
+
+	if cluster.DebugHTTP {
+		return elastictransport.WithTransport(
+			&DebugTransport{Transport: transport},
+		)
+	}
+
+	return elastictransport.WithTransport(transport)
+}
+
+func (conf *Config) SetupES() error {
+	for name, cluster := range conf.Clusters {
+		cluster.Name = name
+		cluster.DebugHTTP = conf.DebugHTTP
+
+		opts := cluster.getDefaultOptions()
+
+		switch {
+		case cluster.Pass != "" && cluster.User != "":
+			opts = append(opts, elasticsearch.WithBasicAuth(cluster.User, cluster.Pass))
+		case cluster.Token != "":
+			opts = append(opts, elasticsearch.WithAPIKey(cluster.Token))
+		}
+
+		es, err := elasticsearch.NewTyped(opts...)
 		if err != nil {
 			return fmt.Errorf("failed to setup elasticsearch connection: %w", err)
 		}
--- a/pkg/cfg/config.go
+++ b/pkg/cfg/config.go
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ import (
 )

 const (
-	Version string = `v0.0.22`
+	Version string = `v0.0.26`
 )

 var (
@@ -103,6 +103,11 @@ type Config struct {
 	Tag string // api ls: -t

 	Ilm Ilm // ilm create
+
+	FromNode, ToNode             string // cluster reroute move: -f + -t
+	AllowPrimary, AcceptDataLoss bool   // cluster reroute cancel: -p,-a
+
+	Pager string // api repl: -p || PAGER
 }

 func NewConfig() *Config {
@@ -116,10 +121,11 @@ func getDefaultPath() string {
 func (conf *Config) Init() error {
 	DefaultConfig := getDefaultPath()

-	switch {
-	case fileExists(DefaultConfig):
+	if conf.ConfigFile == "" && fileExists(DefaultConfig) {
 		conf.ConfigFile = DefaultConfig
-		fallthrough
+	}
+
+	switch {
 	case conf.ConfigFile != "":
 		if err := conf.LoadConfig(); err != nil {
 			return err
@@ -134,6 +140,107 @@ func (conf *Config) Init() error {
 		return err
 	}

+	if err := conf.determineDefaultCluster(); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	conf.HaveJQ = isJQinstalled()
+
+	conf.PrintDebug()
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+// we are  using reflect to  clone a config obj  w/o the ES  stuff for
+// shorter repr.Println() output (the ES structure is just too large)
+func (conf *Config) Clone() Config {
+	clone := Config{}
+
+	ref := reflect.ValueOf(*conf)
+	typeOfS := ref.Type()
+
+	for idx := range ref.NumField() {
+		field := typeOfS.Field(idx).Name
+
+		if field == "Clusters" || field == "DefaultCluster" || !ref.Field(idx).CanInterface() {
+			continue
+		}
+
+		reflect.ValueOf(&clone).Elem().FieldByName(field).Set(reflect.ValueOf(ref.Field(idx).Interface()))
+	}
+
+	return clone
+}
+
+func (conf *Config) PrintDebug() {
+	if !conf.Debug {
+		return
+	}
+
+	clone := conf.Clone()
+
+	fmt.Println("config:")
+	repr.Println(clone)
+}
+
+func (conf *Config) LoadEnv() error {
+	cluster := Cluster{
+		Uri:   os.Getenv("ES_URI"),
+		User:  os.Getenv("ES_USER"),
+		Pass:  os.Getenv("ES_PASS"),
+		Token: os.Getenv("ES_TOKEN"),
+	}
+
+	switch {
+	case cluster.Uri == "":
+		return errors.New("ES_URI unset")
+	case cluster.User == "" || cluster.Token == "":
+		return errors.New("ES_USER and ES_TOKEN unset")
+	}
+
+	conf.Clusters["default"] = &cluster
+	conf.DefaultCluster = &cluster
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (conf *Config) LoadConfig() error {
+	if conf.ConfigFile == "" {
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	data, err := os.ReadFile(conf.ConfigFile)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to read config file: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	newconf := &Config{}
+
+	err = yaml.Unmarshal(data, newconf)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to unmarshal config file: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	if len(newconf.Clusters) > 0 {
+		conf.Clusters = newconf.Clusters
+
+		for _, cluster := range conf.Clusters {
+			if cluster.Default {
+				conf.DefaultCluster = cluster
+
+				break
+			}
+		}
+
+		if conf.DefaultCluster == nil {
+			conf.DefaultCluster = &Cluster{}
+		}
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (conf *Config) determineDefaultCluster() error {
 	if conf.CurrentCluster != "" {
 		// -C specified, set current cluster explicitly, no matter what the config says
 		current, exists := conf.Clusters[conf.CurrentCluster]
@@ -169,105 +276,11 @@ func (conf *Config) Init() error {
 		}
 	}

-	conf.HaveJQ = isJQinstalled()
-
-	conf.PrintDebug()
-
-	return nil
-}
-
-// we are  using reflect to  clone a config obj  w/o the ES  stuff for
-// shorter repr.Println() output (the ES structure is just too large)
-func (conf *Config) Clone() Config {
-	clone := Config{}
-
-	ref := reflect.ValueOf(*conf)
-	typeOfS := ref.Type()
-
-	for i := 0; i < ref.NumField(); i++ {
-		field := typeOfS.Field(i).Name
-
-		if field == "Clusters" || field == "DefaultCluster" || !ref.Field(i).CanInterface() {
-			continue
-		}
-
-		reflect.ValueOf(&clone).Elem().FieldByName(field).Set(reflect.ValueOf(ref.Field(i).Interface()))
-	}
-
-	return clone
-}
-
-func (conf *Config) PrintDebug() {
-	if !conf.Debug {
-		return
-	}
-
-	clone := conf.Clone()
-
-	fmt.Println("config:")
-	repr.Println(clone)
-}
-
-func (conf *Config) LoadEnv() error {
-	cluster := Cluster{
-		Uri:  os.Getenv("ES_URI"),
-		User: os.Getenv("ES_USER"),
-		Pass: os.Getenv("ES_PASS"),
-	}
-
-	switch {
-	case cluster.Uri == "":
-		return errors.New("ES_URI unset")
-	case cluster.User == "":
-		return errors.New("ES_USER unset")
-	case cluster.Pass == "":
-		return errors.New("ES_PASS unset")
-	}
-
-	conf.Clusters["default"] = &cluster
-	conf.DefaultCluster = &cluster
-
-	return nil
-}
-
-func (conf *Config) LoadConfig() error {
-	if conf.ConfigFile == "" {
-		return nil
-	}
-
-	data, err := os.ReadFile(conf.ConfigFile)
-	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("failed to read config file: %w", err)
-	}
-
-	newconf := &Config{}
-
-	err = yaml.Unmarshal(data, newconf)
-	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("failed to unmarshal config file: %w", err)
-	}
-
-	if len(newconf.Clusters) > 0 {
-		conf.Clusters = newconf.Clusters
-
-		for _, cluster := range conf.Clusters {
-			if cluster.Default {
-				conf.DefaultCluster = cluster
-				break
-			}
-		}
-
-		if conf.DefaultCluster == nil {
-			conf.DefaultCluster = &Cluster{}
-		}
-	}
-
 	return nil
 }

 func fileExists(filename string) bool {
 	info, err := os.Stat(filename)
-
 	if err != nil {
 		// return false on any error
 		return false
--- a/pkg/cfg/ilm.go
+++ b/pkg/cfg/ilm.go
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ type Ilm struct {
 	DeleteSearchableSnapshots bool

 	MinAge, FromPhase, Within string // forecast
+	Tree                      bool
 }

 func (cfg *Ilm) HaveHot() bool {
--- a/pkg/cfg/jq.go
+++ b/pkg/cfg/jq.go
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import (

 func isJQinstalled() bool {
 	cmd := exec.CommandContext(context.Background(), "jq", "-h")
+
 	out, err := cmd.Output()
 	if err != nil {
 		return false
--- a/pkg/cfg/term.go
+++ b/pkg/cfg/term.go
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+/*
+Copyright © 2026 Thomas von Dein
+
+This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+(at your option) any later version.
+
+This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+*/
+package cfg
+
+import (
+	"os"
+
+	"golang.org/x/term"
+)
+
+const (
+	DefaultMargin = 4
+)
+
+func GetTermWidth() int {
+	if term.IsTerminal(int(os.Stdout.Fd())) {
+		width, _, err := term.GetSize(int(os.Stdout.Fd()))
+		if err == nil {
+			return width - DefaultMargin
+		}
+	}
+
+	return 80
+}
+
+func GetTermHeight() int {
+	if term.IsTerminal(int(os.Stdout.Fd())) {
+		_, height, err := term.GetSize(int(os.Stdout.Fd()))
+		if err == nil {
+			return height
+		}
+	}
+
+	return 25
+}
--- a/pkg/cfg/transport.go
+++ b/pkg/cfg/transport.go
@@ -18,13 +18,10 @@ package cfg

 import (
 	"bytes"
-	"crypto/tls"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
 	"log/slog"
 	"net/http"
-
-	"github.com/elastic/elastic-transport-go/v8/elastictransport"
 )

 // used to print uri, path and body of a request made by the go-client
@@ -46,9 +43,10 @@ func (t *DebugTransport) RoundTrip(req *http.Request) (*http.Response, error) {
 		}

 		var pretty bytes.Buffer
+
 		err = json.Indent(&pretty, buf.Bytes(), "", "\t")
 		if err != nil {
-			return nil, fmt.Errorf("json parse error: %s", err)
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("json parse error: %w", err)
 		}

 		content = pretty.String()
@@ -62,17 +60,3 @@ func (t *DebugTransport) RoundTrip(req *http.Request) (*http.Response, error) {

 	return t.Transport.RoundTrip(req)
 }
-
-func (conf *Config) getTransport() elastictransport.Option {
-	transport := &http.Transport{
-		TLSClientConfig: &tls.Config{InsecureSkipVerify: true},
-	}
-
-	if conf.DebugHTTP {
-		return elastictransport.WithTransport(
-			&DebugTransport{Transport: transport},
-		)
-	}
-
-	return elastictransport.WithTransport(transport)
-}
--- a/pkg/es/api.go
+++ b/pkg/es/api.go
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import (
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
+	"log"
 	"log/slog"
 	"net/http"
 	"os"
@@ -41,12 +42,10 @@ import (
 	"github.com/charmbracelet/lipgloss"
 	"github.com/chzyer/readline"
 	"github.com/go-openapi/spec"
-	"golang.org/x/term"
 )

 const (
-	DefaultMargin = 4
-	intro         = `Input format: verb path [data]"
+	intro = `Input format: verb path [data]"

 Example:

@@ -94,9 +93,8 @@ func ApiRepl(conf *cfg.Config) error {
 		EOFPrompt:         "exit",
 		HistorySearchFold: true,
 	})
-
 	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("failed to initialize readline lib: %s", err)
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to initialize readline lib: %w", err)
 	}

 	for {
@@ -114,11 +112,13 @@ func ApiRepl(conf *cfg.Config) error {
 		parts := strings.SplitN(strings.TrimSpace(text), " ", 3)
 		if len(parts) < 2 {
 			fmt.Println("error: you need to input a verb, uri [and post data]")
+
 			continue
 		}

 		if !slices.Contains(verbs, strings.ToLower(parts[0])) {
 			fmt.Println("error: verb must be one of " + strings.Join(verbs, ","))
+
 			continue
 		}

@@ -143,14 +143,54 @@ func ApiRepl(conf *cfg.Config) error {
 			fmt.Printf("failed to call API: %s\n", esErrorString(err))
 		}

-		if err := prettyfiJson(conf, raw); err != nil {
-			fmt.Println(err)
-		}
+		pageJsonOutput(conf, raw)
 	}

+	//nolint:nilerr
 	return nil
 }

+func pageJsonOutput(conf *cfg.Config, raw []byte) {
+	tmpconf := &cfg.Config{HaveJQ: conf.HaveJQ}
+
+	if conf.Pager != "" {
+		tmpconf.HaveJQ = false
+	}
+
+	output, err := prettyfiJson(tmpconf, raw)
+	if err != nil {
+		fmt.Println(err)
+	}
+
+	lines := len(strings.Split(output, "\n"))
+	height := cfg.GetTermHeight()
+
+	if lines > height {
+		if conf.Pager != "" {
+			cmd := strings.Split(conf.Pager, " ")
+			pager := exec.Command(cmd[0], cmd[1:]...)
+
+			var buf bytes.Buffer
+			buf.WriteString(output)
+
+			pager.Stdout = os.Stdout
+			pager.Stdin = &buf
+			pager.Stderr = os.Stderr
+
+			err := pager.Run()
+			if err != nil {
+				fmt.Printf("failed to execute pager '%s': %s", conf.Pager, err)
+			}
+		} else {
+			printer.Pager("json output", output)
+		}
+
+		return
+	}
+
+	fmt.Println(output)
+}
+
 func encodeAuth(username, password string) string {
 	return base64.StdEncoding.EncodeToString([]byte(username + ":" + password))
 }
@@ -159,11 +199,17 @@ func CallAPI(conf *cfg.Config, verb, path, data string) ([]byte, error) {
 	verb = strings.ToUpper(verb)

 	// we're using port-forwards anyway
-	tr := &http.Transport{
+	noVerifyTransport := &http.Transport{
 		TLSClientConfig: &tls.Config{InsecureSkipVerify: true},
 	}

-	client := &http.Client{Transport: tr}
+	client := &http.Client{Transport: noVerifyTransport}
+
+	if conf.DebugHTTP {
+		client = &http.Client{
+			Transport: &cfg.DebugTransport{
+				Transport: noVerifyTransport}}
+	}

 	req, err := http.NewRequest(verb, conf.DefaultCluster.Uri+path, bytes.NewBuffer([]byte(data)))
 	if err != nil {
@@ -171,60 +217,73 @@ func CallAPI(conf *cfg.Config, verb, path, data string) ([]byte, error) {
 	}

 	req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")
-	req.Header.Add("accept", "application/json")
-	req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Basic "+encodeAuth(conf.DefaultCluster.User, conf.DefaultCluster.Pass))
+	req.Header.Add("Accept", "application/json")
+
+	// make sure we have got all we need
+	if err := conf.DefaultCluster.CheckAuth(); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	if conf.DefaultCluster.Token != "" {
+		req.Header.Add("Authorization", "APIKey "+conf.DefaultCluster.Token)
+	} else {
+		req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Basic "+encodeAuth(conf.DefaultCluster.User, conf.DefaultCluster.Pass))
+	}

 	// actually execute the request
 	resp, err := client.Do(req)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
+	defer func() {
+		if err := resp.Body.Close(); err != nil {
+			log.Fatal(err)
+		}
+	}()

 	// Read and print response
 	body, err := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to read response body: %s", err)
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to read response body: %w", err)
 	}

 	return body, nil
 }

-func prettyfiJson(conf *cfg.Config, raw []byte) error {
+func prettyfiJson(conf *cfg.Config, raw []byte) (string, error) {
 	if conf.HaveJQ {
 		cmd := exec.CommandContext(context.Background(), "jq", "-C")
 		cmd.Stdin = bytes.NewReader(raw)

 		var out bytes.Buffer
+
 		cmd.Stdout = &out

 		err := cmd.Run()
 		if err != nil {
-			return err
+			return "", err
 		}

-		fmt.Println(out.String())
-
-		return nil
+		return out.String(), nil
 	}

 	var pretty bytes.Buffer
+
 	err := json.Indent(&pretty, raw, "", "\t")
 	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("json parse error: %s", err)
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("json parse error: %w", err)
 	}

-	fmt.Println(pretty.String())
-
-	return nil
+	return pretty.String(), nil
 }

 // interactively  read  arbitrary  JSON  data  from  STDIN,  which  is
 // virtually a repl inside the primary repl
 func readJSON(input string) (string, error) {
-	data := ""
+	data := strings.Builder{}

 	if input != "" {
-		data = input
+		data.WriteString(input)
 	} else {
 		scanner := bufio.NewScanner(os.Stdin)
 		for scanner.Scan() {
@@ -234,23 +293,23 @@ func readJSON(input string) (string, error) {
 				break
 			}

-			data += line
+			data.WriteString(line)
 		}
 	}

-	if data == "" {
-		return data, nil
+	if data.Len() == 0 {
+		return "", nil
 	}

 	// validate
 	check := map[string]any{}
-	err := json.Unmarshal([]byte(data), &check)
-	if err != nil {
-		return "", fmt.Errorf("error: input data is not proper JSON: %s", err)

+	err := json.Unmarshal([]byte(data.String()), &check)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("error: input data is not proper JSON: %w", err)
 	}

-	return data, nil
+	return data.String(), nil
 }

 func ApiList(conf *cfg.Config, pattern string) error {
@@ -289,6 +348,7 @@ func ApiList(conf *cfg.Config, pattern string) error {
 	}

 	table.Sort()
+
 	return table.Print()
 }

@@ -296,10 +356,13 @@ func ApiList(conf *cfg.Config, pattern string) error {
 func ApiPathNames() []string {
 	assets.LoadAssetOpenApi()

-	paths := []string{}
+	paths := make([]string, len(assets.OpenAPI.Spec().Paths.Paths))
+
+	idx := 0

 	for path := range assets.OpenAPI.Spec().Paths.Paths {
-		paths = append(paths, path)
+		paths[idx] = path
+		idx++
 	}

 	return paths
@@ -307,6 +370,7 @@ func ApiPathNames() []string {

 func ApiShow(conf *cfg.Config, showpath, verb string) error {
 	assets.LoadAssetOpenApi()
+
 	out := printer.Builder{}

 	op, err := matchOperation(showpath, verb)
@@ -318,23 +382,25 @@ func ApiShow(conf *cfg.Config, showpath, verb string) error {

 	cleanMarkup := regexp.MustCompile(`<[^<>]+>`)

-	width := getTermWidth()
+	width := cfg.GetTermWidth()
 	params := getApiParameters(op, showpath, width)
 	sample := getApiExample(op)
-	description := markdown.Render(cleanMarkup.ReplaceAllString(op.Op.Description, ""), width, DefaultMargin)
+	description := markdown.Render(cleanMarkup.ReplaceAllString(op.Op.Description, ""), width, cfg.DefaultMargin)

-	var bold = lipgloss.NewStyle().
-		Bold(true)
-	var paragraph = lipgloss.NewStyle().
-		MarginBottom(1).
-		MarginLeft(DefaultMargin)
-	var boldparagraph = lipgloss.NewStyle().
-		MarginBottom(1).
-		MarginLeft(DefaultMargin).
-		Bold(true)
-	var indentparagraph = lipgloss.NewStyle().
-		MarginBottom(1).
-		MarginLeft(2)
+	var (
+		bold = lipgloss.NewStyle().
+			Bold(true)
+		paragraph = lipgloss.NewStyle().
+				MarginBottom(1).
+				MarginLeft(cfg.DefaultMargin)
+		boldparagraph = lipgloss.NewStyle().
+				MarginBottom(1).
+				MarginLeft(cfg.DefaultMargin).
+				Bold(true)
+		indentparagraph = lipgloss.NewStyle().
+				MarginBottom(1).
+				MarginLeft(2)
+	)

 	out.WriteStringLine(bold.Render("ID: " + op.Op.ID))
 	out.WriteStringLine(paragraph.Render(fmt.Sprintf("%s %s", op.Verb, showpath)))
@@ -350,10 +416,11 @@ func ApiShow(conf *cfg.Config, showpath, verb string) error {

 	if len(params.Path) > 0 {
 		out.WriteStringLine(bold.Render("Path Parameters"))
+
 		for _, param := range params.Path {
 			out.WriteStringLine(boldparagraph.Render(param.Param))
+
 			if param.Description != "" {
-				//out.WriteStringLine(indentparagraph.Render(param.Description))
 				out.WriteStringLine(param.Description)
 			}
 		}
@@ -361,8 +428,10 @@ func ApiShow(conf *cfg.Config, showpath, verb string) error {

 	if len(params.Query) > 0 {
 		out.WriteStringLine(bold.Render("Query Parameters"))
+
 		for _, param := range params.Query {
 			out.WriteStringLine(boldparagraph.Render(param.Param))
+
 			if param.Description != "" {
 				out.WriteStringLine(indentparagraph.Render(param.Description))
 			}
@@ -413,7 +482,7 @@ func getApiParameters(op *Op, path string, width int) Params {
 			}
 		} else {
 			par := Param{
-				Description: string(markdown.Render(param.Description, width, DefaultMargin)),
+				Description: string(markdown.Render(param.Description, width, cfg.DefaultMargin)),
 				Param:       param.Name,
 			}

@@ -444,10 +513,8 @@ func getApiExample(op *Op) string {
 					if hassource {
 						sample = strings.TrimSpace(source.(string))
 					}
-
 				}
 			}
-
 		}
 	}

@@ -460,11 +527,13 @@ func getApiExample(op *Op) string {
 func matchOperation(showpath, verb string) (*Op, error) {
 	ops := []*Op{}
 	op := &Op{}
+
 	var found bool

 	for path, item := range assets.OpenAPI.Spec().Paths.Paths {
 		if path == showpath {
 			ops = findOperation(item.PathItemProps)
+
 			break
 		}
 	}
@@ -481,6 +550,7 @@ func matchOperation(showpath, verb string) (*Op, error) {
 		if strings.ToLower(item.Verb) == verb {
 			op = item
 			found = true
+
 			break
 		}
 	}
@@ -517,14 +587,3 @@ func findOperation(item spec.PathItemProps) []*Op {

 	return ops
 }
-
-func getTermWidth() int {
-	if term.IsTerminal(int(os.Stdout.Fd())) {
-		width, _, err := term.GetSize(int(os.Stdout.Fd()))
-		if err == nil {
-			return width - DefaultMargin
-		}
-	}
-
-	return 80
-}
--- a/pkg/es/ccr.go
+++ b/pkg/es/ccr.go
@@ -46,9 +46,8 @@ func CcrStatus(conf *cfg.Config, leader, follower string) error {
 		}

 		// reverse attribution
-		f := follower
-		follower = leader
-		leader = f
+		follower, leader = leader, follower
+
 		slog.Debug("leader/follower attribution is invalid, reversing", "leader", leader, "follower", follower)
 	}

@@ -58,7 +57,7 @@ func CcrStatus(conf *cfg.Config, leader, follower string) error {
 		res, err := conf.Clusters[alias].ES().Cat.Indices().
 			Do(context.Background())
 		if err != nil {
-			return fmt.Errorf("failed to get indicies on %s: %s", alias, esErrorString(err))
+			return fmt.Errorf("failed to get indicies on %s: %w", alias, esErrorString(err))
 		}

 		indices[alias] = make(map[string]*types.IndicesRecord, len(res))
@@ -87,22 +86,24 @@ func CcrRemoteInfo(conf *cfg.Config, index string) error {
 	res, err := conf.DefaultCluster.ES().Cluster.RemoteInfo().
 		Do(context.Background())
 	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("failed to retrieve follower info: %s", esErrorString(err))
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to retrieve follower info: %w", esErrorString(err))
 	}

 	slog.Debug("ccr remote info", "info", res)

 	remote := ""
+
 	var info *types.ClusterRemoteProxyInfo

 	for name, data := range res {
 		remote = name
 		info = data.(*types.ClusterRemoteProxyInfo)
+
 		break
 	}

 	if remote == "" {
-		return fmt.Errorf("cluster doesn't follow any other: %s", err)
+		return errors.New("cluster doesn't follow any other")
 	}

 	mode := "follower"
@@ -113,11 +114,11 @@ func CcrRemoteInfo(conf *cfg.Config, index string) error {
 	table := printer.NewTable(conf, 2, 5)
 	table.Addheaders("ccr remote property", "value")

-	table.Entries = [][]string{
+	table.Entries = [][]any{
 		{"Remote Cluster", remote},
 		{"CCR Mode", mode},
-		{"Connected", fmt.Sprintf("%t", info.Connected)},
-		{"Num Proxy Sockets Connected", fmt.Sprintf("%d", info.NumProxySocketsConnected)},
+		{"Connected", info.Connected},
+		{"Num Proxy Sockets Connected", info.NumProxySocketsConnected},
 		{"Proxy Address", info.ProxyAddress},
 	}

--- a/pkg/es/ccr_follower.go
+++ b/pkg/es/ccr_follower.go
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ package es

 import (
 	"context"
+	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"log/slog"

@@ -29,17 +30,18 @@ func getRemoteName(conf *cfg.Config) (string, error) {
 	res, err := conf.DefaultCluster.ES().Cluster.RemoteInfo().
 		Do(context.Background())
 	if err != nil {
-		return "", fmt.Errorf("failed to retrieve follower info: %s", esErrorString(err))
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("failed to retrieve follower info: %w", esErrorString(err))
 	}

 	remote := ""
 	for name := range res {
 		remote = name
+
 		break
 	}

 	if remote == "" {
-		return "", fmt.Errorf("cluster doesn't have a follower")
+		return "", errors.New("cluster doesn't have a follower")
 	}

 	return remote, nil
@@ -61,26 +63,31 @@ func CcrFollowerRenew(conf *cfg.Config, index string) error {
 	if err := wrapError(IndexClose, conf, index); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
+
 	fmt.Printf("closed %s", index)

 	if err := wrapError(CcrFollowerPause, conf, index); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
+
 	fmt.Printf("paused %s", index)

 	if err := wrapError(CcrFollowerUnfollow, conf, index); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
+
 	fmt.Printf("unfollowed %s", index)

 	if err := wrapError(IndexDelete, conf, index); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
+
 	fmt.Printf("deleted %s", index)

 	if err := CcrFollowerAdd(conf, index); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
+
 	fmt.Printf("added follower %s", index)

 	return nil
@@ -89,9 +96,8 @@ func CcrFollowerRenew(conf *cfg.Config, index string) error {
 func CcrFollowerResume(conf *cfg.Config, index string) error {
 	_, err := conf.DefaultCluster.ES().Ccr.ResumeFollow(index).
 		Do(context.Background())
-
 	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("failed to resume ccr following: %s", esErrorString(err))
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to resume ccr following: %w", esErrorString(err))
 	}

 	return nil
@@ -100,9 +106,8 @@ func CcrFollowerResume(conf *cfg.Config, index string) error {
 func CcrFollowerPause(conf *cfg.Config, index string) error {
 	_, err := conf.DefaultCluster.ES().Ccr.PauseFollow(index).
 		Do(context.Background())
-
 	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("failed to pause ccr following: %s", esErrorString(err))
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to pause ccr following: %w", esErrorString(err))
 	}

 	return nil
@@ -111,9 +116,8 @@ func CcrFollowerPause(conf *cfg.Config, index string) error {
 func CcrFollowerUnfollow(conf *cfg.Config, index string) error {
 	_, err := conf.DefaultCluster.ES().Ccr.ForgetFollower(index).
 		Do(context.Background())
-
 	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("failed to unfollow index: %s", esErrorString(err))
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to unfollow index: %w", esErrorString(err))
 	}

 	return nil
@@ -134,9 +138,8 @@ func CcrFollowerAdd(conf *cfg.Config, index string) error {
 	}

 	_, err = create.Do(context.Background())
-
 	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("failed to create follower index: %s", esErrorString(err))
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to create follower index: %w", esErrorString(err))
 	}

 	return nil
@@ -146,7 +149,7 @@ func CcrFollowerShow(conf *cfg.Config, index string) error {
 	res, err := conf.DefaultCluster.ES().Ccr.FollowStats(index).
 		Do(context.Background())
 	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("failed to retrieve follower index info: %s", esErrorString(err))
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to retrieve follower index info: %w", esErrorString(err))
 	}

 	slog.Debug("ES result", "follower stats", res.Indices)
@@ -164,16 +167,16 @@ func CcrFollowerShow(conf *cfg.Config, index string) error {
 	table := printer.NewTable(conf, 2, 9)
 	table.Addheaders("ccr follower property", "value")

-	table.Entries = [][]string{
+	table.Entries = [][]any{
 		{"name", index},
 		{"remote_cluster", follower.RemoteCluster},
-		{"leader_checkpoint", fmt.Sprintf("%d", follower.LeaderGlobalCheckpoint)},
-		{"follower_checkpoint", fmt.Sprintf("%d", follower.FollowerGlobalCheckpoint)},
-		{"bytes_read", fmt.Sprintf("%d", follower.BytesRead)},
-		{"failed_read_requests", fmt.Sprintf("%d", follower.FailedReadRequests)},
-		{"failed_write_requests", fmt.Sprintf("%d", follower.FailedWriteRequests)},
-		{"successful_read_requests", fmt.Sprintf("%d", follower.SuccessfulReadRequests)},
-		{"successful_write_requests", fmt.Sprintf("%d", follower.SuccessfulWriteRequests)},
+		{"leader_checkpoint", follower.LeaderGlobalCheckpoint},
+		{"follower_checkpoint", follower.FollowerGlobalCheckpoint},
+		{"bytes_read", follower.BytesRead},
+		{"failed_read_requests", follower.FailedReadRequests},
+		{"failed_write_requests", follower.FailedWriteRequests},
+		{"successful_read_requests", follower.SuccessfulReadRequests},
+		{"successful_write_requests", follower.SuccessfulWriteRequests},
 	}

 	if err := table.Print(); err != nil {
--- a/pkg/es/cluser_health_report.go
+++ b/pkg/es/cluser_health_report.go
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+/*
+Copyright © 2026 Thomas von Dein
+
+This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+(at your option) any later version.
+
+This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+*/
+package es
+
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"fmt"
+
+	"codeberg.org/scip/esctl/pkg/cfg"
+)
+
+type HealthReport struct {
+	Indicators map[string]HealthReportIndicator
+}
+
+type HealthReportIndicator struct {
+	Status, Symptom string
+	Diagnosis       []HealthReportDiagnosis
+}
+
+type HealthReportDiagnosis struct {
+	Id, Cause, Action string
+	AffectedResources map[string][]string `json:"affected_resources"`
+}
+
+// we do not use the go-elasticsearch  client API here but call the ES
+// API    directly,     because    the    returned     structure    (a
+// healthreport.Response) is  not iterable,  you'd have  to explicitly
+// call  every indicator  type and  every  cause etc  which also  have
+// different types  each. To check which  is !green would result  in a
+// gigantic function.
+func getHealthReport(conf *cfg.Config) (*HealthReport, error) {
+	raw, err := CallAPI(conf, "GET", "/_health_report", "")
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	report := HealthReport{}
+
+	if err := json.Unmarshal(raw, &report); err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to unmarshal healthreport response: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	return &report, nil
+}
--- a/pkg/es/cluster.go
+++ b/pkg/es/cluster.go
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 package es

 import (
-	"context"
+	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"log/slog"
 	"strings"
@@ -26,49 +26,218 @@ import (
 	"codeberg.org/scip/esctl/pkg/cfg"
 	"codeberg.org/scip/esctl/pkg/printer"
 	"github.com/dustin/go-humanize"
-	"github.com/elastic/go-elasticsearch/v9/typedapi/cat/indices"
-	"github.com/elastic/go-elasticsearch/v9/typedapi/cat/tasks"
-	"github.com/elastic/go-elasticsearch/v9/typedapi/ccr/stats"
-	"github.com/elastic/go-elasticsearch/v9/typedapi/cluster/health"
 	clusterstats "github.com/elastic/go-elasticsearch/v9/typedapi/cluster/stats"
-	"github.com/elastic/go-elasticsearch/v9/typedapi/core/info"
 	"github.com/elastic/go-elasticsearch/v9/typedapi/types"
 )

 type ClusterIndices map[string]map[string]*types.IndicesRecord

-func ClusterList(conf *cfg.Config) error {
-	table := printer.NewTable(conf, 4, len(conf.Clusters))
+type clusterReachable struct {
+	reachable bool
+	err       error
+}

-	table.Addheaders("cluster", "uri", "reachable", "current")
+func ClusterList(conf *cfg.Config) error {
+	var (
+		mu sync.Mutex
+		wg sync.WaitGroup
+	)
+
+	reachable := make(map[string]clusterReachable, len(conf.Clusters))
+
+	// check endpoints in parallel to speed things up
+	for name, cluster := range conf.Clusters {
+		wg.Go(func() {
+			online, err := cluster.IsReachable()
+
+			mu.Lock()
+			reachable[name] = clusterReachable{reachable: online, err: err}
+			mu.Unlock()
+		})
+	}
+
+	wg.Wait()
+
+	table := printer.NewTable(conf, 5, len(conf.Clusters))
+	table.Addheaders("cluster", "uri", "reachable", "current", "error")

 	idx := 0

 	for name, cluster := range conf.Clusters {
-		reachable := "no"
+		reachableStr := "no"
 		current := "no"
+		errmsg := ""

-		_, err := cluster.ES().Cluster.Health().
-			Do(context.Background())
-
-		if err == nil {
-			reachable = printer.Colorize(conf, "green", "reachable")
+		if reachable[name].reachable {
+			reachableStr = printer.Colorize(conf, "green", "reachable")
 		}

 		if cluster.Default {
 			current = printer.Colorize(conf, "green", "yes")

-			if err != nil {
-				reachable = printer.Colorize(conf, "red", "no")
+			if !reachable[name].reachable {
+				reachableStr = printer.Colorize(conf, "red", "no")
+				errmsg = reachable[name].err.Error()
 			}
 		}

-		table.Entries[idx] = []string{name, cluster.Uri, reachable, current}
+		table.Entries[idx] = []any{name, cluster.Uri, reachableStr, current, errmsg}
 		idx++
 	}

 	table.Sort()

+	return table.Print()
+}
+
+// We're using goroutines  here to parallelize API  requests, since we
+// have to do 3 of'em for each cluster. This speeds things up.
+func getClusterStatus(conf *cfg.Config) (*apiResponse, error) {
+	gocount := 6
+	if conf.Verbose {
+		gocount++
+	}
+
+	es := conf.DefaultCluster.ES()
+
+	responses := make(chan apiResponse, gocount)
+	wg := &sync.WaitGroup{}
+
+	wg.Add(gocount)
+	go getApiData(conf, es, wg, responses, "health")
+	go getApiData(conf, es, wg, responses, "healthreport")
+	go getApiData(conf, es, wg, responses, "info")
+	go getApiData(conf, es, wg, responses, "ccr")
+	go getApiData(conf, es, wg, responses, "indices")
+	go getApiData(conf, es, wg, responses, "tasks")
+
+	if conf.Verbose {
+		go getApiData(conf, es, wg, responses, "stats")
+	}
+
+	wg.Wait()
+
+	all := apiResponse{}
+
+	var err error
+
+	for range gocount {
+		res := <-responses
+
+		err = errors.Join(err, res.error)
+
+		switch res.which {
+		case ResponseHealth:
+			all.health = res.health
+		case ResponseCcr:
+			all.ccr = res.ccr
+		case ResponseInfo:
+			all.info = res.info
+		case ResponseStats:
+			all.stats = res.stats
+		case ResponseIndices:
+			all.indices = res.indices
+		case ResponseTasks:
+			all.tasks = res.tasks
+		case ResponseHealthReport:
+			all.healthreport = res.healthreport
+		}
+	}
+
+	return &all, err
+}
+
+func ClusterStatus(conf *cfg.Config) error {
+	res, err := getClusterStatus(conf)
+	if err != nil && !strings.Contains(err.Error(), "current license is non-compliant") {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	slog.Debug("ES result", "cluster health", res.health)
+
+	var (
+		isleader     bool
+		ccrfollowing string
+	)
+
+	if res.ccr != nil {
+		isleader = len(res.ccr.AutoFollowStats.AutoFollowedClusters) == 0
+
+		if len(res.ccr.AutoFollowStats.AutoFollowedClusters) > 0 {
+			// is following another cluster
+			ccrfollowing = fmt.Sprintf("%s (%d/%d)",
+				res.ccr.AutoFollowStats.AutoFollowedClusters[0].ClusterName,
+				res.ccr.AutoFollowStats.NumberOfSuccessfulFollowIndices,
+				res.ccr.AutoFollowStats.NumberOfFailedFollowIndices,
+			)
+		}
+	}
+
+	// look for red indices, if any
+	redindices := 0
+
+	for _, index := range *res.indices {
+		if *index.Health == "red" {
+			redindices++
+		}
+	}
+
+	// look for long running tasks
+	longtasks := 0
+
+	for _, task := range *res.tasks {
+		if strings.Contains(*task.RunningTime, "d") {
+			longtasks++
+		}
+	}
+
+	table := printer.NewTable(conf, 2, 7)
+	table.Addheaders(conf.DefaultCluster.Name, "status")
+
+	table.Entries = [][]any{
+		{"Cluster Name", res.health.ClusterName},
+		{"ES Status", printer.Colorize(conf, res.health.Status.Name, res.health.Status.Name)},
+		{"ES Version", res.info.Version.Int},
+		{"Is Leader", isleader},
+		{"Active Shards", res.health.ActiveShards},
+		{"Active Primary Shards", res.health.ActivePrimaryShards},
+		{"Unassigned Shards", res.health.UnassignedShards},
+		{"Unassigned Primary Shards", res.health.UnassignedPrimaryShards},
+		{"Pending Tasks", res.health.NumberOfPendingTasks},
+		{"Nodes", res.health.NumberOfNodes},
+		{"Red Indices", redindices},
+		{"Long Running Tasks", longtasks},
+	}
+
+	if !isleader && res.ccr != nil {
+		table.Entries = append(table.Entries, [][]any{
+			{"AutoFollow (success/failed indices)", ccrfollowing},
+			{"Followed Indices", len(res.ccr.FollowStats.Indices)},
+		}...)
+	}
+
+	if conf.Verbose {
+		table = gatherClusterStats(res.stats, table)
+	}
+
+	if res.health.Status.Name != "green" {
+		for name, indicator := range res.healthreport.Indicators {
+			if indicator.Status != "green" {
+				table.Entries = append(table.Entries, []any{
+					printer.Colorize(conf, indicator.Status, "Bad health "+name), indicator.Symptom,
+				})
+
+				for _, diag := range indicator.Diagnosis {
+					table.Entries = append(table.Entries, []any{" -> cause", diag.Cause})
+
+					for resource, items := range diag.AffectedResources {
+						table.Entries = append(table.Entries, []any{"    -> affected " + resource, strings.Join(items, ",")})
+					}
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
 	if err := table.Print(); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -76,145 +245,11 @@ func ClusterList(conf *cfg.Config) error {
 	return nil
 }

-// We're using goroutines  here to parallelize API  requests, since we
-// have to do 3 of'em for each cluster. This speeds things up.
-func ClusterStatus(conf *cfg.Config) error {
-	clusters := []string{}
-	gocount := 5
-	if conf.Verbose {
-		gocount++
-	}
-
-	if conf.All {
-		for key := range conf.Clusters {
-			clusters = append(clusters, key)
-		}
-	} else {
-		clusters = []string{"default"}
-	}
-
-	for _, cluster := range clusters {
-		es := conf.DefaultCluster.ES()
-		if cluster != "default" {
-			es = conf.Clusters[cluster].ES()
-		}
-
-		responses := make(chan apiResponse, gocount)
-		wg := &sync.WaitGroup{}
-
-		wg.Add(gocount)
-		go getApiData(es, wg, responses, "health")
-		go getApiData(es, wg, responses, "info")
-		go getApiData(es, wg, responses, "ccrstats")
-		go getApiData(es, wg, responses, "indices")
-		go getApiData(es, wg, responses, "tasks")
-
-		if conf.Verbose {
-			go getApiData(es, wg, responses, "stats")
-		}
-
-		wg.Wait()
-
-		var clusterhealth *health.Response
-		var info *info.Response
-		var ccrstats *stats.Response
-		var clusterstats *clusterstats.Response
-		var indexstats *indices.Response
-		var taskstatus *tasks.Response
-
-		for i := 0; i < gocount; i++ {
-			r := <-responses
-
-			if r.error != nil {
-				return r.error
-			}
-
-			switch r.which {
-			case ResponseHealth:
-				clusterhealth = r.health
-			case ResponseCcr:
-				ccrstats = r.ccr
-			case ResponseInfo:
-				info = r.info
-			case ResponseStats:
-				clusterstats = r.stats
-			case ResponseIndices:
-				indexstats = r.indices
-			case ResponseTasks:
-				taskstatus = r.tasks
-			}
-		}
-
-		slog.Debug("ES result", "cluster health", clusterhealth)
-
-		isleader := len(ccrstats.AutoFollowStats.AutoFollowedClusters) == 0
-
-		ccrfollowing := ""
-		if len(ccrstats.AutoFollowStats.AutoFollowedClusters) > 0 {
-			// is following another cluster
-			ccrfollowing = fmt.Sprintf("%s (%d/%d)",
-				ccrstats.AutoFollowStats.AutoFollowedClusters[0].ClusterName,
-				ccrstats.AutoFollowStats.NumberOfSuccessfulFollowIndices,
-				ccrstats.AutoFollowStats.NumberOfFailedFollowIndices,
-			)
-		}
-
-		// look for red indices, if any
-		redindices := 0
-		for _, index := range *indexstats {
-			if *index.Health == "red" {
-				redindices++
-			}
-		}
-
-		// look for long running tasks
-		longtasks := 0
-		for _, task := range *taskstatus {
-			if strings.Contains(*task.RunningTime, "d") {
-				longtasks++
-			}
-		}
-
-		table := printer.NewTable(conf, 2, 7)
-		table.Addheaders(cluster, "status")
-
-		table.Entries = [][]string{
-			{"Cluster Name", clusterhealth.ClusterName},
-			{"ES Status", printer.Colorize(conf, clusterhealth.Status.Name, clusterhealth.Status.Name)},
-			{"ES Version", info.Version.Int},
-			{"Is Leader", fmt.Sprintf("%t", isleader)},
-			{"Active Shards", fmt.Sprintf("%d", clusterhealth.ActiveShards)},
-			{"Active Primary Shards", fmt.Sprintf("%d", clusterhealth.ActivePrimaryShards)},
-			{"Unassigned Shards", fmt.Sprintf("%d", clusterhealth.UnassignedShards)},
-			{"Unassigned Primary Shards", fmt.Sprintf("%d", clusterhealth.UnassignedPrimaryShards)},
-			{"Pending Tasks", fmt.Sprintf("%d", clusterhealth.NumberOfPendingTasks)},
-			{"Nodes", fmt.Sprintf("%d", clusterhealth.NumberOfNodes)},
-			{"Red Indices", fmt.Sprintf("%d", redindices)},
-			{"Long Running Tasks", fmt.Sprintf("%d", longtasks)},
-		}
-
-		if !isleader {
-			table.Entries = append(table.Entries, [][]string{
-				{"AutoFollow (success/failed indices)", ccrfollowing},
-				{"Followed Indices", fmt.Sprintf("%d", len(ccrstats.FollowStats.Indices))},
-			}...)
-		}
-
-		if conf.Verbose {
-			table = gatherClusterStats(conf, clusterstats, table)
-		}
-
-		if err := table.Print(); err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-	}
-
-	return nil
-}
-
-func gatherClusterStats(conf *cfg.Config, clusterstats *clusterstats.Response, table *printer.Table) *printer.Table {
-	var querycount int64
-	var vmversion string
+func gatherClusterStats(clusterstats *clusterstats.Response, table *printer.Table) *printer.Table {
+	var (
+		querycount int64
+		vmversion  string
+	)

 	for _, count := range clusterstats.Indices.Search.Queries {
 		querycount += count
@@ -226,13 +261,13 @@ func gatherClusterStats(conf *cfg.Config, clusterstats *clusterstats.Response, t
 			clusterstats.Nodes.Jvm.Versions[0].VmVersion}, " ")
 	}

-	table.Entries = append(table.Entries, [][]string{
-		{"Indicies", fmt.Sprintf("%d", clusterstats.Indices.Count)},
-		{"Docs", fmt.Sprintf("%d", clusterstats.Indices.Docs.Count)},
-		{"Total Size", humanize.Bytes(uint64(clusterstats.Indices.Docs.TotalSizeInBytes))},
-		{"Total Queries", fmt.Sprintf("%d", querycount)},
-		{"Shards Primaries", fmt.Sprintf("%d", clusterstats.Indices.Shards.Primaries)},
-		{"Shards Total", fmt.Sprintf("%d", clusterstats.Indices.Shards.Total)},
+	table.Entries = append(table.Entries, [][]any{
+		{"Indicies", clusterstats.Indices.Count},
+		{"Docs", clusterstats.Indices.Docs.Count},
+		{"Total Size", printer.Bytes(clusterstats.Indices.Docs.TotalSizeInBytes)},
+		{"Total Queries", "%d", querycount},
+		{"Shards Primaries", clusterstats.Indices.Shards.Primaries},
+		{"Shards Total", clusterstats.Indices.Shards.Total},
 		{"Storage", fmt.Sprintf(
 			"%s/%s",
 			humanize.Bytes(uint64(clusterstats.Indices.Store.SizeInBytes)),
@@ -243,11 +278,11 @@ func gatherClusterStats(conf *cfg.Config, clusterstats *clusterstats.Response, t
 			humanize.Bytes(uint64(clusterstats.Nodes.Jvm.Mem.HeapUsedInBytes)),
 			humanize.Bytes(uint64(clusterstats.Nodes.Jvm.Mem.HeapMaxInBytes)),
 		)},
-		{"JVM Threads", fmt.Sprintf("%d", clusterstats.Nodes.Jvm.Threads)},
+		{"JVM Threads", clusterstats.Nodes.Jvm.Threads},
 		{"JVM Version", vmversion},
-		{"CPUs", fmt.Sprintf("%d", clusterstats.Nodes.Os.AllocatedProcessors)},
+		{"CPUs", clusterstats.Nodes.Os.AllocatedProcessors},
 		{"CPU Usage", fmt.Sprintf("%d%%", clusterstats.Nodes.Process.Cpu.Percent)},
-		{"Open FDs", fmt.Sprintf("%d", clusterstats.Nodes.Process.OpenFileDescriptors.Avg)},
+		{"Open FDs", clusterstats.Nodes.Process.OpenFileDescriptors.Avg},
 	}...)

 	return table
--- a/pkg/es/cluster_reroute.go
+++ b/pkg/es/cluster_reroute.go
@@ -0,0 +1,126 @@
+/*
+Copyright © 2026 Thomas von Dein
+
+This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+(at your option) any later version.
+
+This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+*/
+package es
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"fmt"
+
+	"codeberg.org/scip/esctl/pkg/cfg"
+	"github.com/elastic/go-elasticsearch/v9/typedapi/esdsl"
+	"github.com/elastic/go-elasticsearch/v9/typedapi/types"
+)
+
+func ClusterRerouteMove(conf *cfg.Config, index string) error {
+	move := conf.DefaultCluster.ES().Cluster.Reroute()
+
+	commands := esdsl.NewCommand()
+	moveCommand := &types.CommandMoveAction{
+		Shard:    conf.Shards,
+		FromNode: conf.FromNode,
+		ToNode:   conf.ToNode,
+		Index:    index,
+	}
+
+	commands.CommandCaster().Move = moveCommand
+
+	move.Commands(commands)
+
+	_, err := move.Do(context.Background())
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to reroute move: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+func ClusterRerouteAllocateReplica(conf *cfg.Config, index string) error {
+	move := conf.DefaultCluster.ES().Cluster.Reroute()
+
+	commands := esdsl.NewCommand()
+	allocCommand := &types.CommandAllocateReplicaAction{
+		Shard: conf.Shards,
+		Node:  conf.ToNode,
+		Index: index,
+	}
+
+	commands.CommandCaster().AllocateReplica = allocCommand
+
+	move.Commands(commands)
+
+	_, err := move.Do(context.Background())
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to allocate a replica shard: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+func ClusterRerouteCancel(conf *cfg.Config, index string) error {
+	move := conf.DefaultCluster.ES().Cluster.Reroute()
+
+	commands := esdsl.NewCommand()
+	cancelCommand := &types.CommandCancelAction{
+		Shard:        conf.Shards,
+		Node:         conf.ToNode,
+		Index:        index,
+		AllowPrimary: &conf.AllowPrimary,
+	}
+
+	commands.CommandCaster().Cancel = cancelCommand
+
+	move.Commands(commands)
+
+	_, err := move.Do(context.Background())
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to cancel a reroute process: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+func ClusterRerouteAllocatePrimary(conf *cfg.Config, index string, stale bool) error {
+	move := conf.DefaultCluster.ES().Cluster.Reroute()
+
+	commands := esdsl.NewCommand()
+	allocCommand := &types.CommandAllocatePrimaryAction{
+		Shard:          conf.Shards,
+		Node:           conf.ToNode,
+		Index:          index,
+		AcceptDataLoss: conf.AcceptDataLoss,
+	}
+
+	if stale {
+		commands.CommandCaster().AllocateStalePrimary = allocCommand
+	} else {
+		commands.CommandCaster().AllocateEmptyPrimary = allocCommand
+	}
+
+	move.Commands(commands)
+
+	_, err := move.Do(context.Background())
+	if err != nil {
+		which := "empty"
+		if stale {
+			which = "stale"
+		}
+
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to allocate %s primary shard: %w", which, err)
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
--- a/pkg/es/cluster_settings.go
+++ b/pkg/es/cluster_settings.go
@@ -20,23 +20,28 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
-	"log/slog"

 	"codeberg.org/scip/esctl/pkg/cfg"
 	"codeberg.org/scip/esctl/pkg/printer"
 	"github.com/urfave/cli/v3"
 )

+func ClusterSettingsNames(conf *cfg.Config) ([]string, error) {
+	return validClusterSettings, nil
+}
+
 func ClusterSettingsList(conf *cfg.Config) error {
 	res, err := conf.DefaultCluster.ES().Cluster.GetSettings().
+		FlatSettings(true).
 		Do(context.Background())
 	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("failed to get cluster settings: %s", esErrorString(err))
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to get cluster settings: %w", esErrorString(err))
 	}

 	table := printer.NewTable(conf, 2, 0)
 	table.Addheaders("setting", "value")
-	entries := [][]string{}
+
+	entries := [][]any{}

 	settingshash := res.Persistent // == map[string]json.RawMessage

@@ -48,19 +53,7 @@ func ClusterSettingsList(conf *cfg.Config) error {
 	}

 	for topic, val := range settingshash {
-		data := map[string]any{}
-
-		err := json.Unmarshal(val, &data)
-		if err != nil {
-			return fmt.Errorf("failed to unmarshall setting for topic %s: %s", topic, err)
-		}
-
-		paths := getJsonPath(map[string]string{}, data, topic)
-		slog.Debug("settings", topic, paths)
-
-		for setting, value := range paths {
-			entries = append(entries, []string{setting, fmt.Sprintf("%v", value)})
-		}
+		entries = append(entries, []any{topic, string(val)})
 	}

 	table.Entries = entries
@@ -83,23 +76,25 @@ func ClusterSettingsSet(conf *cfg.Config, args cli.Args) error {
 		case conf.Transient:
 			message, err := json.Marshal(value)
 			if err != nil {
-				return fmt.Errorf("failed to marshall transient value <%v> to valid JSON: %s", value, err)
+				return fmt.Errorf("failed to marshall transient value <%v> to valid JSON: %w", value, err)
 			}
+
 			put.AddTransient(setting, message)
 		case conf.Persistent:
 			fallthrough
 		default:
 			message, err := json.Marshal(value)
 			if err != nil {
-				return fmt.Errorf("failed to marshall persistent value <%v> to valid JSON: %s", value, err)
+				return fmt.Errorf("failed to marshall persistent value <%v> to valid JSON: %w", value, err)
 			}
+
 			put.AddPersistent(setting, message)
 		}
 	}

 	_, err := put.Do(context.Background())
 	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("failed to set settings: %s", esErrorString(err))
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to set settings: %w", esErrorString(err))
 	}

 	return nil
@@ -108,15 +103,14 @@ func ClusterSettingsSet(conf *cfg.Config, args cli.Args) error {
 func ClusterSettingsSetSingle(conf *cfg.Config, setting, value string) error {
 	message, err := json.Marshal(value)
 	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("failed to marshall persistent value <%v> to valid JSON: %s", value, err)
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to marshall persistent value <%v> to valid JSON: %w", value, err)
 	}

 	_, err = conf.DefaultCluster.ES().Cluster.PutSettings().
 		AddPersistent(setting, message).
 		Do(context.Background())
-
 	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("failed to set %s: %s", setting, esErrorString(err))
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to set %s: %w", setting, esErrorString(err))
 	}

 	return nil
--- a/pkg/es/cluster_settings_const.go
+++ b/pkg/es/cluster_settings_const.go
@@ -0,0 +1,730 @@
+/*
+Copyright © 2026 Thomas von Dein
+
+This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+(at your option) any later version.
+
+This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+*/
+package es
+
+// manually extracted from https://www.elastic.co/docs/reference/elasticsearch/configuration-reference
+
+var validClusterSettings []string = []string{
+	"action.auto_create_index",
+	"action.destructive_requires_name",
+	"attribute_delimiters.groups",
+	"attribute_patterns.dn",
+	"attribute_patterns.groups",
+	"attribute_patterns.mail",
+	"attribute_patterns.name",
+	"attribute_patterns.principal",
+	"attributes.dn",
+	"attributes.groups",
+	"attributes.mail",
+	"attributes.name",
+	"attributes.principal",
+	"authentication.enabled",
+	"auth.secure_password",
+	"auth.username",
+	"breaker.eql_sequence.limit",
+	"breaker.eql_sequence.overhead",
+	"breaker.eql_sequence.type",
+	"breaker.model_inference.limit",
+	"breaker.model_inference.overhead",
+	"breaker.model_inference.type",
+	"cache.hash_algo",
+	"cache.max_users",
+	"cache.ttl",
+	"ccr.indices.recovery.chunk_size",
+	"ccr.indices.recovery.internal_action_timeout",
+	"ccr.indices.recovery.max_bytes_per_sec",
+	"ccr.indices.recovery.max_concurrent_file_chunks",
+	"ccr.indices.recovery.recovery_activity_timeout",
+	"claim_patterns.dn",
+	"claim_patterns.group",
+	"claim_patterns.groups",
+	"claim_patterns.mail",
+	"claim_patterns.name",
+	"claim_patterns.principal",
+	"claims.dn",
+	"claims.groups",
+	"claims.mail",
+	"claims.name",
+	"claims.principal",
+	"client_authentication.rotation_grace_period",
+	"client_authentication.shared_secret",
+	"client_authentication.type",
+	"cluster_alerts.management.blacklist",
+	"cluster_alerts.management.enabled",
+	"cluster.auto_shrink_voting_configuration",
+	"cluster.discovery_configuration_check.interval",
+	"cluster.election.duration",
+	"cluster.election.initial_timeout",
+	"cluster.election.max_timeout",
+	"cluster.fault_detection.follower_check.retry_count",
+	"cluster.fault_detection.follower_check.timeout",
+	"cluster.fault_detection.leader_check.interval",
+	"cluster.fault_detection.leader_check.retry_count",
+	"cluster.fault_detection.leader_check.timeout",
+	"cluster.follower_lag.timeout",
+	"cluster.indices.close.enable",
+	"cluster.info.update.interval",
+	"cluster.initial_master_nodes",
+	"cluster.join_validation.cache_timeout",
+	"cluster.lifecycle.default.rollover",
+	"cluster.max_voting_config_exclusions",
+	"cluster.no_master_block",
+	"cluster.publish.info_timeout",
+	"cluster.publish.timeout",
+	"cluster.reindex.pit.keep_alive",
+	"cluster.remote.initial_connect_timeout",
+	"cluster.remote.node.attr",
+	"cluster.remote.signing.certificate_authorities",
+	"cluster.remote.signing.diagnose.trust",
+	"cluster.remote.signing.truststore.algorithm",
+	"cluster.remote.signing.truststore.path",
+	"cluster.remote.signing.truststore.secure_password",
+	"cluster.remote.signing.truststore.type",
+	"cluster.routing.allocation.allow_rebalance",
+	"cluster.routing.allocation.awareness.attributes",
+	"cluster.routing.allocation.awareness.force.*",
+	"cluster.routing.allocation.balance.disk_usage",
+	"cluster.routing.allocation.balance.index",
+	"cluster.routing.allocation.balance.shard",
+	"cluster.routing.allocation.balance.threshold",
+	"cluster.routing.allocation.balance.write_load",
+	"cluster.routing.allocation.cluster_concurrent_rebalance",
+	"cluster.routing.allocation.disk.threshold_enabled",
+	"cluster.routing.allocation.disk.watermark.enable_for_single_data_node",
+	"cluster.routing.allocation.disk.watermark.flood_stage",
+	"cluster.routing.allocation.disk.watermark.flood_stage.frozen",
+	"cluster.routing.allocation.disk.watermark.flood_stage.frozen.max_headroom",
+	"cluster.routing.allocation.disk.watermark.flood_stage.max_headroom",
+	"cluster.routing.allocation.disk.watermark.high",
+	"cluster.routing.allocation.disk.watermark.high.max_headroom",
+	"cluster.routing.allocation.disk.watermark.low",
+	"cluster.routing.allocation.disk.watermark.low.max_headroom",
+	"cluster.routing.allocation.enable",
+	"cluster.routing.allocation.exclude.{{attribute}}",
+	"cluster.routing.allocation.include.{{attribute}}",
+	"cluster.routing.allocation.node_concurrent_incoming_recoveries",
+	"cluster.routing.allocation.node_concurrent_outgoing_recoveries",
+	"cluster.routing.allocation.node_concurrent_recoveries",
+	"cluster.routing.allocation.node_initial_primaries_recoveries",
+	"cluster.routing.allocation.require.{{attribute}}",
+	"cluster.routing.allocation.same_shard.host",
+	"cluster.routing.allocation.stats.cache.ttl",
+	"cluster.routing.allocation.total_shards_per_node",
+	"cluster.routing.allocation.type",
+	"cluster.routing.rebalance.enable",
+	"connection.read_timeout",
+	"connection.timeout",
+	"data_streams.lifecycle.downsampling.max_indices_in_progress",
+	"data_streams.lifecycle.poll_interval",
+	"data_streams.lifecycle.retention.default",
+	"data_streams.lifecycle.retention.max",
+	"data_streams.lifecycle.signalling.error_retry_interval",
+	"data_streams.lifecycle.target.merge.policy.floor_segment",
+	"data_streams.lifecycle.target.merge.policy.merge_factor",
+	"delegation.enabled",
+	"discovery.cluster_formation_warning_timeout",
+	"discovery.find_peers_interval",
+	"discovery.find_peers_warning_timeout",
+	"discovery.probe.connect_timeout",
+	"discovery.probe.handshake_timeout",
+	"discovery.request_peers_timeout",
+	"discovery.seed_hosts",
+	"discovery.seed_providers",
+	"discovery.seed_resolver.max_concurrent_resolvers",
+	"discovery.seed_resolver.timeout",
+	"discovery.type",
+	"dlm.frozen.cleanup.poll_interval",
+	"dlm.frozen.transition.poll_interval",
+	"dlm.frozen.transition.thread_pool.queue_size",
+	"dlm.frozen.transition.thread_pool.size",
+	"email_defaults.*",
+	"encryption.certificate",
+	"encryption.key",
+	"encryption.keystore.alias",
+	"encryption.keystore.path",
+	"encryption.keystore.secure_key_password",
+	"encryption.keystore.secure_password",
+	"encryption.keystore.type",
+	"encryption.secure_key_passphrase",
+	"enrich.cache_size",
+	"enrich.cleanup_period",
+	"enrich.coordinator_proxy.max_concurrent_requests",
+	"enrich.coordinator_proxy.max_lookups_per_request",
+	"enrich.coordinator_proxy.queue_capacity",
+	"enrich.fetch_size",
+	"enrich.max_concurrent_policy_executions",
+	"enrich.max_force_merge_attempts",
+	"fallback_claims.aud",
+	"fallback_claims.sub",
+	"files.role_mapping",
+	"gateway.expected_data_nodes",
+	"gateway.recover_after_data_nodes",
+	"gateway.recover_after_time",
+	"group_search.base_dn",
+	"group_search.filter",
+	"group_search.scope",
+	"group_search.user_attribute",
+	"health.ilm.max_retries_per_step",
+	"health.ilm.max_time_on_action",
+	"health.ilm.max_time_on_step",
+	"health.master_history.has_master_lookup_timeframe",
+	"health.master_history.identity_changes_threshold",
+	"health.master_history.no_master_transitions_threshold",
+	"health.node.enabled",
+	"health.periodic_logger.enabled",
+	"health.periodic_logger.poll_interval",
+	"health.reporting.local.monitor.interval",
+	"health.shard_capacity.unhealthy_threshold.red",
+	"health.shard_capacity.unhealthy_threshold.yellow",
+	"http.bind_host",
+	"http.client_stats.closed_channels.max_age",
+	"http.client_stats.closed_channels.max_count",
+	"http.client_stats.enabled",
+	"http.compression",
+	"http.compression_level",
+	"http.connection_pool_ttl",
+	"http.connection_read_timeout",
+	"http.connect_timeout",
+	"http.cors.enabled",
+	"http.detailed_errors.enabled",
+	"http.host",
+	"http.max_connections",
+	"http.max_content_length",
+	"http.max_endpoint_connections",
+	"http.max_header_size",
+	"http.max_initial_line_length",
+	"http.max_warning_header_count",
+	"http.max_warning_header_size",
+	"http.pipelining.max_events",
+	"http.port",
+	"http.proxy.host",
+	"http.proxy.port",
+	"http.proxy.scheme",
+	"http.publish_host",
+	"http.publish_port",
+	"http.socket_timeout",
+	"http.tcp.keep_alive",
+	"http.tcp.keep_count",
+	"http.tcp.keep_idle",
+	"http.tcp.keep_interval",
+	"http.tcp.no_delay",
+	"http.tcp.receive_buffer_size",
+	"http.tcp.reuse_address",
+	"http.tcp.send_buffer_size",
+	"idp.entity_id",
+	"idp.metadata.http.connect_timeout",
+	"idp.metadata.http.fail_on_error",
+	"idp.metadata.http.minimum_refresh",
+	"idp.metadata.http.read_timeout",
+	"idp.metadata.http.refresh",
+	"idp.metadata.path",
+	"idp.use_single_logout",
+	"index.dlm.frozen.created",
+	"indexing_pressure.memory.limit",
+	"index.lifecycle.indexing_complete",
+	"index.lifecycle.name",
+	"index.lifecycle.origination_date",
+	"index.lifecycle.parse_origination_date",
+	"index.lifecycle.prefer_ilm",
+	"index.lifecycle.rollover_alias",
+	"index.lifecycle.step.wait_time_threshold",
+	"index.name.time_format",
+	"index.queries.cache.enabled",
+	"indices.breaker.fielddata.limit",
+	"indices.breaker.fielddata.overhead",
+	"indices.breaker.request.limit",
+	"indices.breaker.request.overhead",
+	"indices.breaker.total.limit",
+	"indices.breaker.total.use_real_memory",
+	"indices.fielddata.cache.size",
+	"indices.lifecycle.history_index_enabled",
+	"indices.lifecycle.poll_interval",
+	"indices.lifecycle.rollover.only_if_has_documents",
+	"indices.memory.index_buffer_size",
+	"indices.memory.max_index_buffer_size",
+	"indices.memory.min_index_buffer_size",
+	"indices.queries.cache.size",
+	"indices.query.bool.max_clause_count",
+	"indices.query.bool.max_nested_depth",
+	"indices.recovery.max_bytes_per_sec",
+	"indices.recovery.max_concurrent_file_chunks",
+	"indices.recovery.max_concurrent_operations",
+	"indices.recovery.max_concurrent_snapshot_file_downloads",
+	"indices.recovery.max_concurrent_snapshot_file_downloads_per_node",
+	"indices.recovery.use_snapshots",
+	"indices.requests.cache.expire",
+	"indices.requests.cache.size",
+	"jwt.cache.size",
+	"jwt.cache.ttl",
+	"keytab.path",
+	"krb.debug",
+	"load_balance.cache_ttl",
+	"load_balance.type",
+	"master_history.max_age",
+	"monitor.fs.health.enabled",
+	"monitor.fs.health.refresh_interval",
+	"monitor.fs.health.slow_path_logging_threshold",
+	"nameid.allow_create",
+	"nameid.sp_qualifier",
+	"network.bind_host",
+	"network.breaker.inflight_requests.limit",
+	"network.breaker.inflight_requests.overhead",
+	"network.host",
+	"network.publish_host",
+	"network.tcp.keep_alive",
+	"network.tcp.keep_count",
+	"network.tcp.keep_idle",
+	"network.tcp.keep_interval",
+	"network.tcp.no_delay",
+	"network.tcp.receive_buffer_size",
+	"network.tcp.reuse_address",
+	"network.tcp.send_buffer_size",
+	"network.thread.watchdog.interval",
+	"network.thread.watchdog.quiet_time",
+	"node.bandwidth.recovery.disk.read",
+	"node.bandwidth.recovery.disk.write",
+	"node.bandwidth.recovery.factor.read",
+	"node.bandwidth.recovery.factor.write",
+	"node.bandwidth.recovery.network",
+	"node.bandwidth.recovery.operator.factor",
+	"node.bandwidth.recovery.operator.factor.max_overcommit",
+	"node.bandwidth.recovery.operator.factor.read",
+	"node.bandwidth.recovery.operator.factor.write",
+	"node.roles: [ ml ]",
+	"node.roles: [ transform ]",
+	"op.authorization_endpoint",
+	"op.endsession_endpoint",
+	"op.issuer",
+	"op.jwkset_path",
+	"op.token_endpoint",
+	"op.userinfo_endpoint",
+	"org.elasticsearch.common.network.ThreadWatchdog",
+	"org.elasticsearch.transport.InboundHandler",
+	"org.elasticsearch.transport.OutboundHandler",
+	"pkc_jwkset_reload.enabled",
+	"pkc_jwkset_reload.file_interval",
+	"pkc_jwkset_reload.url_interval_max",
+	"pkc_jwkset_reload.url_interval_min",
+	"proxy.base_path",
+	"reindex.remote.blocklist",
+	"reindex.remote.whitelist",
+	"reindex.ssl.certificate",
+	"reindex.ssl.certificate_authorities",
+	"reindex.ssl.key",
+	"reindex.ssl.key_passphrase",
+	"reindex.ssl.keystore.key_password",
+	"reindex.ssl.keystore.password",
+	"reindex.ssl.keystore.path",
+	"reindex.ssl.keystore.secure_key_password",
+	"reindex.ssl.keystore.secure_password",
+	"reindex.ssl.keystore.type",
+	"reindex.ssl.secure_key_passphrase",
+	"reindex.ssl.truststore.password",
+	"reindex.ssl.truststore.path",
+	"reindex.ssl.truststore.secure_password",
+	"reindex.ssl.truststore.type",
+	"reindex.ssl.verification_mode",
+	"remote_cluster.bind_host",
+	"remote_cluster.host",
+	"remote_cluster.port",
+	"remote_cluster.publish_host",
+	"remote_cluster.publish_port",
+	"remote_cluster_server.enabled",
+	"remote_cluster.tcp.keep_alive",
+	"remote_cluster.tcp.keep_count",
+	"remote_cluster.tcp.keep_idle",
+	"remote_cluster.tcp.keep_interval",
+	"remote_cluster.tcp.no_delay",
+	"remote_cluster.tcp.receive_buffer_size",
+	"remote_cluster.tcp.reuse_address",
+	"remote_cluster.tcp.send_buffer_size",
+	"repositories.default_repository",
+	"rp.client_auth_jwt_signature_algorithm",
+	"rp.client_auth_method",
+	"rp.client_id",
+	"rp.client_secret",
+	"rp.post_logout_redirect_uri",
+	"rp.redirect_uri",
+	"rp.requested_scopes",
+	"rp.response_type",
+	"rp.signature_algorithm",
+	"script.max_compilations_rate",
+	"script.painless.regex.enabled",
+	"search.aggs.allowed_inline_metric_scripts",
+	"search.aggs.allowed_stored_metric_scripts",
+	"search.aggs.only_allowed_metric_scripts",
+	"search.max_buckets",
+	"search.task_watchdog.cooldown_period",
+	"search.task_watchdog.coordinator_threshold",
+	"search.task_watchdog.data_node_threshold",
+	"search.task_watchdog.enabled",
+	"search.task_watchdog.interval",
+	"signing.certificate",
+	"signing.key",
+	"signing.keystore.alias",
+	"signing.keystore.path",
+	"signing.keystore.secure_key_password",
+	"signing.keystore.secure_password",
+	"signing.keystore.type",
+	"signing.saml_messages",
+	"signing.secure_key_passphrase",
+	"slm.health.failed_snapshot_warn_threshold",
+	"slm.history_index_enabled",
+	"slm.retention_duration",
+	"slm.retention_schedule",
+	"smtp.auth",
+	"smtp.connection_timeout",
+	"smtp.host",
+	"smtp.local_address",
+	"smtp.local_port",
+	"smtp.port",
+	"smtp.secure_password",
+	"smtp.send_partial",
+	"smtp.ssl.trust",
+	"smtp.starttls.enable",
+	"smtp.starttls.required",
+	"smtp.timeout",
+	"smtp.user",
+	"smtp.wait_on_quit",
+	"smtp.write_timeout",
+	"snapshot.max_concurrent_operations",
+	"sp.acs",
+	"sp.entity_id",
+	"sp.logout",
+	"ssl.certificate",
+	"ssl.certificate_authorities",
+	"ssl.cipher_suites",
+	"ssl.key",
+	"ssl.key_passphrase",
+	"ssl.keystore.key_password",
+	"ssl.keystore.password",
+	"ssl.keystore.path",
+	"ssl.keystore.secure_key_password",
+	"ssl.keystore.secure_password",
+	"ssl.keystore.type",
+	"ssl.secure_key_passphrase",
+	"ssl.secure_keystore.password",
+	"ssl.supported_protocols",
+	"ssl.truststore.password",
+	"ssl.truststore.path",
+	"ssl.truststore.secure_password",
+	"ssl.truststore.type",
+	"ssl.verification_mode",
+	"stack.templates.enabled",
+	"timeout.ldap_search",
+	"timeout.response",
+	"timeout.tcp_connect",
+	"timeout.tcp_read",
+	"transport.bind_host",
+	"transport.compress",
+	"transport.compression_scheme",
+	"transport.connect_timeout",
+	"transport.host",
+	"transport.ping_schedule",
+	"transport.port",
+	"transport.profiles.$PROFILE.xpack.security.filter.allow",
+	"transport.profiles.$PROFILE.xpack.security.filter.deny",
+	"transport.publish_host",
+	"transport.publish_port",
+	"transport.tcp.keep_alive",
+	"transport.tcp.keep_count",
+	"transport.tcp.keep_idle",
+	"transport.tcp.keep_interval",
+	"transport.tcp.no_delay",
+	"transport.tcp.receive_buffer_size",
+	"transport.tcp.reuse_address",
+	"transport.tcp.send_buffer_size",
+	"truststore.algorithm",
+	"truststore.password",
+	"truststore.path",
+	"truststore.secure_password",
+	"user_search.attribute",
+	"user_search.base_dn",
+	"user_search.down_level_filter",
+	"user_search.filter",
+	"user_search.pool.enabled",
+	"user_search.pool.health_check.dn",
+	"user_search.pool.health_check.enabled",
+	"user_search.pool.health_check.interval",
+	"user_search.pool.initial_size",
+	"user_search.pool.size",
+	"user_search.scope",
+	"user_search.upn_filter",
+	"vectors.indexing.use_gpu",
+	"wait_master.timeout",
+	"xpack.http.connection_pool_ttl",
+	"xpack.http.default_connection_timeout",
+	"xpack.http.default_read_timeout",
+	"xpack.http.max_response_size",
+	"xpack.http.proxy.host",
+	"xpack.http.proxy.port",
+	"xpack.http.proxy.scheme",
+	"xpack.http.ssl.certificate",
+	"xpack.http.ssl.certificate_authorities",
+	"xpack.http.ssl.cipher_suites",
+	"xpack.http.ssl.key",
+	"xpack.http.ssl.keystore.path",
+	"xpack.http.ssl.keystore.secure_key_password",
+	"xpack.http.ssl.keystore.secure_password",
+	"xpack.http.ssl.keystore.type",
+	"xpack.http.ssl.secure_key_passphrase",
+	"xpack.http.ssl.supported_protocols",
+	"xpack.http.ssl.truststore.path",
+	"xpack.http.ssl.truststore.secure_password",
+	"xpack.http.ssl.truststore.type",
+	"xpack.http.ssl.verification_mode",
+	"xpack.http.tcp.keep_alive",
+	"xpack.http.whitelist",
+	"xpack.ilm.enabled",
+	"xpack.inference.ccm.cache.expiry_time",
+	"xpack.inference.ccm.cache.weight",
+	"xpack.inference.endpoint.cache.enabled",
+	"xpack.inference.endpoint.cache.expiry_time",
+	"xpack.inference.endpoint.cache.weight",
+	"xpack.inference.http.connection_eviction_interval",
+	"xpack.inference.http.connection_eviction_max_idle_time",
+	"xpack.inference.http.max_response_size",
+	"xpack.inference.http.max_route_connections",
+	"xpack.inference.http.max_total_connections",
+	"xpack.inference.http.request_executor.queue_capacity",
+	"xpack.inference.http.retry.initial_delay",
+	"xpack.inference.http.retry.max_delay_bound",
+	"xpack.inference.http.retry.timeout",
+	"xpack.inference.logging.reset_interval",
+	"xpack.inference.logging.wait_duration",
+	"xpack.inference.oauth2.token_cache.enabled",
+	"xpack.inference.oauth2.token_cache.expiry_time",
+	"xpack.inference.oauth2.token_cache.weight",
+	"xpack.inference.query_timeout",
+	"xpack.inference.truncator.reduction_percentage",
+	"xpack.license.self_generated.type",
+	"xpack.ml.anomalies.heal_reindexed_v7.enabled",
+	"xpack.ml.enable_config_migration",
+	"xpack.ml.enabled",
+	"xpack.ml.idle_job_auto_close_timeout",
+	"xpack.ml.inference_model.cache_size",
+	"xpack.ml.inference_model.time_to_live",
+	"xpack.ml.max_anomaly_records",
+	"xpack.ml.max_inference_processors",
+	"xpack.ml.max_lazy_ml_nodes",
+	"xpack.ml.max_machine_memory_percent",
+	"xpack.ml.max_ml_node_size",
+	"xpack.ml.max_model_memory_limit",
+	"xpack.ml.max_open_jobs",
+	"xpack.ml.model_repository",
+	"xpack.ml.nightly_maintenance_requests_per_second",
+	"xpack.ml.node_concurrent_job_allocations",
+	"xpack.ml.persist_results_max_retries",
+	"xpack.ml.process_connect_timeout",
+	"xpack.ml.results_index_rollover_max_size",
+	"xpack.ml.trained_models.graph_validation_enabled",
+	"xpack.ml.use_auto_machine_memory_percent",
+	"xpack.monitoring.collection.cluster.stats.timeout",
+	"xpack.monitoring.collection.enabled",
+	"xpack.monitoring.collection.index.recovery.active_only",
+	"xpack.monitoring.collection.index.recovery.timeout",
+	"xpack.monitoring.collection.index.stats.timeout",
+	"xpack.monitoring.collection.indices",
+	"xpack.monitoring.collection.interval",
+	"xpack.monitoring.collection.node.stats.timeout",
+	"xpack.monitoring.elasticsearch.collection.enabled",
+	"xpack.monitoring.enabled",
+	"xpack.monitoring.exporters",
+	"xpack.monitoring.exporters.$NAME.ssl.certificate",
+	"xpack.monitoring.exporters.$NAME.ssl.certificate_authorities",
+	"xpack.monitoring.exporters.$NAME.ssl.cipher_suites",
+	"xpack.monitoring.exporters.$NAME.ssl.key",
+	"xpack.monitoring.exporters.$NAME.ssl.key_passphrase",
+	"xpack.monitoring.exporters.$NAME.ssl.keystore.key_password",
+	"xpack.monitoring.exporters.$NAME.ssl.keystore.password",
+	"xpack.monitoring.exporters.$NAME.ssl.keystore.path",
+	"xpack.monitoring.exporters.$NAME.ssl.keystore.secure_key_password",
+	"xpack.monitoring.exporters.$NAME.ssl.keystore.secure_password",
+	"xpack.monitoring.exporters.$NAME.ssl.keystore.type",
+	"xpack.monitoring.exporters.$NAME.ssl.secure_key_passphrase",
+	"xpack.monitoring.exporters.$NAME.ssl.supported_protocols",
+	"xpack.monitoring.exporters.$NAME.ssl.truststore.password",
+	"xpack.monitoring.exporters.$NAME.ssl.truststore.path",
+	"xpack.monitoring.exporters.$NAME.ssl.truststore.secure_password",
+	"xpack.monitoring.exporters.$NAME.ssl.truststore.type",
+	"xpack.monitoring.exporters.$NAME.ssl.verification_mode",
+	"xpack.monitoring.history.duration",
+	"xpack.notification.email.account",
+	"xpack.notification.email.account.domain_allowlist",
+	"xpack.notification.email.default_account",
+	"xpack.notification.email.html.sanitization.allow",
+	"xpack.notification.email.html.sanitization.disallow",
+	"xpack.notification.email.html.sanitization.enabled",
+	"xpack.notification.email.recipient_allowlist",
+	"xpack.notification.email.ssl.certificate",
+	"xpack.notification.email.ssl.certificate_authorities",
+	"xpack.notification.email.ssl.cipher_suites",
+	"xpack.notification.email.ssl.key",
+	"xpack.notification.email.ssl.keystore.path",
+	"xpack.notification.email.ssl.keystore.secure_key_password",
+	"xpack.notification.email.ssl.keystore.secure_password",
+	"xpack.notification.email.ssl.keystore.type",
+	"xpack.notification.email.ssl.secure_key_passphrase",
+	"xpack.notification.email.ssl.supported_protocols",
+	"xpack.notification.email.ssl.truststore.path",
+	"xpack.notification.email.ssl.truststore.secure_password",
+	"xpack.notification.email.ssl.truststore.type",
+	"xpack.notification.email.ssl.verification_mode",
+	"xpack.notification.jira.account",
+	"xpack.notification.jira.default_account",
+	"xpack.notification.pagerduty",
+	"xpack.notification.pagerduty.account",
+	"xpack.notification.pagerduty.default_account",
+	"xpack.notification.slack",
+	"xpack.notification.slack.account",
+	"xpack.notification.slack.default_account",
+	"xpack.notification.webhook.additional_token_enabled",
+	"xpack.otel_data.histogram_field_type",
+	"xpack.otel_data.registry.enabled",
+	"xpack.profiling.enabled",
+	"xpack.profiling.templates.enabled",
+	"xpack.security.audit.enabled",
+	"xpack.security.audit.logfile.emit_node_host_address",
+	"xpack.security.audit.logfile.emit_node_host_name",
+	"xpack.security.audit.logfile.emit_node_id",
+	"xpack.security.audit.logfile.emit_node_name",
+	"xpack.security.audit.logfile.events.emit_request_body",
+	"xpack.security.audit.logfile.events.exclude",
+	"xpack.security.audit.logfile.events.include",
+	"xpack.security.authc.anonymous.authz_exception",
+	"xpack.security.authc.anonymous.roles",
+	"xpack.security.authc.anonymous.username",
+	"xpack.security.authc.api_key.cache.hash_algo",
+	"xpack.security.authc.api_key.cache.max_keys",
+	"xpack.security.authc.api_key.cache.ttl",
+	"xpack.security.authc.api_key.delete.interval",
+	"xpack.security.authc.api_key.delete.retention_period",
+	"xpack.security.authc.api_key.delete.timeout",
+	"xpack.security.authc.api_key.enabled",
+	"xpack.security.authc.api_key.hashing.algorithm",
+	"xpack.security.authc.password_hashing.algorithm",
+	"xpack.security.authc.realms.jwt.*",
+	"xpack.security.authc.realms.kerberos.*",
+	"xpack.security.authc.realms.oidc.*",
+	"xpack.security.authc.realms.saml.*",
+	"xpack.security.authc.token.enabled",
+	"xpack.security.authc.token.timeout",
+	"xpack.security.autoconfiguration.enabled",
+	"xpack.security.automata.cache.enabled",
+	"xpack.security.automata.cache.size",
+	"xpack.security.automata.cache.ttl",
+	"xpack.security.automata.max_determinized_states",
+	"xpack.security.dls.bitset.cache.size",
+	"xpack.security.dls.bitset.cache.ttl",
+	"xpack.security.dls_fls.enabled",
+	"xpack.security.enabled",
+	"xpack.security.enrollment.enabled",
+	"xpack.security.fips_mode.enabled",
+	"xpack.security.fips_mode.required_providers",
+	"xpack.security.hide_settings",
+	"xpack.security.http.filter.allow",
+	"xpack.security.http.filter.deny",
+	"xpack.security.http.ssl.certificate",
+	"xpack.security.http.ssl.certificate_authorities",
+	"xpack.security.http.ssl.cipher_suites",
+	"xpack.security.http.ssl.client_authentication",
+	"xpack.security.http.ssl.enabled",
+	"xpack.security.http.ssl.key",
+	"xpack.security.http.ssl.key_passphrase",
+	"xpack.security.http.ssl.keystore.key_password",
+	"xpack.security.http.ssl.keystore.password",
+	"xpack.security.http.ssl.keystore.path",
+	"xpack.security.http.ssl.keystore.secure_key_password",
+	"xpack.security.http.ssl.keystore.secure_password",
+	"xpack.security.http.ssl.keystore.type",
+	"xpack.security.http.ssl.secure_key_passphrase",
+	"xpack.security.http.ssl.supported_protocols",
+	"xpack.security.http.ssl.truststore.password",
+	"xpack.security.http.ssl.truststore.path",
+	"xpack.security.http.ssl.truststore.secure_password",
+	"xpack.security.http.ssl.truststore.type",
+	"xpack.security.http.ssl.verification_mode",
+	"xpack.security.loginAssistanceMessage",
+	"xpack.security.remote_cluster_client.ssl.certificate",
+	"xpack.security.remote_cluster_client.ssl.certificate_authorities",
+	"xpack.security.remote_cluster_client.ssl.cipher_suites",
+	"xpack.security.remote_cluster_client.ssl.enabled",
+	"xpack.security.remote_cluster_client.ssl.handshake_timeout",
+	"xpack.security.remote_cluster_client.ssl.key",
+	"xpack.security.remote_cluster_client.ssl.keystore.path",
+	"xpack.security.remote_cluster_client.ssl.keystore.secure_key_password",
+	"xpack.security.remote_cluster_client.ssl.keystore.secure_password",
+	"xpack.security.remote_cluster_client.ssl.keystore.type",
+	"xpack.security.remote_cluster_client.ssl.secure_key_passphrase",
+	"xpack.security.remote_cluster_client.ssl.supported_protocols",
+	"xpack.security.remote_cluster_client.ssl.truststore.path",
+	"xpack.security.remote_cluster_client.ssl.truststore.secure_password",
+	"xpack.security.remote_cluster_client.ssl.truststore.type",
+	"xpack.security.remote_cluster_client.ssl.verification_mode",
+	"xpack.security.remote_cluster.filter.allow",
+	"xpack.security.remote_cluster.filter.deny",
+	"xpack.security.remote_cluster_server.ssl.certificate",
+	"xpack.security.remote_cluster_server.ssl.certificate_authorities",
+	"xpack.security.remote_cluster_server.ssl.cipher_suites",
+	"xpack.security.remote_cluster_server.ssl.client_authentication",
+	"xpack.security.remote_cluster_server.ssl.enabled",
+	"xpack.security.remote_cluster_server.ssl.handshake_timeout",
+	"xpack.security.remote_cluster_server.ssl.key",
+	"xpack.security.remote_cluster_server.ssl.keystore.path",
+	"xpack.security.remote_cluster_server.ssl.keystore.secure_key_password",
+	"xpack.security.remote_cluster_server.ssl.keystore.secure_password",
+	"xpack.security.remote_cluster_server.ssl.keystore.type",
+	"xpack.security.remote_cluster_server.ssl.secure_key_passphrase",
+	"xpack.security.remote_cluster_server.ssl.supported_protocols",
+	"xpack.security.remote_cluster_server.ssl.truststore.path",
+	"xpack.security.remote_cluster_server.ssl.truststore.secure_password",
+	"xpack.security.remote_cluster_server.ssl.truststore.type",
+	"xpack.security.remote_cluster_server.ssl.verification_mode",
+	"xpack.security.ssl.diagnose.trust",
+	"xpack.security.transport.filter.allow",
+	"xpack.security.transport.filter.deny",
+	"xpack.security.transport.ssl.certificate",
+	"xpack.security.transport.ssl.certificate_authorities",
+	"xpack.security.transport.ssl.cipher_suites",
+	"xpack.security.transport.ssl.client_authentication",
+	"xpack.security.transport.ssl.enabled",
+	"xpack.security.transport.ssl.handshake_timeout",
+	"xpack.security.transport.ssl.key",
+	"xpack.security.transport.ssl.key_passphrase",
+	"xpack.security.transport.ssl.keystore.key_password",
+	"xpack.security.transport.ssl.keystore.password",
+	"xpack.security.transport.ssl.keystore.path",
+	"xpack.security.transport.ssl.keystore.secure_key_password",
+	"xpack.security.transport.ssl.keystore.secure_password",
+	"xpack.security.transport.ssl.keystore.type",
+	"xpack.security.transport.ssl.secure_key_passphrase",
+	"xpack.security.transport.ssl.supported_protocols",
+	"xpack.security.transport.ssl.trust_restrictions.x509_fields",
+	"xpack.security.transport.ssl.truststore.password",
+	"xpack.security.transport.ssl.truststore.path",
+	"xpack.security.transport.ssl.truststore.secure_password",
+	"xpack.security.transport.ssl.truststore.type",
+	"xpack.security.transport.ssl.verification_mode",
+	"xpack.transform.enabled",
+	"xpack.transform.num_transform_failure_retries",
+	"xpack.watcher.enabled",
+	"xpack.watcher.encryption_key",
+	"xpack.watcher.encrypt_sensitive_data",
+	"xpack.watcher.history.cleaner_service.enabled",
+	"xpack.watcher.max.history.record.size",
+	"xpack.watcher.trigger.schedule.engine",
+}
--- a/pkg/es/cluster_util.go
+++ b/pkg/es/cluster_util.go
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
 	"regexp"
-	"strconv"
 	"strings"

 	"codeberg.org/scip/esctl/pkg/cfg"
@@ -38,6 +37,7 @@ func checkClusterIsLeader(conf *cfg.Config, leader string) bool {
 		Do(context.Background())
 	if err != nil {
 		fmt.Printf("failed to get ccr stats from %s: %s", leader, esErrorString(err))
+
 		return false
 	}

@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ func checkClusterIsLeader(conf *cfg.Config, leader string) bool {

 	if stats.AutoFollowStats.AutoFollowedClusters[0].ClusterName != "" {
 		fmt.Println("leader/follower attribution is invalid, reverse cluster attribution and retry")
+
 		return false
 	}

@@ -59,46 +60,48 @@ func checkClusterStatus(conf *cfg.Config, leader, follower string) bool {
 	status := map[string]*health.Response{}

 	for _, cluster := range []string{leader, follower} {
-		st, err := conf.Clusters[leader].ES().Cluster.Health().
+		clusterHealth, err := conf.Clusters[leader].ES().Cluster.Health().
 			Do(context.Background())
 		if err != nil {
 			fmt.Printf("failed to get health from %s: %s", cluster, esErrorString(err))
+
 			return false
 		}

-		status[cluster] = st
+		status[cluster] = clusterHealth
 	}

 	table := printer.NewTable(conf, 3, 6)

 	table.Addheaders("setting", "leader:"+leader, "follower:"+follower)

-	table.Entries = [][]string{
+	table.Entries = [][]any{
 		{"Cluster Name", status[leader].ClusterName, status[follower].ClusterName},
 		{"Cluster Status",
 			printer.Colorize(conf, status[leader].Status.Name, status[leader].Status.Name),
 			printer.Colorize(conf, status[follower].Status.Name, status[follower].Status.Name),
 		},
 		{"Active Shards",
-			fmt.Sprintf("%d", status[leader].ActiveShards),
-			fmt.Sprintf("%d", status[follower].ActiveShards),
+			status[leader].ActiveShards,
+			status[follower].ActiveShards,
 		},
 		{"Active Primary Shards",
-			fmt.Sprintf("%d", status[leader].ActivePrimaryShards),
-			fmt.Sprintf("%d", status[follower].ActivePrimaryShards),
+			status[leader].ActivePrimaryShards,
+			status[follower].ActivePrimaryShards,
 		},
 		{"Indicies",
-			fmt.Sprintf("%d", len(status[leader].Indices)),
-			fmt.Sprintf("%d", len(status[follower].Indices)),
+			len(status[leader].Indices),
+			len(status[follower].Indices),
 		},
 		{"Nodes",
-			fmt.Sprintf("%d", status[leader].NumberOfNodes),
-			fmt.Sprintf("%d", status[follower].NumberOfNodes),
+			status[leader].NumberOfNodes,
+			status[follower].NumberOfNodes,
 		},
 	}

 	if err := table.Print(); err != nil {
 		fmt.Println(err)
+
 		return false
 	}

@@ -113,7 +116,7 @@ func checkClusterStatus(conf *cfg.Config, leader, follower string) bool {

 // finds indices on both clusters which have ilm errors
 func findIlmErrors(conf *cfg.Config, leader, follower string) bool {
-	failed := map[string]map[string]string{}
+	failed := map[string]map[string]any{}

 	for _, cluster := range []string{leader, follower} {
 		ilm, err := conf.Clusters[cluster].ES().Ilm.ExplainLifecycle("_all").
@@ -121,16 +124,17 @@ func findIlmErrors(conf *cfg.Config, leader, follower string) bool {
 			Do(context.Background())
 		if err != nil {
 			fmt.Printf("failed to get ilm status from %s: %s", cluster, esErrorString(err))
+
 			return false
 		}

-		failed[cluster] = map[string]string{}
+		failed[cluster] = map[string]any{}

 		for name, ilmstate := range ilm.Indices {
 			count := ilmstate.(*types.LifecycleExplainManaged).FailedStepRetryCount

 			if count != nil && *count > 0 {
-				failed[cluster][name] = fmt.Sprintf("%d", *count)
+				failed[cluster][name] = *count
 			}
 		}
 	}
@@ -151,7 +155,7 @@ func findIlmErrors(conf *cfg.Config, leader, follower string) bool {
 			table.Addheaders("ilm errors on "+which, "errors")

 			for name, count := range failed[cluster] {
-				table.Entries[idx] = []string{name, count}
+				table.Entries[idx] = []any{name, count}
 				idx++
 			}

@@ -159,6 +163,7 @@ func findIlmErrors(conf *cfg.Config, leader, follower string) bool {

 			if err := table.Print(); err != nil {
 				fmt.Println(err)
+
 				return false
 			}
 		}
@@ -175,6 +180,7 @@ func findIndicesOnlyOnLeader(conf *cfg.Config, indices ClusterIndices, leader, f
 	}

 	indexOnlyOnLeader := map[string]*types.IndicesRecord{}
+
 	for name, index := range indices[leader] {
 		if exclude.MatchString(name) {
 			continue
@@ -196,9 +202,11 @@ func findIndicesOnlyOnLeader(conf *cfg.Config, indices ClusterIndices, leader, f
 			}

 			isWritable := false
+
 			for _, alias := range res[name].Aliases {
 				if *alias.IsWriteIndex {
 					isWritable = true
+
 					break
 				}
 			}
@@ -223,13 +231,15 @@ func findIndicesOnlyOnLeader(conf *cfg.Config, indices ClusterIndices, leader, f
 	for name, index := range indexOnlyOnLeader {
 		name := printer.Colorize(conf, "red", name)

-		table.Entries[idx] = []string{name, *index.DatasetSize, *index.DocsCount}
+		table.Entries[idx] = []any{name, *index.DatasetSize, *index.DocsCount}
 		idx++
 	}

 	table.Sort()
+
 	if err := table.Print(); err != nil {
 		fmt.Println(err)
+
 		return false
 	}

@@ -271,13 +281,15 @@ func findOrphanedIndices(conf *cfg.Config, indices ClusterIndices, leader, follo
 	for name, index := range orphaned {
 		name := printer.Colorize(conf, "red", name)

-		table.Entries[idx] = []string{name, *index.DatasetSize, *index.DocsCount}
+		table.Entries[idx] = []any{name, *index.DatasetSize, *index.DocsCount}
 		idx++
 	}

 	table.Sort()
+
 	if err := table.Print(); err != nil {
 		fmt.Println(err)
+
 		return false
 	}

@@ -305,13 +317,15 @@ func findFailedFollowerIndices(conf *cfg.Config, indices ClusterIndices, followe
 	for name, index := range red {
 		name := printer.Colorize(conf, "red", name)

-		table.Entries[idx] = []string{name, *index.DatasetSize, *index.DocsCount}
+		table.Entries[idx] = []any{name, *index.DatasetSize, *index.DocsCount}
 		idx++
 	}

 	table.Sort()
+
 	if err := table.Print(); err != nil {
 		fmt.Println(err)
+
 		return false
 	}

@@ -330,44 +344,3 @@ func splitArg(arg string) (string, string) {
 		return parts[0], parts[1]
 	}
 }
-
-// recursively traverse  the raw  settings hash and  build a  flat map
-// consisting of the translated path and its value.
-//
-// e.g.
-// logger:
-//
-//	org:
-//	  elasticsearch:
-//	    transport:
-//	      OutboundHandler: "ERROR"
-//
-// gets:
-//
-// logger.org.elasticsearch.transport.OutboundHandler: "ERROR"
-func getJsonPath(paths map[string]string, raw map[string]any, topic string) map[string]string {
-	for name, data := range raw {
-		path := topic + "." + name
-
-		switch value := data.(type) {
-		case string:
-			paths[path] = value
-		case *string:
-			paths[path] = *value
-		case int:
-			paths[path] = strconv.Itoa(value)
-		case *int:
-			paths[path] = strconv.Itoa(*value)
-		case map[string]any:
-			paths = getJsonPath(paths, value, path)
-		case []any:
-			val := []string{}
-			for _, item := range value {
-				val = append(val, fmt.Sprintf("%v", item))
-			}
-			paths[path] = strings.Join(val, ",")
-		}
-	}
-
-	return paths
-}
--- a/pkg/es/datastream.go
+++ b/pkg/es/datastream.go
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ import (

 	"codeberg.org/scip/esctl/pkg/cfg"
 	"codeberg.org/scip/esctl/pkg/printer"
-	"github.com/dustin/go-humanize"
 	"github.com/elastic/go-elasticsearch/v9/typedapi/types"
 )

@@ -33,7 +32,7 @@ func DatastreamNames(conf *cfg.Config) ([]string, error) {
 	res, err := conf.DefaultCluster.ES().Indices.GetDataStream().
 		Do(context.Background())
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to get data streams: %s", esErrorString(err))
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to get data streams: %w", esErrorString(err))
 	}

 	dss := make([]string, len(res.DataStreams))
@@ -48,7 +47,7 @@ func DatastreamList(conf *cfg.Config) error {
 	res, err := conf.DefaultCluster.ES().Indices.GetDataStream().
 		Do(context.Background())
 	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("failed to get data streams: %s", esErrorString(err))
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to get data streams: %w", esErrorString(err))
 	}

 	slog.Debug("ES result", "data streams", res)
@@ -66,21 +65,22 @@ func DatastreamList(conf *cfg.Config) error {
 	table := printer.NewTable(conf, 7, size)
 	table.Addheaders("name", "ilm policy", "hidden", "system", "replicated", "generation", "timestamp field")

-	for idx, ds := range list {
-		name := printer.Colorize(conf, ds.Status.String(), ds.Name)
+	for idx, datastream := range list {
+		name := printer.Colorize(conf, datastream.Status.String(), datastream.Name)
+
 		policy := ""
-		if ds.IlmPolicy != nil {
-			policy = *ds.IlmPolicy
+		if datastream.IlmPolicy != nil {
+			policy = *datastream.IlmPolicy
 		}

-		table.Entries[idx] = []string{
+		table.Entries[idx] = []any{
 			name,
 			policy,
-			fmt.Sprintf("%t", ds.Hidden),
-			fmt.Sprintf("%t", *ds.System),
-			fmt.Sprintf("%t", *ds.Replicated),
-			fmt.Sprintf("%d", ds.Generation),
-			ds.TimestampField.Name,
+			datastream.Hidden,
+			*datastream.System,
+			*datastream.Replicated,
+			datastream.Generation,
+			datastream.TimestampField.Name,
 		}

 		if idx == size-1 {
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@ func DatastreamList(conf *cfg.Config) error {
 	}

 	table.Sort()
+
 	if err := table.Print(); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -129,7 +130,7 @@ func DatastreamShow(conf *cfg.Config, dsname string) error {
 		Name(dsname).
 		Do(context.Background())
 	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("failed to get data stream: %s", esErrorString(err))
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to get data stream: %w", esErrorString(err))
 	}

 	slog.Debug("ES result", "data stream", res)
@@ -142,61 +143,63 @@ func DatastreamShow(conf *cfg.Config, dsname string) error {
 		Name(dsname).
 		Do(context.Background())
 	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("failed to get data stream stats: %s", esErrorString(err))
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to get data stream stats: %w", esErrorString(err))
 	}

 	table := printer.NewTable(conf, 11, 2)
 	table.Addheaders("data stream property", "value")

-	ds := res.DataStreams[0]
+	datastream := res.DataStreams[0]
+
+	name := printer.Colorize(conf, datastream.Status.String(), datastream.Name)

-	name := printer.Colorize(conf, ds.Status.String(), ds.Name)
 	policy := ""
-	if ds.IlmPolicy != nil {
-		policy = *ds.IlmPolicy
+	if datastream.IlmPolicy != nil {
+		policy = *datastream.IlmPolicy
 	}

-	table.Entries = [][]string{
+	table.Entries = [][]any{
 		{"name", name},
 		{"ilm policy", policy},
-		{"hidden", fmt.Sprintf("%t", ds.Hidden)},
-		{"system", fmt.Sprintf("%t", *ds.System)},
-		{"replicated", fmt.Sprintf("%t", *ds.Replicated)},
-		{"generation", fmt.Sprintf("%d", ds.Generation)},
-		{"timestamp field", ds.TimestampField.Name},
-		{"backing indices", fmt.Sprintf("%d", stats.BackingIndices)},
-		{"size", humanize.Bytes(uint64(stats.TotalStoreSizeBytes))},
-		{"shards-failed", fmt.Sprintf("%d", stats.Shards_.Failed)},
-		{"shards-successful", fmt.Sprintf("%d", stats.Shards_.Successful)},
+		{"hidden", datastream.Hidden},
+		{"system", *datastream.System},
+		{"replicated", *datastream.Replicated},
+		{"generation", datastream.Generation},
+		{"timestamp field", datastream.TimestampField.Name},
+		{"backing indices", stats.BackingIndices},
+		{"size", printer.Bytes(stats.TotalStoreSizeBytes)},
+		{"shards-failed", stats.Shards_.Failed},
+		{"shards-successful", stats.Shards_.Successful},
 	}

 	if err := table.Print(); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}

-	table = printer.NewTable(conf, 5, len(ds.Indices))
+	table = printer.NewTable(conf, 5, len(datastream.Indices))
 	table.Addheaders("backing index name", "uuid", "prefer ilm", "ilm policy", "managed by")

-	for idx, index := range ds.Indices {
+	for idx, index := range datastream.Indices {
 		policy := ""
-		if ds.IlmPolicy != nil {
-			policy = *ds.IlmPolicy
+		if datastream.IlmPolicy != nil {
+			policy = *datastream.IlmPolicy
 		}

-		table.Entries[idx] = []string{
+		table.Entries[idx] = []any{
 			index.IndexName,
 			index.IndexUuid,
-			fmt.Sprintf("%t", *index.PreferIlm),
+			*index.PreferIlm,
 			policy,
 			index.ManagedBy.Name,
 		}

-		if idx < len(ds.Indices) {
+		if idx < len(datastream.Indices) {
 			fmt.Println()
 		}
 	}

 	table.Sort()
+
 	if err := table.Print(); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -207,9 +210,8 @@ func DatastreamShow(conf *cfg.Config, dsname string) error {
 func DatastreamCreate(conf *cfg.Config, dsname string) error {
 	_, err := conf.DefaultCluster.ES().Indices.CreateDataStream(dsname).
 		Do(context.Background())
-
 	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("failed to create datastream: %s", esErrorString(err))
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to create datastream: %w", esErrorString(err))
 	}

 	return nil
@@ -218,9 +220,8 @@ func DatastreamCreate(conf *cfg.Config, dsname string) error {
 func DatastreamDelete(conf *cfg.Config, dsname string) error {
 	_, err := conf.DefaultCluster.ES().Indices.DeleteDataStream(dsname).
 		Do(context.Background())
-
 	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("failed to delete datastream: %s", esErrorString(err))
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to delete datastream: %w", esErrorString(err))
 	}

 	return nil
@@ -228,17 +229,16 @@ func DatastreamDelete(conf *cfg.Config, dsname string) error {

 func DatastreamRollover(conf *cfg.Config, ds string) error {
 	res, err := RolloverAlias(conf, ds)
-
 	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("failed to rollover data stream: %s", esErrorString(err))
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to rollover data stream: %w", esErrorString(err))
 	}

 	table := printer.NewTable(conf, 2, 5)
 	table.Addheaders("rollover response", "value")
-	table.Entries = [][]string{
-		{"acknowledged", fmt.Sprintf("%t", res.Acknowledged)},
-		{"rolled over", fmt.Sprintf("%t", res.RolledOver)},
-		{"shards acknowledged", fmt.Sprintf("%t", res.ShardsAcknowledged)},
+	table.Entries = [][]any{
+		{"acknowledged", res.Acknowledged},
+		{"rolled over", res.RolledOver},
+		{"shards acknowledged", res.ShardsAcknowledged},
 		{"old index", res.OldIndex},
 		{"new index", res.NewIndex},
 	}
--- a/pkg/es/debug.go
+++ b/pkg/es/debug.go
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+/*
+Copyright © 2026 Thomas von Dein
+
+This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+(at your option) any later version.
+
+This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+*/
+package es
+
+import (
+	"codeberg.org/scip/esctl/pkg/cfg"
+	"github.com/alecthomas/repr"
+)
+
+func Debug(conf *cfg.Config) error {
+	report, err := getHealthReport(conf)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	repr.Println(report)
+	/*
+		res, err := conf.DefaultCluster.ES().Search().
+			Index(conf.Index).
+			Size(0).
+			Aggregations(map[string]types.Aggregations{
+				"min_ts": *esdsl.NewMinAggregation().Field("@timestamp").AggregationsCaster(),
+				"max_ts": *esdsl.NewMaxAggregation().Field("@timestamp").AggregationsCaster(),
+			}).
+			Do(context.Background())
+
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+
+		repr.Println(res)
+	*/
+	return nil
+}
--- a/pkg/es/doc.go
+++ b/pkg/es/doc.go
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import (
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"math/rand/v2"
+	"strconv"
 	"strings"

 	"codeberg.org/scip/esctl/pkg/cfg"
@@ -42,16 +43,16 @@ func DocAdd(conf *cfg.Config, jsondoc string) error {

 	err := json.Unmarshal([]byte(jsondoc), &data)
 	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("supplied document was not valid JSON: %s", err)
+		return fmt.Errorf("supplied document was not valid JSON: %w", err)
 	}

-	now := fmt.Sprintf("%d", rand.Int64())
+	now := strconv.FormatInt(rand.Int64(), 10)

 	res, err := conf.DefaultCluster.ES().Create(conf.Index, now).
 		Document(data).
 		Do(context.Background())
 	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("failed to create new doc in index %s: %s", conf.Index, esErrorString(err))
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to create new doc in index %s: %w", conf.Index, esErrorString(err))
 	}

 	fmt.Println(res.Id_)
@@ -63,7 +64,7 @@ func DocShow(conf *cfg.Config, id string) error {
 	res, err := conf.DefaultCluster.ES().Get(conf.Index, id).
 		Do(context.Background())
 	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("failed to retrieve doc in index %s: %s", conf.Index, esErrorString(err))
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to retrieve doc in index %s: %w", conf.Index, esErrorString(err))
 	}

 	if !res.Found {
@@ -94,7 +95,7 @@ func DocDelete(conf *cfg.Config, queries []string) error {
 		_, err := conf.DefaultCluster.ES().Delete(conf.Index, id).
 			Do(context.Background())
 		if err != nil {
-			return fmt.Errorf("failed to delete doc in index %s: %s", conf.Index, esErrorString(err))
+			return fmt.Errorf("failed to delete doc in index %s: %w", conf.Index, esErrorString(err))
 		}

 		return nil
@@ -117,7 +118,7 @@ func DocDelete(conf *cfg.Config, queries []string) error {
 		Request(req).
 		Do(context.Background())
 	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("failed to delete docs in index %s: %s", conf.Index, esErrorString(err))
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to delete docs in index %s: %w", conf.Index, esErrorString(err))
 	}

 	return nil
--- a/pkg/es/duration.go
+++ b/pkg/es/duration.go
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@ Convert a  duration into  an integer.  Valid  time units  are "s", "m", "h" and
 	via https://codeberg.org/scip/tablizer/src/branch/main/lib/sort.go#L113
 */
 func parseDuration(duration string) time.Duration {
-
 	seconds := 0

 	for _, match := range matchDuration.FindAllStringSubmatch(duration, -1) {
@@ -111,12 +110,14 @@ func formatDuration(val time.Duration) string {
 		if esd.minutes == 0 {
 			return fmt.Sprintf("%dh", esd.hours)
 		}
+
 		return fmt.Sprintf("%dh:%dm", esd.hours, int64(esd.minutes))

 	default:
 		if esd.minutes == 0 && hoursLeft == 0 {
 			return fmt.Sprintf("%dd", int64(days))
 		}
+
 		return fmt.Sprintf("%dd:%dh:%dm",
 			int64(days),
 			int64(hoursLeft),
--- a/pkg/es/errors.go
+++ b/pkg/es/errors.go
@@ -17,29 +17,31 @@ along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 package es

 import (
+	"errors"
 	"fmt"
+	"strings"

 	"github.com/elastic/go-elasticsearch/v9/typedapi/types"
 )

-func esErrorString(err error) string {
+func esErrorString(err error) error {
 	msg := err.Error()

-	switch e := err.(type) {
+	//nolint:gocritic
+	switch errVal := err.(type) {
 	case *types.ElasticsearchError:
-		causes := ""
+		var causes strings.Builder

-		for _, cause := range e.ErrorCause.RootCause {
-			causes += fmt.Sprintf("%s\n", *cause.Reason)
+		for _, cause := range errVal.ErrorCause.RootCause {
+			fmt.Fprintf(&causes, "%s\n", *cause.Reason)
 		}

-		if e.ErrorCause.Reason != nil {
-			msg = *e.ErrorCause.Reason + ": " + causes
+		if errVal.ErrorCause.Reason != nil {
+			msg = *errVal.ErrorCause.Reason + ": " + causes.String()
 		} else {
-			msg = fmt.Sprintf("http status %d: ", e.Status)
+			msg = fmt.Sprintf("http status %d: ", errVal.Status)
 		}
-
 	}

-	return msg
+	return errors.New(msg)
 }
--- a/pkg/es/ilm.go
+++ b/pkg/es/ilm.go
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ func IlmRetry(conf *cfg.Config, index string) error {
 	_, err := conf.DefaultCluster.ES().Ilm.Retry(index).
 		Do(context.Background())
 	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("failed to retry ilm: %s", esErrorString(err))
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to retry ilm: %w", esErrorString(err))
 	}

 	return nil
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ func IlmStatus(conf *cfg.Config) error {
 	res, err := conf.DefaultCluster.ES().Ilm.GetStatus().
 		Do(context.Background())
 	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("failed to get ilm status: %s", esErrorString(err))
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to get ilm status: %w", esErrorString(err))
 	}

 	fmt.Println(res.OperationMode.Name)
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ func IlmNames(conf *cfg.Config) ([]string, error) {
 	res, err := conf.DefaultCluster.ES().Ilm.GetLifecycle().
 		Do(context.Background())
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to get ilm policies: %s", esErrorString(err))
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to get ilm policies: %w", esErrorString(err))
 	}

 	names := make([]string, len(res))
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ func IlmNames(conf *cfg.Config) ([]string, error) {

 	for name := range res {
 		names[idx] = name
+		idx++
 	}

 	return names, nil
@@ -81,7 +82,7 @@ func IlmList(conf *cfg.Config, pattern string) error {

 	res, err := ilm.Do(context.Background())
 	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("failed to get ilm policies: %s", esErrorString(err))
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to get ilm policies: %w", esErrorString(err))
 	}

 	if conf.Debug {
@@ -101,6 +102,7 @@ func IlmList(conf *cfg.Config, pattern string) error {
 	}

 	table.Sort()
+
 	return table.Print()
 }

@@ -109,7 +111,7 @@ func IlmShow(conf *cfg.Config, policy string) error {
 		Policy(policy).
 		Do(context.Background())
 	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("failed to get ilm status: %s", esErrorString(err))
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to get ilm status: %w", esErrorString(err))
 	}

 	if conf.Debug {
@@ -121,10 +123,14 @@ func IlmShow(conf *cfg.Config, policy string) error {
 		return errors.New("no ilm policy retrieved")
 	}

+	if conf.Ilm.Tree {
+		return IlmShowTree(conf, ilm.Policy)
+	}
+
 	table := printer.NewTable(conf, 2, 5)
 	table.Addheaders("ilm policy setting", "value")

-	table.Entries = [][]string{
+	table.Entries = [][]any{
 		{"policy", policy},
 		{"hot phase", ilmPhaseString(ilm.Policy.Phases.Hot, false)},
 		{"warm phase", ilmPhaseString(ilm.Policy.Phases.Warm, false)},
@@ -135,6 +141,102 @@ func IlmShow(conf *cfg.Config, policy string) error {
 	return table.Print()
 }

+// Visualize  phases or  a ILM  policy, taking  into account  that the
+// minAge for the current phases is set in the next phase
+func IlmShowTree(conf *cfg.Config, ilm types.IlmPolicy) error {
+	indent := ""
+
+	table := printer.NewTable(conf, 4, 0)
+	table.Addheaders("phase", "min age", "min size", "snapshot repo")
+
+	for _, phase := range IlmPhaseOrder {
+		if phase == "hot" {
+			fmt.Printf("%s%s phase:\n%s      rollover after %s\n",
+				indent, phase,
+				indent, formatDuration(parseDuration(ilm.Phases.Hot.Actions.Rollover.MaxAge.(string))),
+			)
+
+			if ilm.Phases.Hot.Actions.Rollover.MaxPrimaryShardSize != "" {
+				fmt.Printf("%s      rollover when storage > %s\n",
+					indent, ilm.Phases.Hot.Actions.Rollover.MaxPrimaryShardSize)
+			}
+
+			if ilm.Phases.Hot.Actions.Rollover.MaxDocs != nil {
+				fmt.Printf("%s      rollover docs > %d\n",
+					indent, *ilm.Phases.Hot.Actions.Rollover.MaxDocs)
+			}
+
+			indent += "    "
+
+			continue
+		}
+
+		current := getIlmCurrentPhase(ilm, phase)
+
+		if current == nil {
+			continue
+		}
+
+		next := findNextPhase(ilm, phase)
+
+		fmt.Printf("%s%s phase:\n", indent, phase)
+
+		if next != nil {
+			fmt.Printf("%s      rollover after %s\n",
+				indent, formatDuration(next.minage),
+			)
+
+			if current.Actions.SearchableSnapshot != nil {
+				fmt.Printf("%s      roll to snapshot repo: %s\n",
+					indent, current.Actions.SearchableSnapshot.SnapshotRepository)
+			}
+
+			if current.Actions.Forcemerge != nil {
+				fmt.Printf("%s      force merge segments: %d\n",
+					indent, current.Actions.Forcemerge.MaxNumSegments)
+			}
+
+			if current.Actions.Shrink != nil {
+				fmt.Printf("%s      shrink shards: %d\n",
+					indent, *current.Actions.Shrink.NumberOfShards)
+			}
+
+			if current.Actions.SetPriority != nil {
+				fmt.Printf("%s      priority: %d\n",
+					indent, *current.Actions.SetPriority.Priority)
+			}
+
+			if current.Actions.Delete != nil && current.Actions.Delete.DeleteSearchableSnapshot != nil {
+				fmt.Printf("%s      delete searchable snapshots: %t\n",
+					indent, *current.Actions.Delete.DeleteSearchableSnapshot)
+			}
+		}
+
+		if phase == "delete" {
+			fmt.Printf("%s      delete immediately\n", indent)
+		}
+
+		indent += "    "
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+func getIlmCurrentPhase(policy types.IlmPolicy, currentPhase string) *types.Phase {
+	switch currentPhase {
+	case "hot":
+		return policy.Phases.Hot
+	case "warm":
+		return policy.Phases.Warm
+	case "cold":
+		return policy.Phases.Cold
+	case "frozen":
+		return policy.Phases.Frozen
+	default:
+		return policy.Phases.Delete
+	}
+}
+
 func ilmPhaseString(phase *types.Phase, short bool) string {
 	if phase == nil {
 		return ""
@@ -160,7 +262,7 @@ func ilmPhaseString(phase *types.Phase, short bool) string {
 	}

 	if phase.Actions.SearchableSnapshot != nil {
-		out = append(out, fmt.Sprintf("searchable-snapshot:%s", phase.Actions.SearchableSnapshot.SnapshotRepository))
+		out = append(out, "searchable-snapshot:"+phase.Actions.SearchableSnapshot.SnapshotRepository)
 	}

 	return strings.Join(out, ",")
@@ -170,7 +272,7 @@ func IlmExplain(conf *cfg.Config, index string) error {
 	res, err := conf.DefaultCluster.ES().Ilm.ExplainLifecycle(index).
 		Do(context.Background())
 	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("failed to get ilm state: %s", esErrorString(err))
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to get ilm state: %w", esErrorString(err))
 	}

 	slog.Debug("ilm status", "ilm", res)
@@ -186,22 +288,23 @@ func IlmExplain(conf *cfg.Config, index string) error {
 	table.Addheaders("ilm status field", "value")

 	info := ""
+
 	err = json.Unmarshal(ilm.StepInfo["reason"], &info)
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("failed to unmarshal step info: %w", err)
 	}

-	table.Entries = [][]string{
+	table.Entries = [][]any{
 		{"index", ilm.Index},
 		{"ilm policy", *ilm.Policy},
 		{"action", *ilm.Action},
-		{"age", fmt.Sprintf("%s", ilm.Age)},
-		{"managed", fmt.Sprintf("%t", ilm.Managed)},
+		{"age", ilm.Age},
+		{"managed", ilm.Managed},
 		{"phase", *ilm.Phase},
 		{"phase execution", ilmPhaseString(ilm.PhaseExecution.PhaseDefinition, false)},
 		{"step", *ilm.Step},
 		{"failed step", *ilm.FailedStep},
-		{"failed step retry count", fmt.Sprintf("%d", ilm.FailedStepRetryCount)},
+		{"failed step retry count", ilm.FailedStepRetryCount},
 	}

 	if err := table.Print(); err != nil {
@@ -220,6 +323,24 @@ func IlmExplain(conf *cfg.Config, index string) error {
 }

 func IlmCreate(conf *cfg.Config, policyname string) error {
+	var policy *types.IlmPolicy = nil
+
+	res, err := conf.DefaultCluster.ES().Ilm.GetLifecycle().
+		Policy(policyname).
+		Do(context.Background())
+	if err == nil {
+		if conf.Debug {
+			repr.Println(res)
+		}
+
+		ilm, exists := res[policyname]
+		if !exists {
+			return errors.New("no ilm policy retrieved")
+		}
+
+		policy = &ilm.Policy
+	}
+
 	ilm := conf.DefaultCluster.ES().Ilm.PutLifecycle(policyname)
 	cfg := conf.Ilm

@@ -227,10 +348,22 @@ func IlmCreate(conf *cfg.Config, policyname string) error {

 	if cfg.HaveHot() {
 		hot := types.Phase{}
+
 		var actions types.IlmActionsVariant = esdsl.NewIlmActions()
+
 		rollover := &types.RolloverAction{}
 		haveroll := false

+		if policy != nil {
+			// update
+			actions = policy.Phases.Hot.Actions
+
+			if policy.Phases.Hot.Actions.Rollover != nil {
+				rollover = policy.Phases.Hot.Actions.Rollover
+				haveroll = true
+			}
+		}
+
 		if cfg.HotMinAge != "" {
 			hot.MinAge = cfg.HotMinAge
 		}
@@ -255,12 +388,21 @@ func IlmCreate(conf *cfg.Config, policyname string) error {

 		hot.Actions = actions.IlmActionsCaster()
 		phases.PhasesCaster().Hot = &hot
+	} else if policy != nil {
+		// update
+		phases.PhasesCaster().Hot = policy.Phases.Hot
 	}

 	if cfg.HaveWarm() {
 		warm := types.Phase{}
+
 		var actions types.IlmActionsVariant = esdsl.NewIlmActions()

+		if policy != nil {
+			// update
+			actions = policy.Phases.Warm.Actions
+		}
+
 		if cfg.WarmForceMerge != 0 {
 			actions.IlmActionsCaster().Forcemerge = &types.ForceMergeAction{MaxNumSegments: cfg.WarmForceMerge}
 		}
@@ -279,12 +421,21 @@ func IlmCreate(conf *cfg.Config, policyname string) error {

 		warm.Actions = actions.IlmActionsCaster()
 		phases.PhasesCaster().Warm = &warm
+	} else if policy != nil && policy.Phases.Warm != nil {
+		// update
+		phases.PhasesCaster().Warm = policy.Phases.Warm
 	}

 	if cfg.HaveCold() {
 		cold := types.Phase{}
+
 		var actions types.IlmActionsVariant = esdsl.NewIlmActions()

+		if policy != nil {
+			// update
+			actions = policy.Phases.Cold.Actions
+		}
+
 		if cfg.ColdForceMerge != 0 {
 			actions.IlmActionsCaster().Forcemerge = &types.ForceMergeAction{MaxNumSegments: cfg.ColdForceMerge}
 		}
@@ -304,12 +455,21 @@ func IlmCreate(conf *cfg.Config, policyname string) error {

 		cold.Actions = actions.IlmActionsCaster()
 		phases.PhasesCaster().Cold = &cold
+	} else if policy != nil && policy.Phases.Cold != nil {
+		// update
+		phases.PhasesCaster().Cold = policy.Phases.Cold
 	}

 	if cfg.HaveFrozen() {
 		froze := types.Phase{}
+
 		var actions types.IlmActionsVariant = esdsl.NewIlmActions()

+		if policy != nil {
+			// update
+			actions = policy.Phases.Frozen.Actions
+		}
+
 		if cfg.FrozenMinAge != "" {
 			froze.MinAge = cfg.FrozenMinAge
 		}
@@ -321,13 +481,22 @@ func IlmCreate(conf *cfg.Config, policyname string) error {

 		froze.Actions = actions.IlmActionsCaster()
 		phases.PhasesCaster().Frozen = &froze
+	} else if policy != nil && policy.Phases.Frozen != nil {
+		// update
+		phases.PhasesCaster().Frozen = policy.Phases.Frozen
 	}

 	if cfg.HaveDelete() {
 		del := types.Phase{}
 		delete := types.DeleteAction{}
+
 		var actions types.IlmActionsVariant = esdsl.NewIlmActions()

+		if policy != nil {
+			// update
+			actions = policy.Phases.Delete.Actions
+		}
+
 		if cfg.DeleteMinAge != "" {
 			del.MinAge = cfg.DeleteMinAge
 		}
@@ -339,18 +508,21 @@ func IlmCreate(conf *cfg.Config, policyname string) error {
 		actions.IlmActionsCaster().Delete = &delete
 		del.Actions = actions.IlmActionsCaster()
 		phases.PhasesCaster().Delete = &del
+	} else if policy != nil && policy.Phases.Delete != nil {
+		// update
+		phases.PhasesCaster().Delete = policy.Phases.Delete
 	}

 	put := &putlifecycle.Request{}
-	policy := &types.IlmPolicy{}
-	policy.IlmPolicyCaster().Phases = *phases.PhasesCaster()
-	put.Policy = policy
+	newpolicy := &types.IlmPolicy{}
+	newpolicy.IlmPolicyCaster().Phases = *phases.PhasesCaster()
+	put.Policy = newpolicy

 	ilm.Request(put)

-	_, err := ilm.Do(context.Background())
+	_, err = ilm.Do(context.Background())
 	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("failed create ilm policy: %s", esErrorString(err))
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed create ilm policy: %w", esErrorString(err))
 	}

 	return nil
--- a/pkg/es/ilm_forecast.go
+++ b/pkg/es/ilm_forecast.go
@@ -119,13 +119,13 @@ func IlmForecastList(conf *cfg.Config, filter string) error {

 		virtualAge := virtualAge(&phase)

-		row := []string{
+		row := []any{
 			phase.index,
-			humanize.Bytes(uint64(phase.size)),
+			printer.Bytes(phase.size),
 			formatDuration(phase.age),
 			formatDuration(virtualAge),
 			formatDuration(phase.minage),
-			humanize.Bytes(uint64(phase.minsize)),
+			printer.Bytes(phase.minsize),
 			phase.currentPhase,
 			phase.nextPhase,
 		}
@@ -138,6 +138,7 @@ func IlmForecastList(conf *cfg.Config, filter string) error {
 	}

 	table.Sort()
+
 	return table.Print()
 }

@@ -154,14 +155,11 @@ func IlmForecastShow(conf *cfg.Config) error {
 	}

 	within := parseDuration(conf.Ilm.Within)
+
 	var toBeFreed int64 = 0

 	for _, phase := range phaseData {
-		age := virtualAge(&phase)
-
-		if age < phase.age {
-			age = phase.age
-		}
+		age := max(virtualAge(&phase), phase.age)

 		if age+within >= phase.minage {
 			toBeFreed += phase.size
@@ -190,30 +188,32 @@ func getIlmPhaseData(conf *cfg.Config) ([]PhaseData, error) {
 	wg := &sync.WaitGroup{}
 	wg.Add(3)

-	go getApiData(conf.DefaultCluster.ES(), wg, responses, "indicesbytes")
-	go getApiData(conf.DefaultCluster.ES(), wg, responses, "explain")
-	go getApiData(conf.DefaultCluster.ES(), wg, responses, "policies")
+	go getApiData(conf, conf.DefaultCluster.ES(), wg, responses, "indicesbytes")
+	go getApiData(conf, conf.DefaultCluster.ES(), wg, responses, "explain")
+	go getApiData(conf, conf.DefaultCluster.ES(), wg, responses, "policies")

 	wg.Wait()

-	var ilmdetails *explainlifecycle.Response
-	var indicesres *indices.Response
-	var ilmpolicies getlifecycle.Response
+	var (
+		ilmdetails  *explainlifecycle.Response
+		indicesres  *indices.Response
+		ilmpolicies getlifecycle.Response
+	)

-	for i := 0; i < 3; i++ {
-		r := <-responses
+	for range 3 {
+		res := <-responses

-		if r.error != nil {
-			return nil, r.error
+		if res.error != nil {
+			return nil, res.error
 		}

-		switch r.which {
+		switch res.which {
 		case ResponseExplain:
-			ilmdetails = r.explainlifecycle
+			ilmdetails = res.explainlifecycle
 		case ResponseIndices:
-			indicesres = r.indicesbytes
+			indicesres = res.indicesbytes
 		case ResponseLifecycle:
-			ilmpolicies = *r.lifecycle
+			ilmpolicies = *res.lifecycle
 		}
 	}

--- a/pkg/es/index.go
+++ b/pkg/es/index.go
@@ -37,9 +37,8 @@ import (
 func IndexNames(conf *cfg.Config) ([]string, error) {
 	res, err := conf.DefaultCluster.ES().Cat.Indices().
 		Do(context.Background())
-
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to get indicies: %s", esErrorString(err))
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to get indicies: %w", esErrorString(err))
 	}

 	indices := make([]string, len(res))
@@ -97,7 +96,7 @@ func IndexList(conf *cfg.Config) error {

 	res, err := cat.Do(context.Background())
 	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("failed to get indicies: %s", esErrorString(err))
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to get indicies: %w", esErrorString(err))
 	}

 	slog.Debug("ES result", "indicies", res)
@@ -118,7 +117,7 @@ func IndexList(conf *cfg.Config) error {
 	for idx, index := range list {
 		name := printer.Colorize(conf, *index.Health, *index.Index)

-		table.Entries[idx] = []string{name, *index.DatasetSize, *index.DocsCount}
+		table.Entries[idx] = []any{name, *index.DatasetSize, *index.DocsCount}

 		if idx == size-1 {
 			break
@@ -126,6 +125,7 @@ func IndexList(conf *cfg.Config) error {
 	}

 	table.Sort()
+
 	return table.Print()
 }

@@ -133,13 +133,14 @@ func IndexShow(conf *cfg.Config, indexpattern string) error {
 	res, err := conf.DefaultCluster.ES().Indices.Get(indexpattern).
 		Do(context.Background())
 	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("failed to get index: %s", esErrorString(err))
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to get index: %w", esErrorString(err))
 	}

 	slog.Debug("index show", "index", res)

 	for name, index := range res {
 		fields := make([]string, len(index.Mappings.Properties))
+
 		idx := 0
 		for field := range index.Mappings.Properties {
 			fields[idx] = field
@@ -156,18 +157,18 @@ func IndexShow(conf *cfg.Config, indexpattern string) error {

 		created := time.Unix(ts/1000, 0)

-		table.Entries = [][]string{
+		table.Entries = [][]any{
 			{"name", name},
 			{"replicas", *index.Settings.Index.NumberOfReplicas},
 			{"shards", *index.Settings.Index.NumberOfShards},
-			{"created", created.Format("2006-01-02 15:04:05")},
+			{"created", created},
 			{"uuid", *index.Settings.Index.Uuid},
 			{"version", *index.Settings.Index.Version.Created},
-			{"fields", strings.Join(fields, ",")},
+			{"fields", fields},
 		}

 		if index.Settings.Index.Lifecycle != nil {
-			table.Entries = append(table.Entries, [][]string{
+			table.Entries = append(table.Entries, [][]any{
 				{"ilm policy", *index.Settings.Index.Lifecycle.Name},
 				{"ilm rollover alias", *index.Settings.Index.Lifecycle.RolloverAlias},
 			}...)
@@ -195,6 +196,7 @@ func IndexCreate(conf *cfg.Config, index string, mappings []string) error {
 	if conf.Shards > 0 {
 		settings.NumberOfShards(strconv.Itoa(conf.Shards))
 	}
+
 	if conf.Replicas > 0 {
 		settings.NumberOfReplicas(strconv.Itoa(conf.Replicas))
 	}
@@ -232,9 +234,8 @@ func IndexCreate(conf *cfg.Config, index string, mappings []string) error {

 	_, err := create.Settings(settings).
 		Do(context.Background())
-
 	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("failed to create index: %s", esErrorString(err))
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to create index: %w", esErrorString(err))
 	}

 	return nil
@@ -244,7 +245,7 @@ func IndexDelete(conf *cfg.Config, index string) error {
 	_, err := conf.DefaultCluster.ES().Indices.Delete(index).
 		Do(context.Background())
 	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("failed to delete index: %s", esErrorString(err))
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to delete index: %w", esErrorString(err))
 	}

 	return nil
@@ -253,85 +254,27 @@ func IndexDelete(conf *cfg.Config, index string) error {
 func IndexClose(conf *cfg.Config, index string) error {
 	_, err := conf.DefaultCluster.ES().Indices.Close(index).
 		Do(context.Background())
-
 	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("failed to close index: %s", esErrorString(err))
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to close index: %w", esErrorString(err))
 	}

 	return nil
 }

-func IndexAllocation(conf *cfg.Config, index string) error {
-	res, err := conf.DefaultCluster.ES().Cluster.AllocationExplain().
-		Index(index).
-		Primary(conf.Primary).
-		Shard(conf.Shards).
-		Do(context.Background())
-	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("failed to get index allocation explain: %s", esErrorString(err))
-	}
-
-	slog.Debug("ES result", "index", res)
-
-	currentNode := res.CurrentNode
-
-	table := printer.NewTable(conf, 2, 10)
-	table.Addheaders("index allocation setting", "value")
-
-	roles := make([]string, len(currentNode.Roles))
-	for idx, role := range currentNode.Roles {
-		roles[idx] = role.Name
-	}
-
-	table.Entries = [][]string{
-		{"Index", index},
-		{"Current node", currentNode.Name},
-		{"Current k8s node", currentNode.Attributes["k8s_node_name"]},
-		{"Current node address", currentNode.TransportAddress},
-		{"Current node id", currentNode.Id},
-		{"Current node weight", fmt.Sprintf("%d", currentNode.WeightRanking)},
-		{"Current node roles", strings.Join(roles, ",")},
-		{"Can rebalance cluster", res.CanRebalanceCluster.Name},
-		{"Can rebalance to another node", res.CanRebalanceToOtherNode.Name},
-		{"Can remain on current node", res.CanRemainOnCurrentNode.Name},
-	}
-
-	if err := table.Print(); err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-
-	return nil
-}
-
-/*
-func IndexModify(conf *cfg.Config, index string) error {
-	settings := esdsl.NewIndexSettings().NumberOfReplicas(strconv.Itoa(conf.Replicas))
-
-	_, err := conf.DefaultCluster.ES().Indices.PutSettings().
-		Indices(index).
-		Index(settings).
-		Do(context.Background())
-	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("failed to modify index settings: %s", esErrorString(err))
-	}
-
-	return nil
-}
-*/
-
 func IndexFields(conf *cfg.Config, index string) error {
 	res, err := conf.DefaultCluster.ES().FieldCaps().
 		Index(index).
 		Fields("*").
 		Do(context.Background())
 	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("failed to retrieve field capabilties: %s", esErrorString(err))
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to retrieve field capabilties: %w", esErrorString(err))
 	}

 	table := printer.NewTable(conf, 5, 0)
 	table.Addheaders("field", "type", "searchable", "aggretable", "metadata")

 	idx := 0
+
 	for name, field := range res.Fields {
 		for fieldtype, caps := range field {
 			// fields only have 1 type, so this one is it
@@ -344,10 +287,11 @@ func IndexFields(conf *cfg.Config, index string) error {
 				continue
 			}

-			table.Entries = append(table.Entries, []string{name, fieldtype,
-				fmt.Sprintf("%t", caps.Searchable),
-				fmt.Sprintf("%t", caps.Aggregatable),
-				fmt.Sprintf("%t", *caps.MetadataField)})
+			table.AddRow(name, fieldtype,
+				caps.Searchable,
+				caps.Aggregatable,
+				*caps.MetadataField)
+
 			break
 		}

--- a/pkg/es/index_alias.go
+++ b/pkg/es/index_alias.go
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ func IndexAliasCreate(conf *cfg.Config, index, alias string) error {
 	slog.Debug("create alias", "result", res)

 	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("failed to create index alias: %s", esErrorString(err))
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to create index alias: %w", esErrorString(err))
 	}

 	return nil
@@ -52,9 +52,8 @@ func IndexAliasList(conf *cfg.Config) error {
 	res, err := conf.DefaultCluster.ES().Indices.GetAlias().
 		Index("_all").
 		Do(context.Background())
-
 	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("failed to list index aliases: %s", esErrorString(err))
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to list index aliases: %w", esErrorString(err))
 	}

 	slog.Debug("aliases list", "result", res)
@@ -78,7 +77,7 @@ func IndexAliasList(conf *cfg.Config) error {

 	idx := 0
 	for index, aliases := range aliaslist {
-		table.Entries[idx] = []string{
+		table.Entries[idx] = []any{
 			index,
 			strings.Join(aliases, ","),
 		}
@@ -102,7 +101,7 @@ func IndexAliasDelete(conf *cfg.Config, index, alias string) error {
 	slog.Debug("delete alias", "result", res)

 	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("failed to delete index alias: %s", esErrorString(err))
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to delete index alias: %w", esErrorString(err))
 	}

 	return nil
@@ -110,17 +109,16 @@ func IndexAliasDelete(conf *cfg.Config, index, alias string) error {

 func IndexAliasRollover(conf *cfg.Config, alias string) error {
 	res, err := RolloverAlias(conf, alias)
-
 	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("failed to rollover index alias: %s", esErrorString(err))
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to rollover index alias: %w", esErrorString(err))
 	}

 	table := printer.NewTable(conf, 2, 5)
 	table.Addheaders("rollover response", "value")
-	table.Entries = [][]string{
-		{"acknowledged", fmt.Sprintf("%t", res.Acknowledged)},
-		{"rolled over", fmt.Sprintf("%t", res.RolledOver)},
-		{"shards acknowledged", fmt.Sprintf("%t", res.ShardsAcknowledged)},
+	table.Entries = [][]any{
+		{"acknowledged", res.Acknowledged},
+		{"rolled over", res.RolledOver},
+		{"shards acknowledged", res.ShardsAcknowledged},
 		{"old index", res.OldIndex},
 		{"new index", res.NewIndex},
 	}
--- a/pkg/es/index_template.go
+++ b/pkg/es/index_template.go
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import (
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"log/slog"
+	"maps"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"

@@ -35,9 +36,8 @@ import (
 func IndexTemplateList(conf *cfg.Config) error {
 	res, err := conf.DefaultCluster.ES().Indices.GetIndexTemplate().
 		Do(context.Background())
-
 	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("failed to get index templates: %s", esErrorString(err))
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to get index templates: %w", esErrorString(err))
 	}

 	slog.Debug("res", "index templates", res)
@@ -51,14 +51,11 @@ func IndexTemplateList(conf *cfg.Config) error {
 			return fmt.Errorf("failed to unmarshal meta json data: %w", err)
 		}

-		table.Entries[idx] = []string{
-			tpl.Name,
-			string(desc),
-			fmt.Sprintf("%d", tpl.IndexTemplate.Priority),
-		}
+		table.Entries[idx] = []any{tpl.Name, desc, tpl.IndexTemplate.Priority}
 	}

 	table.Sort()
+
 	return table.Print()
 }

@@ -66,9 +63,8 @@ func IndexTemplateShow(conf *cfg.Config, tplname string) error {
 	res, err := conf.DefaultCluster.ES().Indices.GetIndexTemplate().
 		Name(tplname).
 		Do(context.Background())
-
 	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("failed to get index template: %s", esErrorString(err))
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to get index template: %w", esErrorString(err))
 	}

 	slog.Debug("res", "index template", res)
@@ -94,13 +90,13 @@ func IndexTemplateShow(conf *cfg.Config, tplname string) error {
 		aliases = append(aliases, alias)
 	}

-	table.Entries = [][]string{
+	table.Entries = [][]any{
 		{"name", tpl.Name},
-		{"description", string(desc)},
-		{"index patterns", strings.Join(tpl.IndexTemplate.IndexPatterns, ",")},
-		{"composed of", strings.Join(tpl.IndexTemplate.ComposedOf, ",")},
-		{"data stream enabled", fmt.Sprintf("%t", hasds)},
-		{"aliases", strings.Join(aliases, ",")},
+		{"description", desc},
+		{"index patterns", tpl.IndexTemplate.IndexPatterns},
+		{"composed of", tpl.IndexTemplate.ComposedOf},
+		{"data stream enabled", hasds},
+		{"aliases", aliases},
 	}

 	if err := table.Print(); err != nil {
@@ -112,10 +108,11 @@ func IndexTemplateShow(conf *cfg.Config, tplname string) error {

 	err = getIndexTemplateSettings(conf, tplname, table)
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil
+		return err
 	}

 	fmt.Println()
+
 	if err := table.Print(); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -136,12 +133,11 @@ func IndexTemplateShow(conf *cfg.Config, tplname string) error {
 				typeval = val.Type
 			}

-			table.Entries = append(table.Entries, []string{
-				name, typeval,
-			})
+			table.AddRow(name, typeval)
 		}

 		fmt.Println()
+
 		if err := table.Print(); err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
@@ -229,9 +225,8 @@ func IndexTemplateCreate(conf *cfg.Config, name string, mappings []string) error
 	create.IndexPatterns(conf.Patterns...)

 	_, err := create.Do(context.Background())
-
 	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("failed to create index template: %s", esErrorString(err))
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to create index template: %w", esErrorString(err))
 	}

 	return nil
@@ -246,9 +241,8 @@ func IndexTemplateModify(conf *cfg.Config, name string, mappings []string) error
 	res, err := conf.DefaultCluster.ES().Indices.GetIndexTemplate().
 		Name(name).
 		Do(context.Background())
-
 	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("failed to get index template: %s", esErrorString(err))
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to get index template: %w", esErrorString(err))
 	}

 	slog.Debug("res", "index template", res)
@@ -340,9 +334,8 @@ func IndexTemplateModify(conf *cfg.Config, name string, mappings []string) error
 	modify.IndexPatterns(patterns...)

 	_, err = modify.Do(context.Background())
-
 	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("failed to modify index template: %s", esErrorString(err))
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to modify index template: %w", esErrorString(err))
 	}

 	if conf.Rollover {
@@ -358,7 +351,7 @@ func IndexTemplateDelete(conf *cfg.Config, name string) error {
 	_, err := conf.DefaultCluster.ES().Indices.DeleteIndexTemplate(name).
 		Do(context.Background())
 	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("failed to delete index template: %s", esErrorString(err))
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to delete index template: %w", esErrorString(err))
 	}

 	return nil
@@ -371,9 +364,8 @@ func rolloverAliasIndexTemplate(conf *cfg.Config, name string) error {
 	res, err := conf.DefaultCluster.ES().Indices.GetIndexTemplate().
 		Name(name).
 		Do(context.Background())
-
 	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("failed to get index template: %s", esErrorString(err))
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to get index template: %w", esErrorString(err))
 	}

 	slog.Debug("res", "index template", res)
@@ -390,7 +382,7 @@ func rolloverAliasIndexTemplate(conf *cfg.Config, name string) error {
 		res, err := conf.DefaultCluster.ES().Indices.ResolveIndex(pattern).
 			Do(context.Background())
 		if err != nil {
-			return fmt.Errorf("failed to resolve index pattern: %s", esErrorString(err))
+			return fmt.Errorf("failed to resolve index pattern: %w", esErrorString(err))
 		}

 		for _, index := range res.Indices {
@@ -414,12 +406,7 @@ func rolloverAliasIndexTemplate(conf *cfg.Config, name string) error {
 			return err
 		}

-		table.Entries = append(table.Entries, []string{
-			alias,
-			fmt.Sprintf("%t", res.RolledOver),
-			fmt.Sprintf("%t", res.Acknowledged),
-			res.NewIndex,
-		})
+		table.AddRow(alias, res.RolledOver, res.Acknowledged, res.NewIndex)

 		if err := table.Print(); err != nil {
 			return err
@@ -427,7 +414,6 @@ func rolloverAliasIndexTemplate(conf *cfg.Config, name string) error {
 	}

 	return nil
-
 }

 func modMappings(mappings []string) (types.TypeMappingVariant, error) {
@@ -459,9 +445,7 @@ func modMappings(mappings []string) (types.TypeMappingVariant, error) {
 func modMeta(conf *cfg.Config, meta types.Metadata) (map[string]json.RawMessage, error) {
 	metadata := map[string]json.RawMessage{}

-	for key, value := range meta {
-		metadata[key] = value
-	}
+	maps.Copy(metadata, meta)

 	for _, meta := range conf.Meta {
 		parts := strings.Split(meta, ":")
--- a/pkg/es/index_template_settings.go
+++ b/pkg/es/index_template_settings.go
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ type Tpl struct {
 }

 func getIndexTemplateSettings(conf *cfg.Config, tplname string, table *printer.Table) error {
-	raw, err := CallAPI(conf, "GET", "/_index_template/"+tplname, "")
+	raw, err := CallAPI(conf, "GET", "/_index_template/"+tplname+"?flat_settings", "")
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -39,9 +39,12 @@ func getIndexTemplateSettings(conf *cfg.Config, tplname string, table *printer.T
 	}

 	if conf.Debug {
-		if err := prettyfiJson(conf, raw); err != nil {
+		output, err := prettyfiJson(conf, raw)
+		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
+
+		fmt.Println(output)
 	}

 	if len(data.IndexTemplates) == 0 {
@@ -50,11 +53,7 @@ func getIndexTemplateSettings(conf *cfg.Config, tplname string, table *printer.T

 	tpl := data.IndexTemplates[0].IndexTemplate.Template.Settings
 	for topic, val := range tpl {
-		paths := getJsonPath(map[string]string{}, val.(map[string]any), topic)
-
-		for setting, value := range paths {
-			table.Entries = append(table.Entries, []string{setting, fmt.Sprintf("%v", value)})
-		}
+		table.AddRow(topic, val)
 	}

 	return nil
--- a/pkg/es/license.go
+++ b/pkg/es/license.go
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+/*
+Copyright © 2026 Thomas von Dein
+
+This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+(at your option) any later version.
+
+This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+*/
+package es
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"fmt"
+	"log/slog"
+	"strconv"
+
+	"codeberg.org/scip/esctl/pkg/cfg"
+	"codeberg.org/scip/esctl/pkg/printer"
+)
+
+func LicenseShow(conf *cfg.Config) error {
+	res, err := conf.DefaultCluster.ES().License.Get().
+		Do(context.Background())
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to get license: %w", esErrorString(err))
+	}
+
+	slog.Debug("license show", "license", res)
+
+	table := printer.NewTableEmpty(conf).WithHeaders("license setting", "value")
+
+	lic := res.License
+
+	var (
+		maxnodes = "infinite"
+		maxunits = "infinite"
+		expire   = "never"
+	)
+
+	if lic.MaxNodes != nil {
+		maxnodes = strconv.FormatInt(*lic.MaxNodes, 10)
+	}
+
+	if lic.ExpiryDate != nil {
+		expire = lic.ExpiryDate.(string)
+	}
+
+	if lic.MaxResourceUnits != nil {
+		maxunits = strconv.Itoa(*lic.MaxResourceUnits)
+	}
+
+	table.Entries = [][]any{
+		{"UID", lic.Uid},
+		{"Issued to", lic.IssuedTo},
+		{"Expires", expire},
+		{"Issued", lic.IssueDate},
+		{"Max nodes", maxnodes},
+		{"Max resource units", maxunits},
+		{"Type", lic.Type.Name},
+		{"Status", lic.Status.Name},
+	}
+
+	return table.Print()
+}
--- a/pkg/es/node.go
+++ b/pkg/es/node.go
@@ -20,16 +20,20 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
 	"log/slog"
+	"strconv"
+	"strings"
+	"time"

 	"codeberg.org/scip/esctl/pkg/cfg"
 	"codeberg.org/scip/esctl/pkg/printer"
+	"github.com/dustin/go-humanize"
 )

 func NodeList(conf *cfg.Config) error {
 	// get nodes
 	nodes, err := conf.DefaultCluster.ES().Cat.Nodes().Do(context.Background())
 	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("failed to get nodes: %s", esErrorString(err))
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to get nodes: %w", esErrorString(err))
 	}

 	slog.Debug("ES result", "nodes", nodes)
@@ -38,21 +42,165 @@ func NodeList(conf *cfg.Config) error {
 	table.Addheaders("name", "ip", "load1m", "load5m", "load15m", "ram %", "heap %")

 	for idx, node := range nodes {
-		table.Entries[idx] = []string{
+		table.Entries[idx] = []any{
 			*node.Name,
 			*node.Ip,
 			*node.Load1M,
 			*node.Load5M,
 			*node.Load15M,
-			node.RamPercent.(string),
-			node.HeapPercent.(string),
+			node.RamPercent,
+			node.HeapPercent,
 		}
 	}

 	table.Sort()
+
 	if err := table.Print(); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}

 	return nil
 }
+
+func NodeNames(conf *cfg.Config) ([]string, error) {
+	nodes, err := conf.DefaultCluster.ES().Cat.Nodes().
+		Do(context.Background())
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to get nodes: %w", esErrorString(err))
+	}
+
+	slog.Debug("ES result", "nodes", nodes)
+
+	nodelist := make([]string, len(nodes))
+
+	for idx, node := range nodes {
+		nodelist[idx] = *node.Name
+	}
+
+	return nodelist, err
+}
+
+// FIXME: adding the settings metric leads to json unmarshall error:
+// https://github.com/elastic/go-elasticsearch/issues/1524
+func NodeShow(conf *cfg.Config, nodename string) error {
+	res, err := conf.DefaultCluster.ES().Nodes.Info().
+		NodeId(nodename).
+		Metric("os, jvm, thread_pool, remote_cluster_server").
+		Do(context.Background())
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to get node info: %w", esErrorString(err))
+	}
+
+	slog.Debug("ES result", "node", res)
+
+	stats, err := conf.DefaultCluster.ES().Nodes.Stats().
+		NodeId(nodename).
+		Do(context.Background())
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to get node stats: %w", esErrorString(err))
+	}
+
+	slog.Debug("ES result", "stat", stats)
+
+	for id, info := range res.Nodes {
+		stat := stats.Nodes[id]
+
+		table := printer.NewTable(conf, 2, 0)
+		table.Addheaders(nodename+" property", "value")
+
+		roles := make([]string, len(info.Roles))
+		for idx, role := range info.Roles {
+			roles[idx] = role.Name
+		}
+
+		k8snode := info.Attributes["k8s_node_name"]
+
+		table.Entries = [][]any{
+			{"Id", id},
+			{"Name", nodename},
+			{"Kubernetes node", k8snode},
+			{"Ip address", info.Ip},
+			{"Node rank", *stat.AdaptiveSelection[id].Rank},
+			{"JVM", info.Jvm.VmName + " " + info.Jvm.Version},
+			{"JVM Started", time.UnixMilli(info.Jvm.StartTimeInMillis)},
+			{"OS", info.Os.PrettyName + " " + info.Os.Version},
+			{"Node roles", roles},
+			{"Node version", info.Version},
+			{"HTTP clients", *stat.Http.CurrentOpen},
+			{"CPUs", *info.Os.AllocatedProcessors},
+			{"Load 15m/5m/1m", fmt.Sprintf("%.2f/%.2f/%.2f",
+				stat.Os.Cpu.LoadAverage["15m"],
+				stat.Os.Cpu.LoadAverage["5m"],
+				stat.Os.Cpu.LoadAverage["1m"],
+			)},
+			{"Open FD's", *stat.Process.OpenFileDescriptors},
+			{"Response time avg", fmt.Sprintf("%dns", *stat.AdaptiveSelection[id].AvgResponseTimeNs)},
+			{"Memory usage (used/avail)",
+				humanize.Bytes(uint64(*stat.Os.Mem.UsedInBytes)) + " / " + humanize.Bytes(uint64(*stat.Os.Mem.TotalInBytes))},
+		}
+
+		if len(stat.Fs.Data) > 0 {
+			fs := stat.Fs.Data[0]
+			table.Entries = append(table.Entries, [][]any{
+				{"Storage usage (used/avail)",
+					humanize.Bytes(uint64(*fs.AvailableInBytes)) + " / " + humanize.Bytes(uint64(*fs.TotalInBytes))},
+				{"Storage mount", *fs.Mount},
+			}...)
+		}
+
+		if err := table.Print(); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+func NodeClients(conf *cfg.Config, nodename string) error {
+	stats, err := conf.DefaultCluster.ES().Nodes.Stats().
+		NodeId(nodename).
+		Do(context.Background())
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to get node stats: %w", esErrorString(err))
+	}
+
+	slog.Debug("ES result", "stat", stats)
+
+	table := printer.NewTable(conf, 5, 0)
+	table.Addheaders("agent", "id", "when", "from host", "url")
+
+	for _, stat := range stats.Nodes {
+		for _, client := range stat.Http.Clients {
+			if client.ClosedTimeMillis == nil {
+				agent := ""
+				if client.Agent != nil {
+					agent = *client.Agent
+				}
+
+				uri := ""
+				if client.LastUri != nil {
+					uri = *client.LastUri
+
+					if !conf.All {
+						parts := strings.Split(uri, "?")
+						uri = parts[0]
+					}
+				}
+
+				table.AddRow(
+					agent,
+					strconv.FormatInt(*client.Id, 10),
+					time.UnixMilli(*client.LastRequestTimeMillis).String(),
+					*client.RemoteAddress,
+					uri,
+				)
+			}
+		}
+
+		break
+	}
+
+	table.Sort()
+
+	return table.Print()
+}
--- a/pkg/es/parallel.go
+++ b/pkg/es/parallel.go
@@ -18,10 +18,10 @@ package es

 import (
 	"context"
-	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"sync"

+	"codeberg.org/scip/esctl/pkg/cfg"
 	"github.com/elastic/go-elasticsearch/v9"
 	"github.com/elastic/go-elasticsearch/v9/typedapi/cat/indices"
 	"github.com/elastic/go-elasticsearch/v9/typedapi/cat/tasks"
@@ -43,12 +43,14 @@ const (
 	ResponseTasks
 	ResponseExplain
 	ResponseLifecycle
+	ResponseHealthReport
 )

 type apiResponse struct {
 	error            error
 	info             *info.Response
 	health           *health.Response
+	healthreport     *HealthReport
 	ccr              *stats.Response
 	stats            *clusterstats.Response
 	indices          *indices.Response
@@ -59,52 +61,64 @@ type apiResponse struct {
 	which            int
 }

-func getApiData(es *elasticsearch.TypedClient, wg *sync.WaitGroup,
-	reschan chan apiResponse, which string) {
+func getApiData(
+	conf *cfg.Config,
+	es *elasticsearch.TypedClient,
+	wg *sync.WaitGroup,
+	reschan chan apiResponse,
+	which string) {
 	defer wg.Done()

-	ar := apiResponse{}
-	arerr := errors.New("")
+	apiRes := apiResponse{}
+
+	var arerr error

 	switch which {
 	case "health":
 		res, err := es.Cluster.Health().
 			Do(context.Background())

-		ar.health = res
-		ar.which = ResponseHealth
+		apiRes.health = res
+		apiRes.which = ResponseHealth
+		arerr = err
+
+	case "healthreport":
+		report, err := getHealthReport(conf)
+
+		apiRes.healthreport = report
+		apiRes.which = ResponseHealthReport
 		arerr = err

 	case "info":
 		res, err := es.Info().
 			Do(context.Background())

-		ar.info = res
-		ar.which = ResponseInfo
+		apiRes.info = res
+		apiRes.which = ResponseInfo
 		arerr = err

-	case "ccrstats":
+	case "ccr":
 		res, err := es.Ccr.Stats().
 			Do(context.Background())

-		ar.ccr = res
-		ar.which = ResponseCcr
+		apiRes.ccr = res
+		apiRes.which = ResponseCcr
 		arerr = err

 	case "stats":
 		res, err := es.Cluster.Stats().
 			Do(context.Background())

-		ar.stats = res
-		ar.which = ResponseStats
+		apiRes.stats = res
+		apiRes.which = ResponseStats
 		arerr = err

 	case "indices":
 		res, err := es.Cat.Indices().
 			Do(context.Background())

-		ar.indices = &res
-		ar.which = ResponseIndices
+		apiRes.indices = &res
+		apiRes.which = ResponseIndices
 		arerr = err

 	case "indicesbytes":
@@ -113,16 +127,16 @@ func getApiData(es *elasticsearch.TypedClient, wg *sync.WaitGroup,
 			Bytes(bytes.Bytes{Name: "b"}).
 			Do(context.Background())

-		ar.indicesbytes = &res
-		ar.which = ResponseIndices
+		apiRes.indicesbytes = &res
+		apiRes.which = ResponseIndices
 		arerr = err

 	case "tasks":
 		res, err := es.Cat.Tasks().
 			Do(context.Background())

-		ar.tasks = &res
-		ar.which = ResponseTasks
+		apiRes.tasks = &res
+		apiRes.which = ResponseTasks
 		arerr = err

 	case "explain":
@@ -130,8 +144,8 @@ func getApiData(es *elasticsearch.TypedClient, wg *sync.WaitGroup,
 			ExplainLifecycle("_all").
 			Do(context.Background())

-		ar.explainlifecycle = res
-		ar.which = ResponseExplain
+		apiRes.explainlifecycle = res
+		apiRes.which = ResponseExplain
 		arerr = err

 	case "policies":
@@ -139,14 +153,14 @@ func getApiData(es *elasticsearch.TypedClient, wg *sync.WaitGroup,
 			GetLifecycle().
 			Do(context.Background())

-		ar.lifecycle = &res
-		ar.which = ResponseLifecycle
+		apiRes.lifecycle = &res
+		apiRes.which = ResponseLifecycle
 		arerr = err
 	}

 	if arerr != nil {
-		ar.error = fmt.Errorf("failed to get data from API: %s", arerr)
+		apiRes.error = fmt.Errorf("failed to get data from API: %w", arerr)
 	}

-	reschan <- ar
+	reschan <- apiRes
 }
--- a/pkg/es/role.go
+++ b/pkg/es/role.go
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
 	"log/slog"
-	"strings"

 	"codeberg.org/scip/esctl/pkg/cfg"
 	"codeberg.org/scip/esctl/pkg/printer"
@@ -31,10 +30,11 @@ func RoleNames(conf *cfg.Config) ([]string, error) {
 	res, err := conf.DefaultCluster.ES().Security.GetRole().
 		Do(context.Background())
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to get roles: %s", esErrorString(err))
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to get roles: %w", esErrorString(err))
 	}

 	roles := make([]string, len(res))
+
 	idx := 0
 	for name := range res {
 		roles[idx] = name
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ func RoleList(conf *cfg.Config) error {
 	res, err := conf.DefaultCluster.ES().Security.GetRole().
 		Do(context.Background())
 	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("failed to get roles: %s", esErrorString(err))
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to get roles: %w", esErrorString(err))
 	}

 	slog.Debug("ES result", "roles", res)
@@ -58,15 +58,16 @@ func RoleList(conf *cfg.Config) error {

 	idx := 0
 	for name, role := range res {
-		table.Entries[idx] = []string{
+		table.Entries[idx] = []any{
 			name,
-			fmt.Sprintf("%d", len(role.Cluster)),
-			fmt.Sprintf("%d", len(role.Indices)),
+			role.Cluster,
+			role.Indices,
 		}
 		idx++
 	}

 	table.Sort()
+
 	return table.Print()
 }

@@ -75,7 +76,7 @@ func RoleShow(conf *cfg.Config, rolename string) error {
 		Name(rolename).
 		Do(context.Background())
 	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("failed to get role: %s", esErrorString(err))
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to get role: %w", esErrorString(err))
 	}

 	slog.Debug("ES result", "role", res)
@@ -133,21 +134,22 @@ func roleRemoteClusters(conf *cfg.Config, role types.Role) error {

 	table := printer.NewTable(conf, 2, len(role.RemoteCluster))
 	table.Addheaders("remote cluster", "privilege")
+
 	idx := 0
+
 	for _, priv := range role.RemoteCluster {
 		perms := []string{}
 		for _, perm := range priv.Privileges {
 			perms = append(perms, perm.Name)
 		}

-		table.Entries[idx] = []string{
-			strings.Join(priv.Clusters, ","),
-			strings.Join(perms, ","),
-		}
+		table.Entries[idx] = []any{priv.Clusters, perms}
+
 		idx++
 	}

 	table.Sort()
+
 	return table.Print()
 }

@@ -158,13 +160,15 @@ func roleClusters(conf *cfg.Config, role types.Role) error {

 	table := printer.NewTable(conf, 1, len(role.Cluster))
 	table.Addheaders("cluster rights")
+
 	idx := 0
 	for _, cluster := range role.Cluster {
-		table.Entries[idx] = []string{cluster.Name}
+		table.Entries[idx] = []any{cluster.Name}
 		idx++
 	}

 	table.Sort()
+
 	return table.Print()
 }

@@ -175,23 +179,22 @@ func roleRemoteIndices(conf *cfg.Config, role types.Role) error {

 	table := printer.NewTable(conf, 3, len(role.RemoteIndices))
 	table.Addheaders("remote index names", "index permissions", "allow restricted")
+
 	idx := 0
+
 	for _, priv := range role.RemoteIndices {
 		perms := []string{}
 		for _, perm := range priv.Privileges {
 			perms = append(perms, perm.Name)
 		}

-		table.Entries[idx] = []string{
-			strings.Join(priv.Names, ", "),
-			strings.Join(perms, ", "),
-			fmt.Sprintf("%t", *priv.AllowRestrictedIndices),
-		}
+		table.Entries[idx] = []any{priv.Names, perms, *priv.AllowRestrictedIndices}

 		idx++
 	}

 	table.Sort()
+
 	return table.Print()
 }

@@ -202,23 +205,22 @@ func roleIndices(conf *cfg.Config, role types.Role) error {

 	table := printer.NewTable(conf, 3, len(role.Indices))
 	table.Addheaders("index names", "index permissions", "allow restricted")
+
 	idx := 0
+
 	for _, priv := range role.Indices {
 		perms := []string{}
 		for _, perm := range priv.Privileges {
 			perms = append(perms, perm.Name)
 		}

-		table.Entries[idx] = []string{
-			strings.Join(priv.Names, ", "),
-			strings.Join(perms, ", "),
-			fmt.Sprintf("%t", *priv.AllowRestrictedIndices),
-		}
+		table.Entries[idx] = []any{priv.Names, perms, *priv.AllowRestrictedIndices}

 		idx++
 	}

 	table.Sort()
+
 	return table.Print()
 }

@@ -229,17 +231,19 @@ func roleApplications(conf *cfg.Config, role types.Role) error {

 	table := printer.NewTable(conf, 3, len(role.Applications))
 	table.Addheaders("application", "privileges", "resources")
+
 	idx := 0
 	for _, priv := range role.Applications {
-		table.Entries[idx] = []string{
+		table.Entries[idx] = []any{
 			priv.Application,
-			strings.Join(priv.Privileges, ", "),
-			strings.Join(priv.Resources, ", "),
+			priv.Privileges,
+			priv.Resources,
 		}

 		idx++
 	}

 	table.Sort()
+
 	return table.Print()
 }
--- a/pkg/es/role_diff.go
+++ b/pkg/es/role_diff.go
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ type Register struct {
 func getCsvRecords(conf *cfg.Config, csvfile string) (map[string]Record, error) {
 	data, err := os.ReadFile(csvfile)
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to read CSV file: %s", err)
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to read CSV file: %w", err)
 	}

 	csvreader := csv.NewReader(bytes.NewReader(data))
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ func getCsvRecords(conf *cfg.Config, csvfile string) (map[string]Record, error)

 	rows, err := csvreader.ReadAll()
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to parse CSV: %s", err)
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to parse CSV: %w", err)
 	}

 	records := make(map[string]Record, len(rows)-1)
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ func getCsvRecords(conf *cfg.Config, csvfile string) (map[string]Record, error)
 func getCsvRecord(conf *cfg.Config, csvfile, rolename string) (*Record, error) {
 	fd, err := os.Open(csvfile)
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to open CSV file: %s", err)
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to open CSV file: %w", err)
 	}
 	defer func() {
 		if err := fd.Close(); err != nil {
@@ -179,6 +179,7 @@ func diffRoles(conf *cfg.Config, records map[string]Record, res getrole.Response
 	// iterate over records from CSV and register only those which are not deployed
 	for name := range records {
 		reg := Register{name: name, defined: true}
+
 		_, deployed := deployed[name]
 		if !deployed {
 			rows = append(rows, reg)
@@ -210,7 +211,7 @@ func RoleDiff(conf *cfg.Config, csvfile, role string) error {
 	res, err := conf.DefaultCluster.ES().Security.GetRole().
 		Do(context.Background())
 	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("failed to get roles: %s", esErrorString(err))
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to get roles: %w", esErrorString(err))
 	}

 	rows := diffRoles(conf, records, res)
@@ -229,7 +230,7 @@ func RoleDiff(conf *cfg.Config, csvfile, role string) error {
 			defined = printer.Colorize(conf, "red", "undefined")
 		}

-		table.Entries[idx] = []string{
+		table.Entries[idx] = []any{
 			row.name,
 			deployed,
 			defined,
@@ -245,10 +246,11 @@ func getRoleMappingGroups(conf *cfg.Config, rolename string) ([]string, error) {
 	mappings, err := conf.DefaultCluster.ES().Security.GetRoleMapping().
 		Do(context.Background())
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to get role mappings: %s", esErrorString(err))
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to get role mappings: %w", esErrorString(err))
 	}

 	groups := []string{}
+
 	for _, mapping := range mappings {
 		if slices.Contains(mapping.Roles, rolename) {
 			for _, rule := range mapping.Rules.Any {
@@ -262,13 +264,13 @@ func getRoleMappingGroups(conf *cfg.Config, rolename string) ([]string, error) {
 	return groups, nil
 }

-func compareSlices(name string, a, b []string) {
-	slices.Sort(a)
-	slices.Sort(b)
+func compareSlices(name string, left, right []string) {
+	slices.Sort(left)
+	slices.Sort(right)

-	if slices.Compare(a, b) != 0 {
+	if slices.Compare(left, right) != 0 {
 		fmt.Printf("%s differs:\ndeployed: %s\n     csv: %s\n",
-			name, strings.Join(a, ","), strings.Join(b, ","))
+			name, strings.Join(left, ","), strings.Join(right, ","))
 	} else {
 		fmt.Printf("deployed %s matches csv definition\n", name)
 	}
@@ -279,7 +281,7 @@ func RoleDiffSingle(conf *cfg.Config, csvfile, rolename string) error {
 		Name(rolename).
 		Do(context.Background())
 	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("failed to get role: %s", esErrorString(err))
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to get role: %w", esErrorString(err))
 	}

 	record, err := getCsvRecord(conf, csvfile, rolename)
@@ -289,16 +291,19 @@ func RoleDiffSingle(conf *cfg.Config, csvfile, rolename string) error {

 	if !record.defined {
 		fmt.Printf("role %s is not defined\n", rolename)
+
 		return nil
 	}

 	role, exists := res[rolename]
 	if !exists {
 		fmt.Printf("role %s is not deployed\n", rolename)
+
 		return nil
 	} else {
 		fmt.Printf("role %s is deployed\n", rolename)
 	}
+
 	slog.Debug("found role", "role", role)

 	if conf.Debug {
@@ -310,6 +315,7 @@ func RoleDiffSingle(conf *cfg.Config, csvfile, rolename string) error {
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
+
 	slog.Debug("group mappings", "groups", groups)

 	// check cluster setting
@@ -321,6 +327,7 @@ func RoleDiffSingle(conf *cfg.Config, csvfile, rolename string) error {
 	// check index names+privs
 	indices := []string{}
 	privs := []string{}
+
 	for _, index := range role.Indices {
 		for _, name := range index.Names {
 			indices = append(indices, strings.ReplaceAll(name, "**", "*"))
@@ -333,6 +340,7 @@ func RoleDiffSingle(conf *cfg.Config, csvfile, rolename string) error {

 	// check kibana application space
 	spaces := []string{}
+
 	for _, app := range role.Applications {
 		for _, resource := range app.Resources {
 			if strings.Contains(resource, "space:") {
--- a/pkg/es/rollover.go
+++ b/pkg/es/rollover.go
@@ -31,14 +31,17 @@ func RolloverConditions(conf *cfg.Config) types.RolloverConditionsVariant {
 	if conf.MaxAge != "" {
 		cond.MaxAge(esdsl.NewDuration().String(conf.MaxAge))
 	}
+
 	if conf.MaxDocs > 0 {
 		cond.MaxDocs(int64(conf.MaxDocs))
 	}
+
 	if conf.MaxShardSize > 0 {
 		bs := esdsl.NewByteSize()
 		bs.Int64(int64(conf.MaxShardSize))
 		cond.MaxPrimaryShardSize(bs)
 	}
+
 	if conf.MaxShardDocs > 0 {
 		cond.MaxPrimaryShardDocs(int64(conf.MaxShardDocs))
 	}
--- a/pkg/es/search.go
+++ b/pkg/es/search.go
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ import (

 	"codeberg.org/scip/esctl/pkg/cfg"
 	"codeberg.org/scip/esctl/pkg/printer"
-	"github.com/alecthomas/repr"
 	"github.com/elastic/go-elasticsearch/v9/typedapi/core/search"
 	"github.com/elastic/go-elasticsearch/v9/typedapi/esdsl"
 	"github.com/elastic/go-elasticsearch/v9/typedapi/indices/validatequery"
@@ -83,13 +82,13 @@ func explainSearch(conf *cfg.Config, search *search.Search) error {
 		Size(1). // one's enough for explain
 		Do(context.Background())
 	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("failed to call explain search (esdsl): %s", esErrorString(err))
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to call explain search (esdsl): %w", esErrorString(err))
 	}

 	if conf.Debug {
 		raw, err := json.Marshal(res)
 		if err != nil {
-			return fmt.Errorf("failed to marshal explain result: %s", err)
+			return fmt.Errorf("failed to marshal explain result: %w", err)
 		}

 		value := gjson.Get(string(raw), "hits.hits.0._explanation")
@@ -112,6 +111,7 @@ func explainSearch(conf *cfg.Config, search *search.Search) error {

 func explain(res *types.ExplanationDetail, indent string) {
 	fmt.Println(indent + "- " + res.Description)
+
 	for _, ex := range res.Details {
 		fmt.Println(indent + "  - " + ex.Description)
 		fmt.Println(indent + fmt.Sprintf("    score: %f", res.Value))
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ func validateSearch(conf *cfg.Config, queries []string) error {
 	res, err := validate.
 		Do(context.Background())
 	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("failed to validate search (esdsl): %s", esErrorString(err))
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to validate search (esdsl): %w", esErrorString(err))
 	}

 	slog.Debug("ES result", "search", res)
@@ -149,32 +149,13 @@ func validateSearch(conf *cfg.Config, queries []string) error {
 	return nil
 }

-func Debug(conf *cfg.Config) error {
-	res, err := conf.DefaultCluster.ES().Search().
-		Index(conf.Index).
-		Size(0).
-		Aggregations(map[string]types.Aggregations{
-			"min_ts": *esdsl.NewMinAggregation().Field("@timestamp").AggregationsCaster(),
-			"max_ts": *esdsl.NewMaxAggregation().Field("@timestamp").AggregationsCaster(),
-		}).
-		Do(context.Background())
-
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-
-	repr.Println(res)
-
-	return nil
-}
-
 func searchOnce(conf *cfg.Config, search *search.Search) error {
 	res, err := search.
 		From(conf.From).
 		Size(conf.To).
 		Do(context.Background())
 	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("failed to run search (esdsl): %s", esErrorString(err))
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to run search (esdsl): %w", esErrorString(err))
 	}

 	slog.Debug("ES result", "search", res)
@@ -187,9 +168,10 @@ func searchOnce(conf *cfg.Config, search *search.Search) error {
 // https://www.elastic.co/docs/reference/elasticsearch/clients/go/using-the-api/searching#_pit_search_after
 func searchPit(conf *cfg.Config, req *search.Request) error {
 	ctx := context.Background()
+
 	pit, err := conf.DefaultCluster.ES().OpenPointInTime(conf.Index).KeepAlive("1m").Do(ctx)
 	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("failed to open point-in-time request for search: %s", err)
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to open point-in-time request for search: %w", err)
 	}
 	defer func() {
 		_, err := conf.DefaultCluster.ES().ClosePointInTime().Id(pit.Id).Do(ctx)
@@ -212,7 +194,7 @@ func searchPit(conf *cfg.Config, req *search.Request) error {
 	for {
 		res, err := search.Do(ctx)
 		if err != nil {
-			return fmt.Errorf("failed to run search (esdsl pit): %s", esErrorString(err))
+			return fmt.Errorf("failed to run search (esdsl pit): %w", esErrorString(err))
 		}

 		if len(res.Hits.Hits) == 0 {
@@ -242,7 +224,7 @@ func searchTail(conf *cfg.Config, search *search.Search) error {
 	for {
 		res, err := search.Do(context.Background())
 		if err != nil {
-			return fmt.Errorf("failed to run search (esdsl): %s", esErrorString(err))
+			return fmt.Errorf("failed to run search (esdsl): %w", esErrorString(err))
 		}

 		slog.Debug("ES result", "search", res)
--- a/pkg/es/search_filter.go
+++ b/pkg/es/search_filter.go
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ type filter struct {
 // must match literally, and range filters using -r "@timestamp:2026-05-28T10:00:00 to now"
 func NewFilter(query string) (*filter, error) {
 	var separator string
+
 	var criteria int // we use the constants on top for this

 	switch {
@@ -76,7 +77,7 @@ func NewFilter(query string) (*filter, error) {

 	part := strings.Split(query, separator)
 	if len(part) != 2 {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("search queries must be in the form field<sep>pattern where <sep> must be one of: = or !=")
+		return nil, errors.New("search queries must be in the form field<sep>pattern where <sep> must be one of: = or !=")
 	}

 	flt := &filter{term: part[0], filter: part[1], criteria: criteria}
@@ -234,7 +235,6 @@ func addFilters(conf *cfg.Config) ([]types.QueryVariant, error) {
 		}

 		filters[count-1] = rng
-
 	}

 	return filters, nil
@@ -247,7 +247,6 @@ func addSort(conf *cfg.Config, search *search.Search) *search.Search {
 		Index(conf.Index).
 		Fields(conf.SortBy).
 		Do(context.Background())
-
 	if err != nil {
 		// whatever it was, do not add Sort()
 		slog.Debug("get field capabilities", "field", conf.SortBy, "error", esErrorString(err))
--- a/pkg/es/shard.go
+++ b/pkg/es/shard.go
@@ -40,8 +40,7 @@ func colorzizeShard(conf *cfg.Config, state, name string) string {
 }

 func resolvePrirep(state string) string {
-	switch state {
-	case "p":
+	if state == "p" {
 		return "primary"
 	}

@@ -86,7 +85,7 @@ func ShardList(conf *cfg.Config) error {
 	res, err := conf.DefaultCluster.ES().Cat.Shards().
 		Do(context.Background())
 	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("failed to get shards: %s", esErrorString(err))
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to get shards: %w", esErrorString(err))
 	}

 	shardlist := filterShards(conf, res)
@@ -107,7 +106,7 @@ func printShards(conf *cfg.Config, shardlist shards.Response) error {
 	for idx, shard := range shardlist {
 		name := colorzizeShard(conf, *shard.State, *shard.Index)

-		table.Entries[idx] = []string{
+		table.Entries[idx] = []any{
 			name,
 			*shard.Shard,
 			resolvePrirep(*shard.Prirep),
@@ -125,6 +124,7 @@ func printShards(conf *cfg.Config, shardlist shards.Response) error {
 	}

 	table.Sort()
+
 	if err := table.Print(); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ func ShardShow(conf *cfg.Config, index string) error {
 	res, err := conf.DefaultCluster.ES().Cat.Shards().Index(index).
 		Do(context.Background())
 	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("failed to get shards: %s", esErrorString(err))
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to get shards: %w", esErrorString(err))
 	}

 	slog.Debug("ES result", "shards", res)
@@ -145,3 +145,63 @@ func ShardShow(conf *cfg.Config, index string) error {

 	return printShards(conf, res)
 }
+
+func ShardAllocation(conf *cfg.Config, index string) error {
+	explain := conf.DefaultCluster.ES().Cluster.AllocationExplain().
+		Index(index).
+		Primary(conf.Primary).
+		Shard(conf.Shards)
+
+	if conf.FromNode != "" {
+		explain.CurrentNode(conf.FromNode)
+	}
+
+	res, err := explain.Do(context.Background())
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to get shard allocation explain: %w", esErrorString(err))
+	}
+
+	slog.Debug("ES result", "explain", res)
+
+	currentNode := res.CurrentNode
+
+	table := printer.NewTable(conf, 2, 10)
+	table.Addheaders("shard allocation setting", "value")
+
+	roles := make([]string, len(currentNode.Roles))
+	for idx, role := range currentNode.Roles {
+		roles[idx] = role.Name
+	}
+
+	table.Entries = [][]any{
+		{"Index", index},
+		{"Current state", res.CurrentState},
+		{"Current node", currentNode.Name},
+		{"Current k8s node", currentNode.Attributes["k8s_node_name"]},
+		{"Current node address", currentNode.TransportAddress},
+		{"Current node id", currentNode.Id},
+		{"Current node weight", currentNode.WeightRanking},
+		{"Current node roles", roles},
+		{"Can rebalance cluster", res.CanRebalanceCluster.Name},
+		{"Can rebalance to another node", res.CanRebalanceToOtherNode.Name},
+		{"Can remain on current node", res.CanRemainOnCurrentNode.Name},
+	}
+
+	if res.CurrentState == "unassigned" {
+		table.AddRow("Unassignment reason", res.UnassignedInfo.Reason.String()+" at "+res.UnassignedInfo.At.(string))
+	}
+
+	for _, nodeDecision := range res.NodeAllocationDecisions {
+		for _, decider := range nodeDecision.Deciders {
+			table.AddRow("Allocation decider", decider.Decider)
+			table.AddRow("    -> decision", decider.Decision.String())
+			table.AddRow("    -> explanation", decider.Explanation)
+		}
+	}
+
+	if err := table.Print(); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
--- a/pkg/es/snapshot.go
+++ b/pkg/es/snapshot.go
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ func SnapshotList(conf *cfg.Config) error {
 	// get partial indicies
 	ires, err := conf.DefaultCluster.ES().Cat.Indices().Do(context.Background())
 	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("failed to get indicies: %s", esErrorString(err))
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to get indicies: %w", esErrorString(err))
 	}

 	indicies := map[string]int{}
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ func SnapshotList(conf *cfg.Config) error {
 	// get snapshots
 	sres, err := conf.DefaultCluster.ES().Cat.Snapshots().Do(context.Background())
 	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("failed to get snapshots: %s", esErrorString(err))
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to get snapshots: %w", esErrorString(err))
 	}

 	slog.Debug("ES result", "indicies", sres)
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ func SnapshotList(conf *cfg.Config) error {
 	table.Addheaders("name", "index", "start", "orphaned", "status")

 	for idx, snap := range snapshots {
-		table.Entries[idx] = []string{
+		table.Entries[idx] = []any{
 			snap.Name,
 			snap.Forindex,
 			snap.Start,
@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@ func SnapshotList(conf *cfg.Config) error {
 	}

 	table.Sort()
+
 	if err := table.Print(); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -108,7 +109,7 @@ func SnapshotList(conf *cfg.Config) error {
 func SnapshotShow(conf *cfg.Config, snapshot string) error {
 	res, err := conf.DefaultCluster.ES().Snapshot.Get("*", snapshot).Do(context.Background())
 	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("failed to get snapshot: %s", esErrorString(err))
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to get snapshot: %w", esErrorString(err))
 	}

 	slog.Debug("ES result", "snapshot", res)
@@ -122,20 +123,20 @@ func SnapshotShow(conf *cfg.Config, snapshot string) error {

 	snap := res.Snapshots[0]

-	table.Entries = [][]string{
+	table.Entries = [][]any{
 		{"snapshot", snapshot},
 		{"uuid", snap.Uuid},
 		{"repository", *snap.Repository},
-		{"version_id", fmt.Sprintf("%d", snap.VersionId)},
+		{"version_id", snap.VersionId},
 		{"version", *snap.Version},
-		{"include_global_state", fmt.Sprintf("%t", *snap.IncludeGlobalState)},
+		{"include_global_state", *snap.IncludeGlobalState},
 		{"state", *snap.State},
-		{"start_time", fmt.Sprintf("%s", snap.StartTime)},
-		{"end_time", fmt.Sprintf("%s", snap.EndTime)},
-		{"duration_in_millis", fmt.Sprintf("%d", *snap.DurationInMillis)},
-		{"shards-total", fmt.Sprintf("%d", snap.Shards.Total)},
-		{"shards-failed", fmt.Sprintf("%d", snap.Shards.Failed)},
-		{"shards-successful", fmt.Sprintf("%d", snap.Shards.Successful)},
+		{"start_time", snap.StartTime},
+		{"end_time", snap.EndTime},
+		{"duration_in_millis", *snap.DurationInMillis},
+		{"shards-total", snap.Shards.Total},
+		{"shards-failed", snap.Shards.Failed},
+		{"shards-successful", snap.Shards.Successful},
 	}

 	if err := table.Print(); err != nil {
--- a/pkg/es/task.go
+++ b/pkg/es/task.go
@@ -30,15 +30,15 @@ import (
 func TaskList(conf *cfg.Config) error {
 	res, err := conf.DefaultCluster.ES().Cat.Tasks().
 		Do(context.Background())
-
 	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("failed to get index templates: %s", esErrorString(err))
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to get index templates: %w", esErrorString(err))
 	}

 	slog.Debug("res", "tasks", res)

 	table := printer.NewTable(conf, 8, len(res))
 	table.Addheaders("task id", "action", "start time", "run time", "node", "type")
+
 	for idx, task := range res {
 		var ts time.Time

@@ -49,10 +49,10 @@ func TaskList(conf *cfg.Config) error {
 			ts = time.Unix(int64(epc/1000), 0)
 		}

-		table.Entries[idx] = []string{
+		table.Entries[idx] = []any{
 			*task.TaskId,
 			*task.Action,
-			ts.Format("2006-01-02T15:04:05"),
+			ts,
 			*task.RunningTime,
 			*task.Node,
 			*task.Type,
@@ -66,9 +66,8 @@ func TaskCancel(conf *cfg.Config, taskid string) error {
 	_, err := conf.DefaultCluster.ES().Tasks.Cancel().
 		TaskId(taskid).
 		Do(context.Background())
-
 	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("failed to cancel task: %s", esErrorString(err))
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to cancel task: %w", esErrorString(err))
 	}

 	return nil
--- a/pkg/printer/bytes.go
+++ b/pkg/printer/bytes.go
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+/*
+Copyright © 2026 Thomas von Dein
+
+This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+(at your option) any later version.
+
+This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+*/
+package printer
+
+import "github.com/dustin/go-humanize"
+
+type ByteSize struct {
+	size uint64
+}
+
+func Bytes(size int64) ByteSize {
+	return ByteSize{size: uint64(size)}
+}
+
+func (b *ByteSize) String() string {
+	return humanize.Bytes(b.size)
+}
--- a/pkg/printer/cast.go
+++ b/pkg/printer/cast.go
@@ -0,0 +1,99 @@
+/*
+Copyright © 2026 Thomas von Dein
+
+This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+(at your option) any later version.
+
+This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+*/
+package printer
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"strconv"
+	"strings"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/elastic/go-elasticsearch/v9/typedapi/types"
+)
+
+func any2string(in any) string {
+	//nolint:gocritic
+	switch val := in.(type) {
+	case string:
+		return val
+	case bool:
+		return strconv.FormatBool(val)
+	case int64:
+		return strconv.FormatInt(val, 10)
+	case int:
+		return strconv.Itoa(val)
+	case float64:
+		return fmt.Sprintf("%.2f", val)
+	case []string:
+		return strings.Join(val, ",")
+	case ByteSize:
+		return val.String()
+	case time.Time:
+		return val.Format("2006-01-02 15:04:05")
+	case []byte:
+		return string(val)
+	case nil:
+		return "null"
+	case types.Percentage, types.DateTime:
+		return val.(string)
+	}
+
+	return ""
+}
+
+func (data *Table) preprocessRows() {
+	if data.processed {
+		// only do it once
+		return
+	}
+
+	// convert entries to strings
+	data.rows = make([][]string, len(data.Entries))
+	for rowidx, entries := range data.Entries {
+		data.rows[rowidx] = make([]string, len(entries))
+
+		for colidx, entry := range data.Entries[rowidx] {
+			data.rows[rowidx][colidx] = any2string(entry)
+		}
+	}
+
+	// determine header lenght's
+	for idx, head := range data.Headers {
+		data.lenHeaders[idx] = visibleLen(head)
+	}
+
+	// determine max width per column
+	for _, entries := range data.rows {
+		currentWidth := 0
+
+		for idx, entry := range entries {
+			length := visibleLen(entry)
+
+			if data.lenHeaders[idx] < length {
+				if length > currentWidth+data.maxwidth {
+					data.lenHeaders[idx] = data.maxwidth - currentWidth
+				} else {
+					data.lenHeaders[idx] = length
+				}
+			}
+
+			currentWidth += data.lenHeaders[idx]
+		}
+	}
+
+	data.processed = true
+}
--- a/pkg/printer/doc.go
+++ b/pkg/printer/doc.go
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ func PrintDocs(conf *cfg.Config, hits []types.Hit) {
 	for _, hit := range hits {
 		PrintDoc(conf, hit)
 	}
-
 }

 func PrintDoc(conf *cfg.Config, hit types.Hit) {
@@ -52,6 +51,6 @@ func PrintDoc(conf *cfg.Config, hit types.Hit) {
 		value := gjson.Get(docjson, conf.Path)
 		fmt.Println(value.String())
 	} else {
-		fmt.Print(docjson)
+		fmt.Println(docjson)
 	}
 }
--- a/pkg/printer/pager.go
+++ b/pkg/printer/pager.go
@@ -34,12 +34,14 @@ var (
 	titleStyle = func() lipgloss.Style {
 		b := lipgloss.RoundedBorder()
 		b.Right = "├"
+
 		return lipgloss.NewStyle().BorderStyle(b).Padding(0, 1)
 	}()

 	infoStyle = func() lipgloss.Style {
 		b := lipgloss.RoundedBorder()
 		b.Left = "┤"
+
 		return titleStyle.BorderStyle(b)
 	}()
 )
@@ -56,10 +58,9 @@ func (m model) Init() tea.Cmd {
 }

 func (m model) Update(msg tea.Msg) (tea.Model, tea.Cmd) {
-	var (
-		cmd  tea.Cmd
-		cmds []tea.Cmd
-	)
+	var cmd tea.Cmd
+
+	cmds := make([]tea.Cmd, 1)

 	switch msg := msg.(type) {
 	case tea.KeyMsg:
@@ -90,7 +91,7 @@ func (m model) Update(msg tea.Msg) (tea.Model, tea.Cmd) {

 	// Handle keyboard and mouse events in the viewport
 	m.viewport, cmd = m.viewport.Update(msg)
-	cmds = append(cmds, cmd)
+	cmds[0] = cmd

 	return m, tea.Batch(cmds...)
 }
@@ -99,6 +100,7 @@ func (m model) View() string {
 	if !m.ready {
 		return "\n  Initializing..."
 	}
+
 	return fmt.Sprintf("%s\n%s\n%s", m.headerView(), m.viewport.View(), m.footerView())
 }

@@ -106,30 +108,25 @@ func (m model) headerView() string {
 	// title := titleStyle.Render("RPN Help Overview")
 	title := titleStyle.Render(m.title)
 	line := strings.Repeat("─", max(0, m.viewport.Width-lipgloss.Width(title)))
+
 	return lipgloss.JoinHorizontal(lipgloss.Center, title, line)
 }

 func (m model) footerView() string {
 	info := infoStyle.Render(fmt.Sprintf("%3.f%%", m.viewport.ScrollPercent()*100))
 	line := strings.Repeat("─", max(0, m.viewport.Width-lipgloss.Width(info)))
+
 	return lipgloss.JoinHorizontal(lipgloss.Center, line, info)
 }

-func max(a, b int) int {
-	if a > b {
-		return a
-	}
-	return b
-}
-
 func Pager(title, message string) {
-	p := tea.NewProgram(
+	pager := tea.NewProgram(
 		model{content: message, title: title},
 		tea.WithAltScreen(),       // use the full size of the terminal in its "alternate screen buffer"
 		tea.WithMouseCellMotion(), // turn on mouse support so we can track the mouse wheel
 	)

-	if _, err := p.Run(); err != nil {
+	if _, err := pager.Run(); err != nil {
 		fmt.Println("could not run pager:", err)
 		os.Exit(1)
 	}
--- a/pkg/printer/table.go
+++ b/pkg/printer/table.go
@@ -25,42 +25,60 @@ import (
 	"strings"

 	"codeberg.org/scip/esctl/pkg/cfg"
-	"github.com/olekukonko/tablewriter"
-	"github.com/olekukonko/tablewriter/renderer"
-	"github.com/olekukonko/tablewriter/tw"
+	"github.com/seeruk/go-wordwrap"
 	"gopkg.in/yaml.v3"
 )

 type Table struct {
-	Mode    string // table, markdown, json
+	Mode    string // tsv, json, yaml
 	Headers []string
-	Entries [][]string
+	Entries [][]any

+	rows       [][]string // representation used for printing
+	processed  bool
 	lenHeaders []int
 	alignInts  bool
+	maxwidth   int
 }

 func NewTable(conf *cfg.Config, columns, rows int) *Table {
-	table := Table{Mode: conf.Output}
+	table := Table{Mode: conf.Output, maxwidth: cfg.GetTermWidth()}

 	table.Headers = make([]string, columns)
-	table.Entries = make([][]string, rows)
+	table.Entries = make([][]any, rows)
 	table.lenHeaders = make([]int, columns)
 	table.alignInts = conf.AlignInts

 	return &table
 }

-func (data *Table) Print() error {
-	switch data.Mode {
-	case "markdown", "md":
-		return data.PrintMarkdown()
+func NewTableEmpty(conf *cfg.Config) *Table {
+	table := Table{Mode: conf.Output, maxwidth: cfg.GetTermWidth()}
+	table.alignInts = conf.AlignInts
+
+	return &table
+}
+
+func (table *Table) WithHeaders(headers ...string) *Table {
+	count := len(headers)
+
+	table.Entries = [][]any{}
+	table.lenHeaders = make([]int, count)
+	table.Headers = make([]string, count)
+
+	table.Addheaders(headers...)
+
+	return table
+}
+
+func (table *Table) Print() error {
+	switch table.Mode {
 	case "json":
-		return data.PrintJSON()
+		return table.PrintJSON()
 	case "yaml":
-		return data.PrintYAML()
+		return table.PrintYAML()
 	default:
-		return data.PrintTSV()
+		return table.PrintTSV()
 	}
 }

@@ -68,26 +86,12 @@ var (
 	ansiCtrlSeq = regexp.MustCompile(`\033.[0-9;]+m`)
 )

-// needed for json and yaml output
-func (data *Table) toMap() []map[string]string {
-	raw := make([]map[string]string, len(data.Entries))
-
-	for idx, entries := range data.Entries {
-		raw[idx] = make(map[string]string, len(data.Headers))
-		for eidx, entry := range entries {
-			raw[idx][data.Headers[eidx]] = entry
-		}
-	}
-
-	return raw
-}
-
-func (data *Table) PrintYAML() error {
-	raw := data.toMap()
+func (table *Table) PrintYAML() error {
+	raw := table.toMap()

 	body, err := yaml.Marshal(raw)
 	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("failed to produce YAML output: %s", err)
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to produce YAML output: %w", err)
 	}

 	fmt.Println(string(body))
@@ -95,12 +99,12 @@ func (data *Table) PrintYAML() error {
 	return nil
 }

-func (data *Table) PrintJSON() error {
-	raw := data.toMap()
+func (table *Table) PrintJSON() error {
+	raw := table.toMap()

 	body, err := json.MarshalIndent(raw, "", "  ")
 	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("failed to produce JSON output: %s", err)
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to produce JSON output: %w", err)
 	}

 	fmt.Println(string(body))
@@ -108,194 +112,112 @@ func (data *Table) PrintJSON() error {
 	return nil
 }

-// Well.  tablewriter  should be  able to  print in  TSV mode,  but it
-// doesn't  work because  of  the various  ansic  color escapes  we're
-// using. Therefore we do it the hard way and use our own TSV printer.
-func (data *Table) PrintTSV() error {
-	// determine lenght's
-	for idx, head := range data.Headers {
-		data.lenHeaders[idx] = visibleLen(head)
-	}
+func (table *Table) PrintTSV() error {
+	// length's, convert cell types
+	table.preprocessRows()

-	for _, entries := range data.Entries {
-		for idx, entry := range entries {
-			length := visibleLen(entry)
-			if data.lenHeaders[idx] < length {
-				data.lenHeaders[idx] = length
-			}
+	// output headers
+	for idx, header := range table.Headers {
+		if idx+1 != len(table.Headers) {
+			fmt.Print(header, strings.Repeat(" ", table.lenHeaders[idx]-visibleLen(header)))
+		} else {
+			// no padding for last header
+			fmt.Print(header)
 		}
-	}

-	// output
-	for idx, header := range data.Headers {
-		fmt.Print(header, strings.Repeat(" ", data.lenHeaders[idx]-visibleLen(header)))
-		if idx < len(data.Headers)-1 {
+		if idx < len(table.Headers)-1 {
 			fmt.Print("  ")
 		}
 	}
+
 	fmt.Println()

-	for _, entries := range data.Entries {
+	for _, entries := range table.rows {
+		currentWidth := 0
+
 		for idx, entry := range entries {
 			length := visibleLen(entry)

-			if isInt(entry) && data.alignInts {
-				// align right
-				fmt.Print(strings.Repeat(" ", data.lenHeaders[idx]-length), entry)
-			} else {
-				fmt.Print(entry, strings.Repeat(" ", data.lenHeaders[idx]-length))
+			if length+currentWidth > table.maxwidth && table.maxwidth-currentWidth > 1 {
+				// text is too wide to be put into one line, wrap it
+				wrapper := wordwrap.Wrapper(table.maxwidth-currentWidth, false)
+				wrapped := wrapper(entry)
+
+				// and indent it
+				for idx, line := range strings.Split(wrapped, "\n") {
+					if idx == 0 {
+						entry = line
+					} else {
+						entry += "\n  " + strings.Repeat(" ", currentWidth) + line
+					}
+				}
 			}

-			if idx < len(data.Headers)-1 {
+			currentWidth += table.lenHeaders[idx]
+
+			switch {
+			case isInt(entry) && table.alignInts:
+				// align right
+				fmt.Print(strings.Repeat(" ", table.lenHeaders[idx]-length), entry)
+			case length < table.lenHeaders[idx] && idx+1 != len(entries):
+				// pad right, if required
+				fmt.Print(entry, strings.Repeat(" ", table.lenHeaders[idx]-length))
+			default:
+				// no padding for last entry
+				fmt.Print(entry)
+			}
+
+			if idx < len(table.Headers)-1 {
 				fmt.Print("  ")
 			}
 		}
+
 		fmt.Println()
 	}

 	return nil
 }

-func (data *Table) PrintTabularFail() error {
-	OFS := "  "
-
-	tableString := &strings.Builder{}
-
-	styleTSV := tw.NewSymbolCustom("space").WithColumn("\t")
-
-	table := tablewriter.NewTable(tableString,
-		tablewriter.WithRenderer(
-			renderer.NewBlueprint(tw.Rendition{
-				Borders: tw.BorderNone,
-				Symbols: styleTSV,
-				Settings: tw.Settings{
-					Separators: tw.SeparatorsNone,
-					Lines:      tw.LinesNone,
-				},
-			})),
-		tablewriter.WithConfig(tablewriter.Config{
-			Header: tw.CellConfig{
-				Formatting: tw.CellFormatting{
-					AutoFormat: tw.Off,
-				},
-				Padding: tw.CellPadding{Global: tw.Padding{Left: "", Right: OFS}},
-			},
-			Row: tw.CellConfig{
-				Formatting: tw.CellFormatting{
-					AutoWrap:  tw.WrapNone,
-					Alignment: tw.AlignLeft,
-				},
-				Padding: tw.CellPadding{Global: tw.Padding{Right: OFS}},
-			},
-
-			Debug: true,
-		}),
-	)
-
-	table.Header(data.Headers)
-
-	if err := table.Bulk(data.Entries); err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("failed to add data to table renderer: %s", err)
-	}
-
-	if err := table.Render(); err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("failed to render table: %s", err)
-	}
-
-	// we  need to trim  our output here, because  tablewriter appends
-	// excess whitespace to our rows.
-	cleanedString := &strings.Builder{}
-
-	for _, row := range strings.Split(strings.TrimSpace(tableString.String()), "\n") {
-		cleanedString.WriteString(strings.TrimSpace(row))
-		cleanedString.WriteString("\n")
-	}
-
-	fmt.Println(cleanedString.String())
-
-	return nil
-}
-
-func (data *Table) PrintMarkdown() error {
-	tableString := &strings.Builder{}
-
-	table := tablewriter.NewTable(tableString,
-		tablewriter.WithRenderer(
-			renderer.NewBlueprint(
-				tw.Rendition{
-					Borders: tw.Border{
-						Left:   tw.On,
-						Right:  tw.On,
-						Top:    tw.Off,
-						Bottom: tw.Off,
-					},
-					Settings: tw.Settings{
-						Separators: tw.Separators{
-							ShowHeader:     tw.On,
-							ShowFooter:     tw.Off,
-							BetweenRows:    tw.Off,
-							BetweenColumns: 0,
-						},
-					},
-					Symbols: tw.NewSymbols(tw.StyleMarkdown),
-				})),
-
-		tablewriter.WithConfig(
-			tablewriter.Config{
-				Header: tw.CellConfig{
-					Formatting: tw.CellFormatting{
-						Alignment:  tw.AlignLeft,
-						AutoFormat: tw.Off,
-					},
-				},
-				Row: tw.CellConfig{
-					Formatting: tw.CellFormatting{
-						Alignment: tw.AlignLeft,
-					},
-				},
-			},
-		),
-	)
-
-	table.Header(data.Headers)
-
-	if err := table.Bulk(data.Entries); err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("failed to add data to table renderer: %s", err)
-	}
-
-	if err := table.Render(); err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("failed to render table: %s", err)
-	}
-
-	fmt.Println(tableString.String())
-
-	return nil
-}
-
-func (data *Table) Sort() {
+func (table *Table) Sort() {
 	// sanity checks
-	if len(data.Entries) == 0 {
+	if len(table.Entries) == 0 {
 		return
 	}

-	sort.Slice(data.Entries, func(i, j int) bool {
-		return data.Entries[i][0] < data.Entries[j][0]
+	table.preprocessRows()
+
+	sort.Slice(table.rows, func(i, j int) bool {
+		return table.rows[i][0] < table.rows[j][0]
 	})
 }

-func (data *Table) Addheaders(headers ...string) {
+func (table *Table) Addheaders(headers ...string) {
 	for idx, header := range headers {
-		switch data.Mode {
+		switch table.Mode {
 		case "json", "yaml":
-			data.Headers[idx] = strings.ReplaceAll(strings.ToLower(header), " ", "_")
+			table.Headers[idx] = strings.ReplaceAll(strings.ToLower(header), " ", "_")
 		default:
-			data.Headers[idx] = bold(strings.ReplaceAll(strings.ToUpper(header), " ", "-"))
+			table.Headers[idx] = bold(strings.ReplaceAll(strings.ToUpper(header), " ", "-"))
 		}
 	}
 }

-func (data *Table) AddRow(fields ...string) {
-	data.Entries = append(data.Entries, fields)
+func (table *Table) AddRow(fields ...any) {
+	table.Entries = append(table.Entries, fields)
+}
+
+// needed for json and yaml output
+func (table *Table) toMap() []map[string]any {
+	raw := make([]map[string]any, len(table.Entries))
+
+	for idx, entries := range table.Entries {
+		raw[idx] = make(map[string]any, len(table.Headers))
+		for eidx, entry := range entries {
+			raw[idx][table.Headers[eidx]] = entry
+		}
+	}
+
+	return raw
 }

 // return the length of a string but only visible chars, w/o ansi color escapes
--- a/t/.env
+++ b/t/.env
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+ES_PASS=tuscador1
+STACK_VERSION=9.4.2
+CLUSTER_NAME=domdoc
+LICENSE=basic
+ES_PORT=9200
+MEM_LIMIT=1073741824
--- a/t/Makefile
+++ b/t/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+.PHONY: test clean cluster docs search up down delete
+
+# docker stuff
+up:
+	@echo "booting up docker containers"
+	docker compose up -d --remove-orphans
+
+waitup:
+	@echo "wait til es cluster is up and running"
+	mosscap msc-actions.yaml msc-docker.yaml -n -t 300
+
+down:
+	@echo "shutting down docker containers"
+	docker compose down
+
+delete:
+	@echo "delete docker volumes"
+	docker volume rm t_certs t_esdata01 t_esdata02 t_esdata03
+
+clean-docker: down delete
+
+
+# mosscap esctl stuff
+test: up waitup cluster docs wait search
+
+cluster:
+	@echo "setting up elastisearch cluster"
+	mosscap msc-actions.yaml msc-cluster.yaml -n
+
+docs:
+	@echo "put some docs"
+	mosscap msc-actions.yaml msc-docs.yaml -n -c 1000 -p 100
+
+wait:
+	sleep 10
+
+search:
+	@echo "make some searches"
+	mosscap msc-actions.yaml msc-search.yaml -n -t 60
+
+clean:
+	@echo "cleaning up cluster"
+	mosscap msc-actions.yaml msc-clean.yaml -n
+	rm -f *.state debug.log
+
+
--- a/t/README.md
+++ b/t/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+# Testing
+
+Building regular unit tests would require to create a mock
+elasticsearch cluster, which is too much a chore for a one man
+show. Running a regular elasticsearch cluster on Codeberg CI is not
+economically reasonable.
+
+Therefore I run tests manually. Here's how.
+
+# Dependencies
+
+The following is required:
+
+- linux, any distro will do
+- docker in a decent version
+- [mosscap](https://codeberg.org/scip/mosscap) version `0.0.17` or higher.
+
+# Docker
+
+There's a ready to use docker compose file, which fires up an
+elasticsearch cluster with 3 nodes. To start it manually just execute
+`make up`.
+
+When it's up and running it should look like this:
+
+```console
+$ docker ps
+NAMES     STATUS                   PORTS
+t-es03-1  Up 16 minutes (healthy)  9200/tcp, 9300/tcp
+t-es02-1  Up 16 minutes (healthy)  9200/tcp, 9300/tcp
+t-es01-1  Up 16 minutes (healthy)  0.0.0.0:9200->9200/tcp, [::]:9200->9200/tcp, 9300/tcp
+```
+
+There's an esctl config file `cluster.yaml`, which you can use to
+access that elasticsearch cluster, e.g.:
+
+```console
+$ esctl -c cluster.yaml cluster status 
+DOCKER/DOMDOC              STATUS
+Cluster Name               domdoc
+ES Status                  green
+ES Version                 9.4.2
+Is Leader                  false
+Active Shards              8
+Active Primary Shards      4
+Unassigned Shards          0
+Unassigned Primary Shards  0
+Pending Tasks              0
+Nodes                      3
+Red Indices                0
+Long Running Tasks         0
+```
+
+# Automated Tests
+
+To execute the automated tests, just execute `make test`. This boots
+up the elasticsearch containers, waits until they are up and running,
+creates data on it and queries it.
+
+# Cleanup
+
+To just clean up the elasticsearch cluster run `make clean`.
+
+To remove everything, run `make clean-docker`.
+
+# Reference
+
+## Mosscap configs
+
+| CONFIG           | DESCRIPTION                                                          |
+|------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
+| msc-actions.yaml | contains all actions, used by all item configs                       |
+| msc-docker.yaml  | single item: used to wait until elasticsearch containers are healthy |
+| msc-cluster.yaml | single item: create indices etc                                      |
+| msc-docs.yaml    | generator items: put docs into the index                             |
+| msc-search.yaml  | single item: do some searches                                        |
+| msc-clean.yaml   | single item: clean up the elasticsearch cluster                      |
--- a/t/cluster.yaml
+++ b/t/cluster.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+# esctl config
+clusters:
+    docker/domdoc:
+        uri: https://elastic:9200
+        user: elastic
+        token: ""
+        default: false
--- a/t/docker-compose.yaml
+++ b/t/docker-compose.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,207 @@
+services:
+  setup:
+    image: docker.elastic.co/elasticsearch/elasticsearch:${STACK_VERSION}
+    volumes:
+      - certs:/usr/share/elasticsearch/config/certs
+    user: "0"
+    command: >
+      bash -c '
+        if [ x${ES_PASS} == x ]; then
+          echo "Set the ES_PASS environment variable in the .env file";
+          exit 1;
+        fi;
+        if [ ! -f config/certs/ca.zip ]; then
+          echo "Creating CA";
+          bin/elasticsearch-certutil ca --silent --pem -out config/certs/ca.zip;
+          unzip config/certs/ca.zip -d config/certs;
+        fi;
+        if [ ! -f config/certs/certs.zip ]; then
+          echo "Creating certs";
+          echo -ne \
+          "instances:\n"\
+          "  - name: es01\n"\
+          "    dns:\n"\
+          "      - es01\n"\
+          "      - localhost\n"\
+          "    ip:\n"\
+          "      - 127.0.0.1\n"\
+          "  - name: es02\n"\
+          "    dns:\n"\
+          "      - es02\n"\
+          "      - localhost\n"\
+          "    ip:\n"\
+          "      - 127.0.0.1\n"\
+          "  - name: es03\n"\
+          "    dns:\n"\
+          "      - es03\n"\
+          "      - localhost\n"\
+          "    ip:\n"\
+          "      - 127.0.0.1\n"\
+          > config/certs/instances.yml;
+          bin/elasticsearch-certutil cert --silent --pem -out config/certs/certs.zip --in config/certs/instances.yml --ca-cert config/certs/ca/ca.crt --ca-key config/certs/ca/ca.key;
+          unzip config/certs/certs.zip -d config/certs;
+        fi;
+        echo "Setting file permissions"
+        chown -R root:root config/certs;
+        find . -type d -exec chmod 750 \{\} \;;
+        find . -type f -exec chmod 640 \{\} \;;
+        echo "Waiting for Elasticsearch availability";
+        until curl -s --cacert config/certs/ca/ca.crt https://es01:9200 | grep -q "missing authentication credentials"; do sleep 30; done;
+        echo "All done!";
+      '
+    healthcheck:
+      test: ["CMD-SHELL", "[ -f config/certs/es01/es01.crt ]"]
+      interval: 1s
+      timeout: 5s
+      retries: 120
+
+  es01:
+    depends_on:
+      setup:
+        condition: service_healthy
+    image: docker.elastic.co/elasticsearch/elasticsearch:${STACK_VERSION}
+    volumes:
+      - certs:/usr/share/elasticsearch/config/certs
+      - esdata01:/usr/share/elasticsearch/data
+    ports:
+      - ${ES_PORT}:9200
+    environment:
+      - node.name=es01
+      - cluster.name=${CLUSTER_NAME}
+      - cluster.initial_master_nodes=es01
+      - discovery.seed_hosts=es02
+      - ELASTIC_PASSWORD=${ES_PASS}
+      - bootstrap.memory_lock=true
+      - xpack.security.enabled=true
+      - xpack.security.http.ssl.enabled=true
+      - xpack.security.http.ssl.key=certs/es01/es01.key
+      - xpack.security.http.ssl.certificate=certs/es01/es01.crt
+      - xpack.security.http.ssl.certificate_authorities=certs/ca/ca.crt
+      - xpack.security.transport.ssl.enabled=true
+      - xpack.security.transport.ssl.key=certs/es01/es01.key
+      - xpack.security.transport.ssl.certificate=certs/es01/es01.crt
+      - xpack.security.transport.ssl.certificate_authorities=certs/ca/ca.crt
+      - xpack.security.transport.ssl.verification_mode=certificate
+      - xpack.license.self_generated.type=${LICENSE}
+      - xpack.ml.use_auto_machine_memory_percent=true
+      - node_roles=data_content
+      - xpack.searchable.snapshot.shared_cache.size="1gb"
+      - cluster.routing.allocation.disk.threshold_enabled=false
+      - cluster.routing.allocation.disk.watermark.low="2gb"
+      - cluster.routing.allocation.disk.watermark.high="1gb"
+      - cluster.routing.allocation.disk.watermark.flood_stage="500mb"
+    mem_limit: ${MEM_LIMIT}
+    ulimits:
+      memlock:
+        soft: -1
+        hard: -1
+    healthcheck:
+      test:
+        [
+          "CMD-SHELL",
+          "curl -s --cacert config/certs/ca/ca.crt https://localhost:9200 | grep -q 'missing authentication credentials'",
+        ]
+      interval: 10s
+      timeout: 10s
+      retries: 120
+
+  es02:
+    depends_on:
+      - es01
+    image: docker.elastic.co/elasticsearch/elasticsearch:${STACK_VERSION}
+    volumes:
+      - certs:/usr/share/elasticsearch/config/certs
+      - esdata02:/usr/share/elasticsearch/data
+    environment:
+      - node.name=es02
+      - cluster.name=${CLUSTER_NAME}
+      - cluster.initial_master_nodes=es01,es02
+      - discovery.seed_hosts=es01
+      - ELASTIC_PASSWORD=${ES_PASS}
+      - bootstrap.memory_lock=true
+      - xpack.security.enabled=true
+      - xpack.security.http.ssl.enabled=true
+      - xpack.security.http.ssl.key=certs/es02/es02.key
+      - xpack.security.http.ssl.certificate=certs/es02/es02.crt
+      - xpack.security.http.ssl.certificate_authorities=certs/ca/ca.crt
+      - xpack.security.transport.ssl.enabled=true
+      - xpack.security.transport.ssl.key=certs/es02/es02.key
+      - xpack.security.transport.ssl.certificate=certs/es02/es02.crt
+      - xpack.security.transport.ssl.certificate_authorities=certs/ca/ca.crt
+      - xpack.security.transport.ssl.verification_mode=certificate
+      - xpack.license.self_generated.type=${LICENSE}
+      - xpack.ml.use_auto_machine_memory_percent=true
+      - cluster.routing.allocation.disk.threshold_enabled=false
+      - cluster.routing.allocation.disk.watermark.low="2gb"
+      - cluster.routing.allocation.disk.watermark.high="1gb"
+      - cluster.routing.allocation.disk.watermark.flood_stage="500mb"
+    mem_limit: ${MEM_LIMIT}
+    ulimits:
+      memlock:
+        soft: -1
+        hard: -1
+    healthcheck:
+      test:
+        [
+          "CMD-SHELL",
+          "curl -s --cacert config/certs/ca/ca.crt https://localhost:9200 | grep -q 'missing authentication credentials'",
+        ]
+      interval: 10s
+      timeout: 10s
+      retries: 120
+
+
+  es03:
+    depends_on:
+      - es01
+    image: docker.elastic.co/elasticsearch/elasticsearch:${STACK_VERSION}
+    volumes:
+      - certs:/usr/share/elasticsearch/config/certs
+      - esdata03:/usr/share/elasticsearch/data
+    environment:
+      - node.name=es03
+      - cluster.name=${CLUSTER_NAME}
+      - cluster.initial_master_nodes=es01,es03
+      - discovery.seed_hosts=es01
+      - ELASTIC_PASSWORD=${ES_PASS}
+      - bootstrap.memory_lock=true
+      - xpack.security.enabled=true
+      - xpack.security.http.ssl.enabled=true
+      - xpack.security.http.ssl.key=certs/es03/es03.key
+      - xpack.security.http.ssl.certificate=certs/es03/es03.crt
+      - xpack.security.http.ssl.certificate_authorities=certs/ca/ca.crt
+      - xpack.security.transport.ssl.enabled=true
+      - xpack.security.transport.ssl.key=certs/es03/es03.key
+      - xpack.security.transport.ssl.certificate=certs/es03/es03.crt
+      - xpack.security.transport.ssl.certificate_authorities=certs/ca/ca.crt
+      - xpack.security.transport.ssl.verification_mode=certificate
+      - xpack.license.self_generated.type=${LICENSE}
+      - xpack.ml.use_auto_machine_memory_percent=true
+      - cluster.routing.allocation.disk.threshold_enabled=false
+      - cluster.routing.allocation.disk.watermark.low="2gb"
+      - cluster.routing.allocation.disk.watermark.high="1gb"
+      - cluster.routing.allocation.disk.watermark.flood_stage="500mb"
+    mem_limit: ${MEM_LIMIT}
+    ulimits:
+      memlock:
+        soft: -1
+        hard: -1
+    healthcheck:
+      test:
+        [
+          "CMD-SHELL",
+          "curl -s --cacert config/certs/ca/ca.crt https://localhost:9200 | grep -q 'missing authentication credentials'",
+        ]
+      interval: 10s
+      timeout: 10s
+      retries: 120
+      
+volumes:
+  certs:
+    driver: local
+  esdata01:
+    driver: local
+  esdata02:
+    driver: local
+  esdata03:
+    driver: local
--- a/t/msc-actions.yaml
+++ b/t/msc-actions.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,96 @@
+#
+# this is a mosscap action file, see: https://codeberg.org/scip/mosscap
+vars:
+  esctl: ../esctl -c cluster.yaml
+
+actions:
+  wait: |
+    sleep [[.time]]
+
+  docker_wait: |
+    for i in {1..20}; do
+      count=$(docker ps | grep healthy | wc -l)
+      if test $count -eq 3; then
+        echo "all containers are healthy"
+        exit
+      fi
+      sleep 5s
+    done
+
+    echo "not all containers are healthy"
+    docker ps
+    
+  cluster_ls: |
+    [[.esctl]] cluster ls | grep -E domdoc.*reachable.*yes
+  
+  cluster_status: |
+    [[.esctl]] cluster status | grep green
+
+  create_ilm: |
+    [[.esctl]] ilm create --hot-rollover-max-age 7d \
+                          --hot-rollover-max-primary-shard-size 25g \
+                          --warm-min-age 0 \
+                          --delete-min-age 14d [[.policy]]
+
+  describe_ilm: |
+    [[.esctl]] ilm show [[.policy]] -t | grep -E "rollover when storage > 25g"    
+
+  create_index_template: |
+    [[.esctl]] index template create [[.index]] -i [[.index]] \
+      -s number_of_shards:3 \
+      -s index.sort.field:@timestamp \
+      -r 1m --ilm-policy [[.policy]] \
+      user:keyword message:text @timestamp:date
+
+  describe_index_template: |
+    [[.esctl]] index template show [[.index]] | grep -E "index.sort.field.*@timestamp"
+    
+  create_index: |
+    [[.esctl]] index create -s 2 -r 2 [[.index]]
+
+  describe_index: |
+    [[.esctl]] index show [[.index]] | grep -E "fields.*@timestamp"
+
+  index_ls: |
+    [[.esctl]] index ls | grep [[.index]]
+
+  index_template_rm: |
+    [[.esctl]] index template rm [[.index]]
+    
+  index_rm: |
+    [[.esctl]] index rm [[.index]]
+
+  timestamp: |
+    date --iso-8601=second
+
+  date: |
+    date +%Y-%m-%d
+    
+  doc_add: |
+    [[.esctl]] doc add -i [[.index]] '{"user": "[[.user]]", "message":"[[.message]]", "@timestamp":"[[.ts]]"}'
+    
+  search_any: |
+    [[.esctl]] search -i [[.index]] -l 1 | jq .source.message
+
+  search_date: |
+    [[.esctl]] search -i [[.index]] -l 1 | jq '.source."@timestamp"' | grep [[.today]]
+
+  search_count: |
+    [[.esctl]] search -i [[.index]] -l 5000 | wc -l | grep 1000
+    
+  search_content: |
+    [[.esctl]] search -i [[.index]] [[.content_pattern]] -l 1 | jq .source.message
+
+  search_content_and: |
+    [[.esctl]] search -i [[.index]] [[.content_and_pattern]] -l 1 | jq .source.message
+
+  nodes: |
+    [[.esctl]] node ls | grep es01
+
+  describe_node: |
+    [[.esctl]] node show [[.node]] | grep "Node version"
+
+  license: |
+    [[.esctl]] license show | grep -E "Expires.*never"
+
+
--- a/t/msc-clean.yaml
+++ b/t/msc-clean.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+#
+# this is a mosscap item file, see: https://codeberg.org/scip/mosscap
+items:
+  - name: docker/domdoc
+
+vars:
+  index: test
+
+tasks:
+  - name: delete_index
+    action: index_rm
+
+  - name: delete_template
+    action: index_template_rm
--- a/t/msc-cluster.yaml
+++ b/t/msc-cluster.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+#
+# this is a mosscap item file, see: https://codeberg.org/scip/mosscap
+statefile: cluster.state
+
+items:
+  - name: docker/domdoc
+
+vars:
+  index: test
+  node: es01
+  policy: testpolicy
+  
+tasks:
+  - name: ls
+    action: cluster_ls
+
+  - name: license
+    action: license
+    
+  - name: status
+    action: cluster_status
+
+  - name: ilm
+    action: create_ilm
+
+  - name: check_ilm
+    action: describe_ilm
+    
+  - name: template
+    action: create_index_template
+
+  - name: check_template
+    action: describe_index_template
+    
+  - name: index
+    action: create_index
+
+  - name: indexls
+    action: index_ls
+
+  - name: describe
+    action: describe_index
+
+  - name: nodes
+    action: nodes
+
+  - name: check_node
+    action: describe_node
--- a/t/msc-docker.yaml
+++ b/t/msc-docker.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+#
+# this is a mosscap item file, see: https://codeberg.org/scip/mosscap
+items:
+  - name: docker/domdoc
+
+vars:
+  index: test
+  time: 5s
+
+tasks:
+  - name: wait
+    action: docker_wait
--- a/t/msc-docs.yaml
+++ b/t/msc-docs.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+#
+# this is a mosscap generator item file, see: https://codeberg.org/scip/mosscap
+vars:
+  index: test
+
+tasks:
+  - name: ts
+    action: timestamp
+
+  - name: add
+    action: doc_add
+    args:
+      ts: ts.result
+  
+generate:
+  user: $name
+  # will become something like:
+  # "content34 iBAXQ2Va Ko5gMwwu FEH2O99B"
+  # so we can search for "content3*" and get multiple matches
+  message: "content$int8 $rand make$int8 $rand"
+  
--- a/t/msc-search.yaml
+++ b/t/msc-search.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+#
+# this is a mosscap item file, see: https://codeberg.org/scip/mosscap
+items:
+  - name: docker/domdoc
+
+vars:
+  index: test
+  time: 10s
+  content_pattern: "content3*"
+  content_and_pattern: "content3* make"
+
+tasks:
+  - name: today
+    action: date
+
+  - name: search_any
+    action: search_any
+
+  - name: date
+    action: search_date
+    args:
+      today: today.result
+
+  - name: count
+    action: search_count
+
+  - name: content
+    action: search_content
+
+  - name: content_and
+    action: search_content_and
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Thomas von Dein	596046fc50	fix versoin newline	2026-07-07 23:48:20 +02:00
Thomas von Dein	002a390f43	satisfy full linter	2026-07-07 23:45:14 +02:00
T. von Dein	b8e0ee074c	internal/gofix and fix error wrapping (#76 )	2026-07-07 10:41:34 +02:00
T. von Dein	f10366dbde	mv index allocate to shard allocate, add explanations, fixes #71 (#75 )	2026-07-07 08:39:32 +02:00
T. von Dein	c35ffa5e4b	internal/rework-table (#74 )	2026-07-07 07:29:03 +02:00
Thomas von Dein	92865c0fe2	cosmetics	2026-07-06 14:29:36 +02:00
Thomas von Dein	5475b9986d	typo	2026-07-06 14:28:31 +02:00
T. von Dein	82c017144a	various fixes (#70 ) - dont show ccr status if license insufficient - add automated tests - fix config loading - fix search output - fix `license show` panics - fix `ilm show` completion - print ask passwd prompt to stderr	2026-07-06 14:22:59 +02:00
T. von Dein	a07f38e945	add 'license show', add printer.NewTableEmpty() along .WithHeaders() (#69 )	2026-07-03 13:52:36 +02:00
T. von Dein	c197e138ef	fix repl output: didn't print json smaller than term height, add debug-http to api repl as well (#68 )	2026-07-03 13:30:37 +02:00
T. von Dein	fb6f2389fe	add 'cluster settings set' settings completion (#67 )	2026-07-03 12:52:13 +02:00
T. von Dein	c9fb572935	get rid of getJsonPath, use flat_settings query flag instead (#66 )	2026-07-03 10:25:57 +02:00
T. von Dein	1fc2004474	add external pager support via ES_JSON_PAGER (#65 )	2026-07-03 10:07:11 +02:00
T. von Dein	7b576c976c	add option -f to usage and filter support (#64 )	2026-07-03 08:54:19 +02:00
T. von Dein	b51ee109f2	tune cluster ls: parallized and use tcp connect instead of https (#63 )	2026-07-03 08:30:35 +02:00
T. von Dein	b573d63c54	enhance cluster status, add word wrap to wide table rows (#62 )	2026-07-02 12:16:59 +02:00
T. von Dein	e3b96b3e3b	add node show + node clients (#61 )	2026-07-01 13:13:16 +02:00
T. von Dein	6436bcfb22	ask for pass if missing or use env pass, add token support (#60 )	2026-07-01 10:58:39 +02:00
T. von Dein	f5c8a23589	add cluster reroute commands, fix usage width bug (#59 ) fixes #36	2026-06-29 13:08:05 +02:00
T. von Dein	f9eded5f92	enhance ilm show, add ilm update, rename modify to update everywhere (#58 )	2026-06-29 11:48:29 +02:00
T. von Dein	b7a87051c0	add 'ilm show -t' to show a better visualization of a ilm policy (#57 )	2026-06-29 10:11:50 +02:00
T. von Dein	81987b75f2	turn --show-command-tree into sub command, hide hidden commands (#56 )	2026-06-29 08:38:03 +02:00
Thomas von Dein	34bf4fbed9	add ilm forecast example	2026-06-26 11:41:55 +02:00