# Cerebro

Cerebro is an open-source Elasticsearch web visualized management tool built using Scala, Play Framework, AngularJS, and Bootstrap. Cerebro allows you to manage clusters on a visualized page, such as executing REST requests, modifying Elasticsearch configurations, monitoring real-time disks, cluster load, and memory usage.

#### Accessing Cerebro with a Few Clicks

CSS is integrated with Cerebro. You can access Cerebro with a few clicks, without installing Cerebro.

Log in to the CSS management console. In the left navigation pane, click Clusters. On the displayed Clusters page, locate the row containing the target cluster and choose More > Access Cerebro in the Operation column.

On the displayed page, enter one private access address of the cluster.

- If the cluster does not have the security mode enabled, enter http://IP address:9200.
- If the cluster has the security mode enabled, enter https://IP address:9200 and then enter the username and password to log in.

#### Cerebro Functions

CSS is fully compatible with the open-source Cerebro and the latest version Cerebro 0.8.4 is supported. Cerebro delivers the following functions:

- Elasticsearch visualized and real-time load monitoring
- Elasticsearch visualized data management

Parent topic: Overview