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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:

def _get_instance(hosts=None, profile=None):
    '''
    Return the elasticsearch instance
    '''
    es = None
    proxies = None
    use_ssl = False
    ca_certs = None
    verify_certs = True
    http_auth = None
    timeout = 10

    if profile is None:
        profile = 'elasticsearch'

    if isinstance(profile, six.string_types):
        _profile = __salt__['config.option'](profile, None)
    elif isinstance(profile, dict):
        _profile = profile
    if _profile:
        hosts = _profile.get('host', hosts)
        if not hosts:
            hosts = _profile.get('hosts', hosts)
        proxies = _profile.get('proxies', None)
        use_ssl = _profile.get('use_ssl', False)
        ca_certs = _profile.get('ca_certs', None)
        verify_certs = _profile.get('verify_certs', True)
        username = _profile.get('username', None)
        password = _profile.get('password', None)
        timeout = _profile.get('timeout', 10)

        if username and password:
            http_auth = (username, password)

    if not hosts:
        hosts = ['127.0.0.1:9200']
    if isinstance(hosts, six.string_types):
        hosts = [hosts]
    try:
        if proxies:
            # Custom connection class to use requests module with proxies
            class ProxyConnection(RequestsHttpConnection):
                def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
                    proxies = kwargs.pop('proxies', {})
                    super(ProxyConnection, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
                    self.session.proxies = proxies

            es = elasticsearch.Elasticsearch(
                hosts,
                connection_class=ProxyConnection,
                proxies=proxies,
                use_ssl=use_ssl,
                ca_certs=ca_certs,
                verify_certs=verify_certs,
                http_auth=http_auth,
                timeout=timeout,
            )
        else:
            es = elasticsearch.Elasticsearch(
                    hosts,
                    use_ssl=use_ssl,
                    ca_certs=ca_certs,
                    verify_certs=verify_certs,
                    http_auth=http_auth,
                    timeout=timeout,
                )

        # Try the connection
        es.info()
    except elasticsearch.exceptions.TransportError as err:
        raise CommandExecutionError(
            'Could not connect to Elasticsearch host/ cluster {0} due to {1}'.format(hosts, err))
    return es