Overview

Search Guard Automated Index Management (AIM) is designed to streamline Elasticsearch operations by handling routine tasks 24/7. AIM boosts efficiency, reduces manual tasks, and ensures peak cluster performance effortlessly. It allows users to focus on strategic initiatives while trusting that their indices are managed efficiently without constant attention.

Features

• Index Lifecycle Management: Define policies that automatically manage the entire lifecycle of your indices, from creation to deletion, ensuring consistent enforcement of data retention policies without manual intervention.
• Data Rollover: Automatically roll over to new indices based on size, document count, or age thresholds, preventing individual indices from becoming too large and impacting performance.
• Index Replication: Manage index replication to ensure data is properly distributed across your cluster for high availability and fault tolerance.
• Index Shrinking: Automatically shrink indices over time to optimize storage and improve query performance on older data.
• Snapshot and Restore: Schedule and manage snapshots of your indices, providing peace of mind that your data is always protected.
• Cron-based Scheduling: Granular control over when each policy executes, allowing alignment of index management tasks with your cluster's low-usage periods.
• Node Selection: Specify which nodes should execute tasks, distributing the workload efficiently across your cluster.
• Security Integration: Fully integrated with Search Guard's security features, ensuring all automated actions comply with access control policies.

Benefits

• Operational Efficiency: Continuously optimizes indices based on predefined policies, ensuring peak cluster performance with reduced query latency and optimized resource allocation.
• Cluster Operator's Peace of Mind: Comprehensive logging keeps you informed without constant monitoring, allowing you to maintain work-life balance without compromising cluster health.
• Scalability: Handles data growth seamlessly, managing gigabytes to petabytes with equal efficiency, enabling growth without proportionally increasing management overhead.
• Ease of Use: Installs seamlessly within Docker containers, Kubernetes, or on-premise environments, securing Elasticsearch data with minimal configuration changes.
• Compliance: Meets stringent requirements of PCI, ISO, SOX, and similar regulations with advanced encryption capabilities.
• Global Standards Alignment: Complies with European Cyber Resilience Act and NIST SP 800-171 framework, positioning users for seamless compliance with global regulations.