On January 9, 2020, Elastic announced the beta release of Elastic Cloud Control (ecctl) version 1.0.0, a command-line tool designed to interact with the Elastic Cloud Enterprise (ECE) REST API. This tool is intended for users who prefer terminal-based operations, offering an interface to create and manage deployments with features like autocomplete and an accessible help menu. The ecctl tool simplifies ECE installation management by automating tasks, and it can integrate with CI/CD pipelines, onboarding, and other scenarios. Users can install ecctl via Brew on macOS or download the binary, and configure it using the "ecctl init" command. Additionally, Elastic provides a Golang SDK, available on their GitHub, to programmatically interact with the REST API, fostering automation in Go applications. Both ecctl and the SDK are open-source under an Apache 2 license, encouraging feedback and contributions from the community.