v1.0.2

What's new

New commands

• esctl logs <cluster> — tail the last 100 lines of a cluster's log file
• esctl logs -f <cluster> — follow logs in real time

Startup logs behind a flag

• esctl start and esctl restart are now silent by default
• Pass --verbose to stream live log output during startup:

  esctl start myapp --verbose
  esctl restart myapp --verbose
  

Performance

• esctl list now loads the config file once per invocation (was N+1 reads)
• esctl stop polling loop uses kill -0 on the known PID instead of re-running the full cluster detection on every iteration
• esctl import now makes one HTTP call per port instead of two

Bug fixes

• esctl import: port values from lsof are validated as numeric before use — prevents jq abort on unexpected lsof output formats
• esctl import: warns explicitly when the data directory cannot be detected from the ES API instead of silently writing a wrong path to config
• esctl start without --verbose no longer leaks ES stdout/stderr to the terminal

Other

• --version and -v flags now work alongside the version command
• Output symbols changed to ✔︎ / ! / ✖ (no emojis)
• esctl list table includes Access URL column inline; removed separate "Access URLs" section below the table

Install

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/prvn-codes/esctl/main/bin/esctl \
  -o /usr/local/bin/esctl && chmod +x /usr/local/bin/esctl

Upgrade (Homebrew)

brew upgrade esctl

v1.0.1

• Make curl install primary method in README
• Document brew trust step for Homebrew installs

v1.0.0 — Initial Release

esctl v1.0.0

Elasticsearch Cluster Manager — manage multiple local ES clusters from the CLI.

Install via Homebrew

brew tap prvn-codes/tap
brew install esctl

Manual install

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/prvn-codes/esctl/main/bin/esctl -o /usr/local/bin/esctl
chmod +x /usr/local/bin/esctl

Features

• Start, stop, restart named ES clusters
• Auto-detect ES binary (evm, PATH, common paths)
• Auto-install missing dependencies via Homebrew
• Interactive add / edit / remove clusters
• Per-cluster ES binary override
• doctor command to verify your setup
• Works with any ES version and any install method

Requirements

• jq (auto-installed via Homebrew if missing)
• curl (optional — used for HTTP readiness checks)
• Elasticsearch binary (via evm, Homebrew, or manual install)