Open Distro for Elasticsearch with DBine

How to connect DBine to Open Distro for Elasticsearch and what you can do once it's connected. This page is written from what the Open Distro for Elasticsearch driver says about itself, so it matches the version of DBine you download.

Connect

  1. In DBine, open New connection.
  2. Pick Open Distro for Elasticsearch in the list of engines.
  3. Fill in the fields below, press Test connection and then Save.

Default port: 9200.

General

FieldDescription
Server requiredServer name or full URL. If the URL has no port, the one in the Port field is used.
Example: localhost or https://my-cluster:9200
PortOn Elastic Cloud it's 443 (DBine uses it only if 9200 is left).
Default: 9200
User
PasswordKept in the system keychain, never in DBine's files.
API keyBase64-encoded key (id:api_key). If filled in, it replaces the user and password.
Kept in the system keychain, never in DBine's files.
Read-onlyOn or off.

SSH tunnel. The connection can go through an SSH server, even through a chain of bastions, with a password, a private key or the SSH agent. The server's fingerprint is checked against known_hosts or confirmed the first time.

SSL/TLS

FieldDescription
Encrypt the connection (TLS)On or off.
Trust the server certificateOn or off.

Advanced

FieldDescription
Show system indexesIncludes indexes, aliases and data streams that start with a dot.
On or off.

What the explorer shows

The objects appear right under the connection:

Query editor

The editor uses Open Distro for Elasticsearch's own query syntax, in JSON, with completion for the connection's objects. Statements and commands run against the database selected in the tab.

Ready-made templates for new objects:

Tools for Open Distro for Elasticsearch

Available

  • Graphical execution plans
  • Live query profiler
  • Server monitor
  • Sessions and running queries
  • Cancel another session's query from the sessions list
  • Visual designer for new objects
  • Rename objects
  • Compare and sync schemas
  • Native bulk load when migrating data
  • Users and permissions
  • Backups

Not available for Open Distro for Elasticsearch

  • End a session
  • Locks: who blocks whom
  • Manual transactions (commit and rollback)
  • Index usage
  • Create databases
  • Drop databases
  • Database properties
  • Relations in the ER diagram
  • Clone tables

Why a tool doesn't apply to an engine, and the details of each one, are in the engine support reference.

Generated from the Open Distro for Elasticsearch driver 0.1.10, which DBine downloads the first time you connect to Open Distro for Elasticsearch.

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