Fix index-level settings by moving them from elasticsearch.yml to an index template

start.sh

@@ -184,6 +184,54 @@ configure_elasticsearch() {
     chmod 755 /app/data /app/data/config
 }
 
+# Create index template with optimized settings
+create_index_template() {
+    echo "Creating default index template with optimized settings..."
+    
+    # Wait a moment to ensure Elasticsearch is fully operational
+    sleep 5
+    
+    # Define the template JSON
+    template_json=$(cat <<EOF
+{
+  "index_patterns": ["*"],
+  "template": {
+    "settings": {
+      "number_of_shards": 1,
+      "number_of_replicas": 0,
+      "merge": {
+        "scheduler": {
+          "max_thread_count": 1
+        },
+        "policy": {
+          "floor_segment": "2mb",
+          "max_merge_at_once": 4,
+          "segments_per_tier": 8
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  },
+  "priority": 1,
+  "_meta": {
+    "description": "Default template with Cloudron optimized settings"
+  }
+}
+EOF
+)
+    
+    # Apply the template
+    curl -s -X PUT "http://localhost:9200/_index_template/cloudron_defaults" \
+      -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
+      -u "elastic:$ELASTIC_PASSWORD" \
+      -d "$template_json" > /dev/null
+      
+    if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
+        echo "Index template created successfully."
+    else
+        echo "Warning: Failed to create index template. Default settings may not be applied to new indices."
+    fi
+}
+
 # Set system limits - be more tolerant of container restrictions
 set_system_limits() {
     echo "Setting system limits for Elasticsearch..."
@@ -278,6 +326,9 @@ start_elasticsearch() {
     cd $ES_HOME
     echo "y" | ES_JAVA_HOME=/app/data/jdk bin/elasticsearch-reset-password -u elastic -b -p "$ELASTIC_PASSWORD" --url "http://localhost:9200" || true
     
+    # Create index template with the settings we removed from elasticsearch.yml
+    create_index_template
+    
     # Create credentials file
     cat > /app/data/credentials.txt << EOL
 Elasticsearch credentials: