# Install aws-es-proxy with Homebrew Small proxy between HTTP client and AWS Elasticsearch. Version 1.5 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:aws-es-proxy ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install aws-es-proxy ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:aws-es-proxy - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 1.5 - **Source summary:** Small proxy between HTTP client and AWS Elasticsearch - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** Apache-2.0 - **Source archive:** - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00 ## Executables - aws-es-proxy (cli) - aws-es-proxy (alias) ## Build dependencies - go ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Caveats: Before you can use these tools you must export some variables to your $SHELL. export AWS_ACCESS_KEY="" export AWS_SECRET_KEY="" export AWS_CREDENTIAL_FILE="" - Bottle: available on arm64_big_sur, arm64_linux, arm64_monterey, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, big_sur, monterey, sonoma, ventura, x86_64_linux ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-07-08 - Package-manager version: 1.5 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/abutaha/aws-es-proxy - Upstream latest detected: v1.5 (current) - info: No package-manager update timestamp was available. ## Project history and usage aws-es-proxy is a small Go HTTP proxy that signs browser, curl, and Kibana requests with AWS Signature Version 4 before forwarding them to Amazon Elasticsearch Service endpoints. It exists to make an IAM-protected Elasticsearch/OpenSearch endpoint feel like a local unauthenticated HTTP service during development and operations. ### Project history The upstream README frames the project as a web server placed between a normal HTTP client and Amazon Elasticsearch Service. Its implementation and packaging are intentionally simple: single executable binaries for Linux, Mac, and Windows, Docker usage, Homebrew installation, and a Go source build path. ### Adoption history The repository shows a small but real operator audience, with hundreds of GitHub stars and forks and a release series through v1.5. Homebrew analytics showed 35 installs in 30 days, 73 in 90 days, and 344 in 365 days at the time of this batch, which fits a specialized AWS Elasticsearch utility. ### How it is used Users point the proxy at an Elasticsearch endpoint with `-endpoint` or the `ENDPOINT` environment variable, then connect clients to the local listener, defaulting to 127.0.0.1:9200. The README documents credential lookup through `~/.aws/credentials`, environment variables, and IAM roles, plus optional verbose logging and HTTP basic auth. ### Why package nerds care The package is a good specimen of the pre-OpenSearch AWS utility era: a single-binary Go helper, distributed by GitHub releases, Docker, and Homebrew, solving one missing ergonomic piece around SigV4 signing. ### Timeline - 2016: README usage examples show the proxy's local-listener workflow and request logging shape. - 2023: GitHub lists v1.5 as the latest release. - 2026: Homebrew formula metadata packages aws-es-proxy from the v1.5 tag. ### Related projects - Amazon Elasticsearch Service / Amazon OpenSearch Service: the AWS-managed search endpoint this proxy fronts. - AWS Signature Version 4: the signing mechanism applied to proxied requests. ### Sources - - ## Security Notes broad file, network, media, or database tool signal. - **Geiger risk:** blue / medium - broad file, network, media, or database tool signal ## Configuration and credential file locations These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval. ## Credential files - Unix: ~/.aws/credentials ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** aws-es-proxy - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Head Version:** HEAD - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** head, stable ## Related links - [Cloud CLI packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/cloud-clis/) - Belongs to a cloud or infrastructure command family. - [Source-control packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/source-control-tools/) - Belongs to a source-control command family. - [Secret-risk packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/secret-risk-packages/) - Has protected-tool coverage, approval-gate, or non-low Geiger security signals. - [Terminal utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata. - [go](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/go/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [awscurl](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/awscurl/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: aws, cli, cloud-infrastructure, http. - [amazon-ecs-cli](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/amazon-ecs-cli/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: aws, cli, cloud-infrastructure. - [aws-amplify](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/aws-amplify/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: aws, cli, cloud-infrastructure. - [aws-cdk](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/aws-cdk/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: aws, cli, cloud-infrastructure. - [aws-console](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/aws-console/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: aws, cli, cloud-infrastructure. - [aws-elasticbeanstalk](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/aws-elasticbeanstalk/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: aws, cli, cloud-infrastructure. - [aws-google-auth](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/aws-google-auth/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: aws, cli, cloud-infrastructure. - [aws-iam-authenticator](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/aws-iam-authenticator/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: aws, cli, cloud-infrastructure. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/aws-es-proxy.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/aws-es-proxy.yml) ## Sources - Nucleus package database - Geiger risk classifier - package-page enrichment - curated configuration and credential file locations - curated package history - package version freshness - av.db category and tag curation - package relationship graph - cross-ecosystem install command graph