diff --git a/config/es_template.json b/config/es_template.json
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+++ b/config/es_template.json
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+{
+  "order" : 0,
+  "template" : "{{ index }}",
+  "settings" : {
+    "index.refresh_interval" : "5s",
+    "analysis": {
+      "analyzer": {
+        "default": {
+          "filter": [
+            "standard", 
+            "lowercase", 
+            "word_delimiter"
+          ], 
+          "tokenizer": "keyword"
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  },
+  "mappings" : {
+    "_default_" : {
+      "dynamic_templates" : [ {
+        "string_fields" : {
+          "mapping" : {
+            "index" : "analyzed",
+            "omit_norms" : true,
+            "type" : "string",
+            "fields" : {
+              "raw" : {
+                "index" : "not_analyzed",
+                "ignore_above" : 256,
+                "type" : "string"
+              }
+            }
+          },
+          "match_mapping_type" : "string",
+          "match" : "*"
+        }
+      } ],
+      "_id": {
+        "type": "string",
+        "store": true,
+        "index": "not_analyzed"
+      },
+      "_timestamp": {
+        "enabled": true,
+        "store": true
+      },
+      "_all" : {
+        "enabled" : true
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/scripts/install_es_template.py b/scripts/install_es_template.py
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+++ b/scripts/install_es_template.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+import os, sys, json, requests
+from jinja2 import Template
+
+from hysds.celery import app
+
+
+def write_template(es_url, index, tmpl_file):
+    """Write template to ES."""
+
+    with open(tmpl_file) as f:
+        tmpl = Template(f.read()).render(index=index)
+    tmpl_url = "%s/_template/%s" % (es_url, index)
+    r = requests.delete(tmpl_url)
+    r = requests.put(tmpl_url, data=tmpl)
+    r.raise_for_status()
+    print r.json()
+    print "Successfully installed template %s at %s." % (index, tmpl_url)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    node = sys.argv[1]
+    if node == "mozart":
+        es_url = app.conf['JOBS_ES_URL']
+        indices = [ "containers", "job_specs", "hysds_ios" ]
+    elif node == "grq":
+        es_url = app.conf['GRQ_ES_URL']
+        indices = [ "hysds_ios" ]
+    else:
+        raise RuntimeError("Invalid node: %s" % node)
+    tmpl_file = os.path.normpath(os.path.abspath(os.path.join(
+        os.path.dirname(__file__), '..', 'config', 'es_template.json'
+    )))
+    for index in indices:
+        write_template(es_url, index, tmpl_file)
diff --git a/scripts/install_es_template.sh b/scripts/install_es_template.sh
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+++ b/scripts/install_es_template.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+BASE_PATH=$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE}")
+BASE_PATH=$(cd "${BASE_PATH}"; pwd)
+export PYTHONPATH=$BASE_PATH/..:$PYTHONPATH
+
+# install templates for containers, job_specs, and hysds_ios
+$BASE_PATH/install_es_template.py $*