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Welcome to the Cortex Documentation! Here, you'll find everything you need to get started with Cortex, a modern admin interface for Elasticsearch, and leverage its powerful features to manage and monitor your Elasticsearch clusters effectively.

What is Cortex?

Cortex is a (currently) read-only admin interface for Elasticsearch. It is inspired by Cerebro, a popular Elasticsearch admin interface, and aims to provide a modern, user-friendly, and feature-rich alternative to Cerebro.

Features

Cortex offers a wide range of features to help you manage and monitor your Elasticsearch clusters effectively. Some of the key features include:

  • Shard Relocation Information: Get detailed insights into shard relocation processes, helping you optimize and troubleshoot your cluster.
  • Flowcharts: Visualize your Elasticsearch cluster's architecture and data flow with interactive flowcharts.
  • Modern UI: Enjoy a sleek, responsive, and user-friendly interface built with React.
  • Performance: Leveraging Rust for backend operations ensures high performance and reliability.

Getting Started

To get started with Cortex, be sure to check out the Getting Started (opens in a new tab) guide. It provides detailed instructions on how to install and configure Cortex on your machine.

Contributing

We welcome contributions to Cortex! Please follow these steps to contribute:

  1. Fork the repository
  2. Create a new branch (git checkout -b feature-branch)
  3. Make your changes
  4. Commit your changes (git commit -m 'Add some feature')
  5. Push to the branch (git push origin feature-branch)
  6. Open a Pull Request