somazx · February 1, 2017 20:03 · Dec 12, 2015 · Dec 12, 2015
diff --git a/elasticsearch.rb b/elasticsearch.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 # config/initializers/elasticsearch.rb
 # ensure you set AWS_ES_URL, AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID, AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY
+# change region as needed
 
 require 'patron'
 require 'faraday_middleware/aws_signers_v4'

diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+gem 'elasticsearch', '>= 1.0.15'
+gem 'elasticsearch-model'
+gem 'elasticsearch-rails'
+gem 'patron'
+gem 'faraday_middleware-aws-signers-v4'
+gem 'searchkick'
diff --git a/elasticsearch.rb b/elasticsearch.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+# config/initializers/elasticsearch.rb
+# ensure you set AWS_ES_URL, AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID, AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY
+
+require 'patron'
+require 'faraday_middleware/aws_signers_v4'
+
+# arguably this should be defined elsewhere
+class AmazonElasticSearchClient
+  def self.client
+    return Elasticsearch::Client.new(url: ENV['AWS_ES_URL']) do |f|
+      f.request :aws_signers_v4,
+                credentials: Aws::Credentials.new(ENV['AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID'], ENV['AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY']),
+                service_name: 'es',
+                region: 'us-west-2'
+    end
+  end
+end
+
+# for local development I run a local elasticsearch,
+# so I only override the Searchkick.client in production environments
+Searchkick.client = AmazonElasticSearchClient.client if Rails.env.production?