Use the General tab set connections for the Elastic nodes and set options for the destination index.
Specify the Connection options for each server in the table of the Servers tab. The following table describes these connection options:
| Column | Description |
|---|---|
| # | Number of the field’s entry. |
| Address | Enter the hostname (optionally specified with a variable) of the node you want to connect to. |
| Port | Enter the port (optionally specified with a variable) of the Elastic REST interface. |
| Scheme | Enter the scheme or protocol (optionally specified with a variable) to use when performing REST communication, which is usually http, or https for secured Elastic nodes. |
Set user verification options the Authentication tab to choose and test a verification method for the Elastic node user. The following table describes these user verification options:
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| Authentication | |
| Test | Click to test the connection and authentication settings. |
Use the Index options to name and test the output Elastic index.
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| Index | Specify the name of the target index for the documents submitted by bulk insert requests. This value can be specified as a variable. If an index with that name does not yet exist in Elasticsearch, it creates one. |
| Test | Click to test the connectivity to the desired output index. |
| Create | Click to create the index if it does not exist. |