Cardinal Desktop Application
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Elasticsearch
Elasticsearch

Elasticsearch

Connect Cardinal Desktop Application to Elasticsearch for querying and analyzing logs, metrics, and search data.

Overview

Elasticsearch is a distributed search and analytics engine. With the Elasticsearch connector, your AI agents can:

  • Query logs and events from Elasticsearch
  • Search across large datasets efficiently
  • Analyze time-series data and metrics
  • Extract insights from your Elasticsearch clusters
  • Access distributed data across multiple indices

Connection Details

FieldDescription
Display NameCustom name for this Elasticsearch connection
URLBase URL of your Elasticsearch cluster endpoint
AuthenticationAuthentication method (None, API Key, or Username/Password)
Share credentials(Optional) Share credentials with organization

Prerequisites

  • Elasticsearch cluster deployed and running
  • Network access to your Elasticsearch server
  • Elasticsearch URL (e.g., https://my-cluster.es.io:9243)
  • Authentication credentials if required (API Key or Username/Password)

Setup Wizard

Step 1 - Connection Configuration

  1. In Cardinal Desktop Application, go to Connectors and click Browse Connectors
  2. Select Elasticsearch
  3. Enter a Display Name for this Elasticsearch connection
    • Example: Elasticsearch, Prod Logs, Analytics Cluster
    • A friendly name to identify this connection

Step 2 - Elasticsearch Configuration

  1. Enter your URL

    • Example: https://my-cluster.es.io:9243
    • The base URL of your Elasticsearch cluster endpoint
    • Include the protocol (http or https) and port

  2. Select your Authentication method from the options:

    • None - For publicly accessible clusters or local development
    • API Key - For API key authentication (recommended for security)
    • Username/Password - For basic authentication with username and password

  3. If you selected API Key:

    • Enter your Elasticsearch API Key
    • Generate at Elasticsearch management UI or Cloud console

  4. If you selected Username/Password:

    • Enter your username (typically elastic)
    • Enter your password for authentication

Step 3 - Credentials Storage (Optional)

  1. Check Share credentials with organization to securely share with your organization
    • When disabled: credentials are stored locally on this device
    • When enabled: credentials are securely shared with your organization members

Step 4 - Save

  1. Click Next to verify and continue
  2. Click Save to complete the configuration
  3. Cardinal Desktop Application will verify connectivity to your Elasticsearch cluster

Your AI agent can now query and analyze data from Elasticsearch.

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