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+# ElasticSearch Commands to get you into using it.
+
+Personally, I run Elasticsearch, Kibana, Metricbeat, and Filebeat in a single docker-compose stack managed with Portainer. Kibana is useful for viewing data, although I don't like that it doesn't let you edit data. I connect TubeArchivist using the `elastic` password generated by the compose stack. I also want to use Elasticsearch for other purposes and avoid running a separate instance.
+
+From kibana i just created an api key for ta_channels to update data within them. Here's a curl command to generate an api key without kibana below. 
+
+## Create API key scoped to specific indices (HTTP)
+```
+curl -s -u 'elastic:ELASTIC_PASS' \
+  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
+  -X POST 'http://localhost:9200/_security/api_key' \
+  -d '{
+    "name": "ta_scoped_key",
+    "expiration": "30d",
+    "role_descriptors": {
+      "ta_scoped_role": {
+        "cluster": ["monitor"],
+        "index": [
+          { "names": ["ta_channels_*"], "privileges": ["read","write"] },
+          { "names": ["ta_metadata"],    "privileges": ["read","write","create_index"] }
+        ]
+      }
+    }
+  }'
+```
+
+### HTTPS (with CA)
+```
+curl -s --cacert /path/to/chain.pem -u 'elastic:ELASTIC_PASS' \
+  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
+  -X POST 'https://localhost:9200/_security/api_key' \
+  -d '{"name":"ta_scoped_key","expiration":"30d","role_descriptors":{"ta_scoped_role":{"cluster":["monitor"],"index":[{"names":["ta_channels_*"],"privileges":["read","write"]}]}}}'
+```
+
+Save the JSON response (it contains id and api_key), then build the ApiKey header:
+
+Looks like this:
+```
+{"id":"F0eWBJ0BLX_vEATxQJuu","name":"ta_scoped_key","expiration":1763932732593,"api_key":"39RandomLettersandNumbers","encoded":"60RandomNumbersandLettsasldkfjwithA=="}
+```
+Use the 'encoded' key and not the 'api_key'. Not sure why, but that's what I had to use to work. 
+
+## Test using the API key
+curl -s -H "Authorization: ApiKey $AUTH" http://localhost:9200/_security/_authenticate
+
+
+## Creating Another User
+```
+curl -u 'elastic:Yourhardrandompassword' \
+  -X POST "http://localhost:9200/_security/user/sickprodigy" \
+  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
+  -d '{"password":"PasswordforUser","roles":["my_readonly_role"],"full_name":"Sick Prodigy","email":"sick@sickgaming.net"}'
+```
+
+## Creating another user with full Privs (SuperUser)
+  I prefer to have a user with full privs other than elastic, although TubeArchivist apparently uses elastic(default superuser)
+```
+curl -u 'elastic:Yourhardrandompassword' -X POST "http://localhost:9200/_security/user/sickprodigy" \
+  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
+  -d '{
+    "password": "SomeHardPassword",
+    "roles": ["superuser"],
+    "full_name": "SickProdigy",
+    "email": "sickprodigy@sickgaming.net"
+  }'
+```
+
+### Query certain channel within ta_channel:
+  The channel ID can be found on TubeArchivist, got to channel and in URL "https://tubearchivist.rcs1.top/channel/UChOve2dsTRMrW8DslLKJ9eg" after channel/ is channel ID. You can test around with query and see what comes back, but this usually bring back the exact channel you want. 
+```
+curl -X POST "http://es:9200/ta_channel/_search?pretty" \
+  -H "Authorization: ApiKey "YourRandomAPIkey123455123123=="" \
+  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
+  -d'
+{
+  "query": {
+    "query_string": {
+      "query": "Channel ID"
+    }
+  }
+}'
+```
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