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brew install aws-es-proxy

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overview

Package summary

Small proxy between HTTP client and AWS Elasticsearch

Project links

Homepage

Commands and aliases

aws-es-proxy

history

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 posture

Risk level: blue

broad file, network, media, or database tool signal.

Risk classifier

blue risk · medium confidence · tool

Why

broad file, network, media, or database tool signal

Signals

text:http,client

Install behavior

No Homebrew bottle metadata was recorded.

Recommended review

Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.

local files

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

Credential-bearing paths to review before unattended agent runs.

Unix: ~/.aws/credentials

executables

Installed executables

Command	Kind	Exposure	Note
`aws-es-proxy`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.

freshness

Version and freshness

These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.

page generated2026-08-03

manager version1.5

manager updated2026-07-25

local dataunknown

upstreamnot available

latest detectednot detected

okNo freshness warnings were generated.

install metadata

Package metadata

Package key	brew:aws-es-proxy
Version	1.5
Package manager	Homebrew
Homepage	https://github.com/abutaha/aws-es-proxy
Repository	https://github.com/abutaha/aws-es-proxy
Last updated	2026-07-25T14:18:27-04:00
Pulse	updated
Bottle	not recorded
Service	none declared

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source trail

Generated from repository data

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Combined YAML source

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combined/aws-es-proxy.yml

Used sources

Geiger risk classifier
cross-ecosystem install command graph
curated configuration and credential file locations
curated package history
pkg.so package database
pkgdb category and tag curation

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