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+#!/bin/bash
+# Copyright 2014-2022 Security Onion Solutions, LLC
+#
+# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+{%- set mainint = salt['pillar.get']('host:mainint') %}
+{%- set MYIP = salt['grains.get']('ip_interfaces:' ~ mainint)[0] %}
+
+default_conf_dir=/opt/so/conf
+ELASTICSEARCH_HOST="{{ MYIP }}"
+ELASTICSEARCH_PORT=9200
+#ELASTICSEARCH_AUTH=""
+
+# 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
+fi
+
+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
+
+# 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 ${ELASTICSEARCH_TEMPLATES}/index
+
+echo "Loading Security Onion index templates..."
+for i in *; do TEMPLATE=$(echo $i | cut -d '-' -f2); echo "so-$TEMPLATE"; so-elasticsearch-query _index_template/so-$TEMPLATE -d@$i -XPUT 2>/dev/null; echo; done
+echo
+
+cd - >/dev/null