Elastic Search: how to see the indexed data

Question

I had a problem with ElasticSearch and Rails, where some data was not indexed properly because of attr_protected. Where does Elastic Search store the indexed data? It would

Answer 1

A tool that helps me a lot to debug ElasticSearch is ElasticHQ. Basically, it is an HTML file with some JavaScript. No need to install anywhere, let alone in ES itself: just download it, unzip int and open the HTML file with a browser.

Not sure it is the best tool for ES heavy users. Yet, it is really practical to whoever is in a hurry to see the entries.