# esctl

Elasticsearch CLI

## Usage

```console
NAME:
   esctl - manage elasticsearch from cli

USAGE:
   esctl [global options] [command [command options]]

VERSION:
   v0.0.1

COMMANDS:
   health     show ES health
   search, /  search within an index
   help, h    Shows a list of commands or help for one command

GLOBAL OPTIONS:
   --debug, -d    enable debugging [$ES_DEBUG]
   --help, -h     show help
   --version, -v  print the version
```

Configure `esctl` with environment variables:

- `ES_URI`: elasticsearch uri
- `ES_USER`: username
- `ES_PASS`: password

## Introduction

FIXME

## Installation

The tool does not have any dependencies.  Just download the binary for
your platform from the releases page and you're good to go.

### Installation using a pre-compiled binary

You can use [stew](https://github.com/marwanhawari/stew) to install esctl:
```default
stew install https://codeberg.org/scip/esctl
```

Or go to the [latest release page](https://codeberg.org/scip/esctl/releases/)
and look for your OS and platform. There are two options to install the binary:

Directly     download     the     binary    for     your     platform,
e.g. `esctl-linux-amd64-0.0.2`, rename it to `esctl` (or whatever
you like more!)  and put it into  your bin dir (e.g. `$HOME/bin` or as
root to `/usr/local/bin`).

Be sure  to verify  the signature  of the binary  file. For  this also
download the matching `esctl-linux-amd64-0.0.2.sha256` file and:

```shell
cat esctl-linux-amd64-0.0.2.sha25 && sha256sum esctl-linux-amd64-0.0.2
```
You should see the same SHA256 hash.

You  may  also download  a  binary  tarball  for your  platform,  e.g.
`esctl-linux-amd64-0.0.2.tar.gz`,  unpack and  install it.  GNU Make  is
required for this:
   
```shell
tar xvfz esctl-linux-amd64-0.0.2.tar.gz
cd esctl-linux-amd64-0.0.2
sudo make install
```

### Installation from source

Check out the repository and execute `go build`, then copy the
compiled binary to your `$PATH`.

Or, if you have GNU Make installed, just execute:

```default
make
sudo make install
```

# Report bugs

[Please open an issue](https://codeberg.org/scip/esctl/issues). Thanks!

# License

This work is licensed under the terms of the General Public Licens
version 3.

# Author

Copyleft (c) 2026 Thomas von Dein