diff --git a/db/migrate/20140128000001_add_search_index.rb b/db/migrate/20140128000001_add_search_index.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ad3521125
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/migrate/20140128000001_add_search_index.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+class AddSearchIndex < ActiveRecord::Migration
+  def up
+    Setting.create_or_update(
+      :title       => 'Elastic Search Endpoint URL',
+      :name        => 'es_url',
+      :area        => 'SearchIndex::ElasticSearch',
+      :description => 'Define endpoint of Elastic Search.',
+      :state       => '',
+      :frontend => false
+    )
+    Setting.create_or_update(
+      :title       => 'Elastic Search Endpoint User',
+      :name        => 'es_user',
+      :area        => 'SearchIndex::ElasticSearch',
+      :description => 'Define http basic auth user of Elastic Search.',
+      :state       => '',
+      :frontend => false
+    )
+    Setting.create_or_update(
+      :title       => 'Elastic Search Endpoint Password',
+      :name        => 'es_password',
+      :area        => 'SearchIndex::ElasticSearch',
+      :description => 'Define http basic auth password of Elastic Search.',
+      :state       => '',
+      :frontend => false
+    )
+    Setting.create_or_update(
+      :title       => 'Elastic Search Endpoint Index',
+      :name        => 'es_index',
+      :area        => 'SearchIndex::ElasticSearch',
+      :description => 'Define Elastic Search index name.',
+      :state       => 'zammad',
+      :frontend => false
+    )
+
+    Setting.set('es_url', 'http://217.111.80.181')
+    Setting.set('es_user', 'elasticsearch')
+    Setting.set('es_password', 'zammad')
+    Setting.set('es_index', Socket.gethostname + 'zammad')
+
+    Ticket.search_index_reload
+    User.search_index_reload
+    Organization.search_index_reload
+  end
+  def down
+  end
+end
diff --git a/lib/search_index_backend.rb b/lib/search_index_backend.rb
index 28f201778..50ae91320 100644
--- a/lib/search_index_backend.rb
+++ b/lib/search_index_backend.rb
@@ -1,10 +1,6 @@
 # Copyright (C) 2012-2013 Zammad Foundation, http://zammad-foundation.org/
 
 class SearchIndexBackend
-  @@index = "zammad_#{Rails.env}"
-  @@url   = 'http://217.111.80.181'
-  @@user  = 'elasticsearch'
-  @@pw    = 'zammad'
 
 =begin
 
@@ -16,15 +12,12 @@ add new object to search index
 
   def self.add(type, data)
 
-    url = "#{@@url}/#{@@index}/#{type}/#{data[:id]}"
+    url = build_url( type, data['id'] )
+    return if !url
 
     puts "# curl -X POST \"#{url}\" -d '#{data.to_json}'"
 
-    conn = Faraday.new( :url => url )
-    if @@user && @@pw
-      conn.basic_auth( @@user, @@pw )
-    end
-
+    conn     = connection( url )
     response = conn.post do |req|
       req.url url
       req.headers['Content-Type'] = 'application/json'
@@ -48,19 +41,13 @@ remove whole data from index
 =end
 
   def self.remove( type, o_id = nil )
-    if o_id
-      url = "#{@@url}/#{@@index}/#{type}/#{o_id}"
-    else
-      url = "#{@@url}/#{@@index}/#{type}"
-    end
+    url = build_url( type, o_id )
+    return if !url
 
     puts "# curl -X DELETE \"#{url}\""
 
-    conn = Faraday.new( :url => url )
-    if @@user && @@pw
-      conn.basic_auth( @@user, @@pw )
-    end
-    response = conn.delete url
+    conn     = connection( url )
+    response = conn.delete( url )
 #    puts response.body.to_s
     puts "# #{response.status.to_s}"
     return true if response.success?
@@ -79,4 +66,27 @@ return all activity entries of an user
   def self.search(user,limit)
   end
 
+  private
+
+  def self.build_url( type, o_id = nil )
+    index = Setting.get('es_index') + "_#{Rails.env}"
+    url   = Setting.get('es_url')
+    return if !url
+    if o_id
+      url = "#{url}/#{index}/#{type}/#{o_id}"
+    else
+      url = "#{url}/#{index}/#{type}"
+    end
+    url
+  end
+
+  def self.connection( url )
+    conn = Faraday.new( :url => url )
+    user = Setting.get('es_user')
+    pw   = Setting.get('es_password')
+    if user && !user.empty? && pw && !pw.empty?
+      conn.basic_auth( user, pw )
+    end
+    conn
+  end
 end
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