Bolt CMS Elasticsearch Extension

A simple extension that integrates with the official elasticsearch package. Documentation for the plugin can be found under https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/client/php-api/current/index.html . Please note that you will need to manually install elasticsearch into your root Bolt directory. Currently, it only does the following things:

Connects to an Elasticsearch instance and creates the index, index settings, and mappings
Imports existing data into the Elasticsearch instance
Listens to create, update, and delete events to content types and updates the Elasticsearch instance appropriately

It does NOT

Integrate search functionality in Bolt
Include any twig functions to use in your Bolt CMS to help search through Elasticsearch
Adjust once the content types are changed

Installation

Installation is relatively simple, but since it needs the elasticsearch-php package, it will need to be installed separately. This can be done by logging into your server through SSH and installing the library through command line.

cd <bolt directory>

NOTE - Be sure to install the correct version of the library for your Elasticsearch version. A list of appropriate versions can be found here - https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch-php#version-matrix You will need to replace "~6.0" with the correct version of the library, whether it be "~5.0", "~2.0", or etc...

composer require elasticsearch/elasticsearch "~6.0"

After that is done, then install this extension through the Bolt GUI.

Finally, setup the index, mappings, and import the content into Elasticsearch. A new page will be added to the backend in the menu called ES Status. It will allow you to create the index and import data.

If you modify the contenttypes.yml file after you create the index and import data, then you will need re-index your data and re-create the index to include the new content types or fields.

Configuration

A new configuration file will be created in app/config/extensions/elastic.kemper.yml once it is installed that allows you to customize most things.

Making Content Types Searchable

You can make a content type searchable by setting searchable: true in the app/config/contenttypes.yml file. They will not be included in the index, if that value is not included with the content type.

Hosts

You can define one or many hosts for your elasticsearch instance under hosts. More information can be found here - https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/client/php-api/current/_configuration.html

Index Name

The index name is the name of the index, enough said.

Version

Please specify the correct Elasticsearch version you are running for your cluster.

Index Settings

The index settings will include any settings that you might want to include for the index. You can find more information on configuring this through the Elasticsearch documentation - https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/guide/current/_index_settings.html

Index Mappings

The index mappings can be defined for individual fields if needed. Currently, all fields are indexed per content type. This allows you to add mapping information for fields other than what Elasticsearch gives each field by default. Datetime fields are automatically defaulted to datetime YYYY-MM-dd HH:mm:ss. The other fields are guessed by Elasticsearch.

Usage

After everything is installed, it should be working properly in the background. Every time a content type is created, updated, and deleted it will log it in the system log.

##TODO

- Integrate search functionality into Bolt (Maybe this should be in another extension to prevent a monolithic extension)
- - Create a search route to replace the existing search route that uses Elasticsearch
- - Create a TWIG function similar to search that integrates into Elasticsearch
- Once the contenttypes.yml changes update Elasticsearch appropriately
- Add tests

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