diff --git a/salt/elasticsearch/tools/sbin/so-elasticsearch-templates-load b/salt/elasticsearch/tools/sbin/so-elasticsearch-templates-load
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-#!/bin/bash
-# Copyright Security Onion Solutions LLC and/or licensed to Security Onion Solutions LLC under one
-# or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License 2.0 as shown at
-# https://securityonion.net/license; you may not use this file except in compliance with the
-# Elastic License 2.0.
-
-. /usr/sbin/so-common
-
-default_conf_dir=/opt/so/conf
-
-# Define a default directory to load pipelines from
-ELASTICSEARCH_TEMPLATES="$default_conf_dir/elasticsearch/templates/"
-
-# Wait for ElasticSearch to initialize
-echo -n "Waiting for ElasticSearch..."
-COUNT=0
-ELASTICSEARCH_CONNECTED="no"
-while [[ "$COUNT" -le 240 ]]; do
-      so-elasticsearch-query / -k --output /dev/null --silent --head --fail
-	if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
-		ELASTICSEARCH_CONNECTED="yes"
-		echo "connected!"
-		break
-	else
-		((COUNT+=1))
-		sleep 1
-		echo -n "."
-	fi
-done
-if [ "$ELASTICSEARCH_CONNECTED" == "no" ]; then
-	echo
-	echo -e "Connection attempt timed out.  Unable to connect to ElasticSearch.  \nPlease try: \n  -checking log(s) in /var/log/elasticsearch/\n  -running 'sudo docker ps' \n  -running 'sudo so-elastic-restart'"
-	echo
-	exit 1
-fi
-
-set -e
-
-cd ${ELASTICSEARCH_TEMPLATES}/component/ecs
-
-echo "Loading ECS component templates..."
-for i in *; do TEMPLATE=$(echo $i | cut -d '.' -f1); echo "$TEMPLATE-mappings"; so-elasticsearch-query _component_template/$TEMPLATE-mappings -d@$i -XPUT 2>/dev/null; echo; done
-
-cd ${ELASTICSEARCH_TEMPLATES}/component/elastic-agent
-
-echo "Loading Elastic Agent component templates..."
-for i in *; do TEMPLATE=${i::-5}; echo "$TEMPLATE"; so-elasticsearch-query _component_template/$TEMPLATE -d@$i -XPUT 2>/dev/null; echo; done
-
-# Load SO-specific component templates
-cd ${ELASTICSEARCH_TEMPLATES}/component/so
-
-echo "Loading Security Onion component templates..."
-for i in *; do TEMPLATE=$(echo $i | cut -d '.' -f1); echo "$TEMPLATE"; so-elasticsearch-query _component_template/$TEMPLATE -d@$i -XPUT 2>/dev/null; echo; done
-echo
-
-# Load SO index templates
-cd ${ELASTICSEARCH_TEMPLATES}/index
-
-echo "Loading Security Onion index templates..."
-for i in *; do TEMPLATE=${i::-14}; echo "$TEMPLATE"; so-elasticsearch-query _index_template/$TEMPLATE -d@$i -XPUT 2>/dev/null; echo; done
-echo
-
-cd - >/dev/null