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ScaledSearch

The Search Engineer's Toolkit — open source CLI tools for Elasticsearch and OpenSearch.

MIT License npm version

Migrate, audit, benchmark, monitor, tune, and optimize your search infrastructure. One install, all tools.

Install

npm install -g scaledsearch

You can also use ss as a shorthand:

scaledsearch migrate apply    # full name
ss migrate apply              # shorthand

Documentation

Full docs live in docs/:

The Toolkit

Tool Description Status
scaledsearch migrate Version-controlled schema migrations ✅ Available
scaledsearch audit Cluster health, security, and performance scan Coming soon
scaledsearch bench Query latency and throughput benchmarking Coming soon
scaledsearch monitor Continuous search quality monitoring Coming soon
scaledsearch tune Relevance tuning and optimization Coming soon
scaledsearch cost Cost analysis and optimization Coming soon

Quick Start — New Project

# 1. Initialize in your project
scaledsearch migrate init

# 2. Create a migration
scaledsearch migrate create "add-products-index"

# 3. Edit the generated YAML file
# migrations/V001__add-products-index.yaml

# 4. Preview changes
scaledsearch migrate apply --dry-run

# 5. Apply
scaledsearch migrate apply

# 6. Check status
scaledsearch migrate status

Quick Start — Existing Cluster

Already have indices in production? Import them as a baseline:

# 1. Initialize
scaledsearch migrate init

# 2. Import current cluster state as V000
scaledsearch migrate import

# 3. Start versioning from here
scaledsearch migrate create "add-vector-field"
scaledsearch migrate apply

scaledsearch migrate import snapshots all indices, mappings, settings, and aliases into V000__baseline.yaml and marks it as already applied.

Migration Commands

Command Description
scaledsearch migrate init Initialize ScaledSearch in current directory
scaledsearch migrate create <name> Create a new versioned migration file
scaledsearch migrate status Show applied vs pending migrations
scaledsearch migrate apply Apply pending migrations to cluster
scaledsearch migrate apply --dry-run Preview without applying (works offline)
scaledsearch migrate diff Show detailed pending changes
scaledsearch migrate validate Validate migration files and simulate their end-state (offline)
scaledsearch migrate rollback Undo last migration
scaledsearch migrate import Import existing cluster as V000 baseline

Migration File Format

description: "Create products index with vector search"
engine: elasticsearch
target_version: ">=8.0"
operations:
  - type: create_index
    index: products
    settings:
      number_of_shards: 2
      number_of_replicas: 1
    mappings:
      properties:
        title:
          type: text
          analyzer: standard
        embedding:
          type: dense_vector
          dims: 768
        price:
          type: float
        created_at:
          type: date
rollback:
  - type: delete_index
    index: products

Zero-Downtime Migration (Alias Swap)

Most schema changes don't need a reindex — put_mapping adds fields in place. Reindex is for changes you can't make in place: field type changes, shard count changes, or version/cluster migrations.

description: "Migrate to products_v2 with zero downtime"
operations:
  - type: create_index
    index: products_v2
    mappings:
      properties:
        title:
          type: text
        embedding:
          type: dense_vector
          dims: 768
  - type: reindex
    source: products_v1
    dest: products_v2
  - type: swap_alias
    alias: products
    from: products_v1
    to: products_v2
# Safe rollback: just swap back, keep both indices
rollback:
  - type: swap_alias
    alias: products
    from: products_v2
    to: products_v1

⚠️ This simple form is safe only for a read-only / quiet index — a plain reindex copies a point-in-time snapshot, so any write that arrives during the copy is lost. For a live index, use reindex with op_type: create + conflicts: proceed plus a delta catch-up pass and _refresh before the swap. See the zero-downtime guide for the full live-writes sequence.

Alias Operations

# Add alias
- type: add_alias
  index: products_v2
  alias: products

# Remove alias
- type: remove_alias
  index: products_v1
  alias: products

# Atomic swap (remove + add in one call)
- type: swap_alias
  alias: products
  from: products_v1
  to: products_v2

Templates & Pipelines

# Index template
- type: put_template
  name: logs-template
  body:
    index_patterns: ["logs-*"]
    template:
      mappings:
        properties:
          message: { type: text }

# Ingest pipeline
- type: put_pipeline
  name: add-timestamp
  body:
    processors:
      - set: { field: ingested_at, value: "{{_ingest.timestamp}}" }

Generic API Calls

Use api_call as an escape hatch for any ES/OpenSearch REST API:

- type: api_call
  method: PUT
  path: /_cluster/settings
  body:
    persistent:
      cluster.routing.allocation.disk.watermark.high: "90%"

Works with any API: index templates, ingest pipelines, ILM policies, cluster settings, and more.

Async Reindex with Progress

Reindex operations run asynchronously with real-time progress tracking:

Applying V003 Migrate to products_v2... 45% (4,500,000/10,000,000 docs) done (42m)

No configuration needed — all reindex operations automatically use async mode with polling. If the CLI disconnects, the reindex continues running on the cluster.

All Operation Types

Category Operations
Index create_index, delete_index, close_index, open_index
Schema put_mapping, put_settings
Data reindex (async with progress; supports op_type, conflicts, version_type, query for live-write reindex)
Alias add_alias, remove_alias, swap_alias
Template put_template, delete_template
Pipeline put_pipeline, delete_pipeline
Generic api_call (any REST API)

Supported Engines

Engine Versions Status
Elasticsearch 7.x, 8.x, 9.x ✅ Verified
OpenSearch 1.x, 2.x, 3.x ✅ Verified
Solr 8.x, 9.x Coming soon

Tested against: ES 7.17, ES 8.17, ES 9.0, OpenSearch 2.19, OpenSearch 3.0

Why ScaledSearch?

ScaledSearch elasticsearch-evolution opensearch-migrations
Install npm i -g Maven + Spring Boot Docker + K8s
Language Any (standalone CLI) Java only Java/Python
Engines ES + OpenSearch ES + OpenSearch ES → OpenSearch only
Dry-run ✅ (works offline) ❌ ❌
Rollback ✅ ❌ ❌
Schema versioning ✅ ✅ ❌
Migration locking ✅ ✅ ❌
Checksum validation ✅ ✅ ❌

Configuration

# .scaledsearch/config.yaml
engine: elasticsearch
connection:
  host: http://localhost:9200
  # auth:
  #   type: basic
  #   username: elastic
  #   password: changeme
migrations:
  location: ./migrations
history:
  index: .scaledsearch_history

Authentication

# Basic auth
connection:
  host: https://my-cluster:9200
  auth:
    type: basic
    username: elastic
    password: changeme

# API key
connection:
  host: https://my-cluster:9200
  auth:
    type: apikey
    apiKey: your-base64-api-key

# No auth (default)
connection:
  host: http://localhost:9200

Contributing

See CONTRIBUTING.md for development setup and guidelines.

License

MIT — free for commercial and personal use.

Roadmap

Migrations

  • Core CLI (init, create, status, apply, diff, validate, rollback, import)
  • Elasticsearch 7-9 support
  • OpenSearch 2-3 support
  • Migration locking
  • Checksum validation
  • Alias operations (add, remove, swap)
  • Index templates and ingest pipelines
  • Generic API calls (api_call)
  • Async reindex with progress tracking
  • Import existing cluster as baseline
  • Solr support
  • CI/CD integration (GitHub Actions)
  • Multi-cluster environments

Toolkit

  • scaledsearch migrate — version-controlled schema migrations
  • scaledsearch audit — cluster health check
  • scaledsearch bench — performance benchmarking
  • scaledsearch monitor — continuous monitoring
  • scaledsearch tune — relevance tuning
  • scaledsearch cost — cost optimization

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