Chef recipes to create a daily index pattern in ES for Kibana 4.1.1, and declare that index as the default one

kibana.rb

http_request "create_daily_index_pattern" do
  url 'http://localhost:9200/.kibana/index-pattern/%5Blogstash-%5DYYYY.MM.DD'
  action :put
  headers ({ "Content-Type" => "application/json" })
  message ({ :title => "[logstash-]YYYY.MM.DD",
             :timeFieldName => "@timestamp",
             :intervalName => "days",
           }.to_json)
end

#XXX: Don't hardcode 4.1.1 (Kibana version)
http_request "make_index_pattern_default" do
  url 'http://localhost:9200/.kibana/config/4.1.1/_update'
  action :post
  headers ({ "Content-Type" => "application/json" })
  message ({ :doc => { :defaultIndex => "[logstash-]YYYY.MM.DD" },
             :doc_as_upsert => true
           }.to_json)
end