bug 1094767; crashstorage type for new ES module

This PR introduces a crashstorage type for the new ES module.  It also modifies the `ConnectionContext` class to bring it in line with the patterns established in the other `external` modules.  The changes to the context required some other modifications to be made to the index creation class (and associated tests).

`r?` @AdrianGaudebert @twobraids 
This was lifted from the old module. IndexCreator should deal with its own problems, so a try/except block here doesn't add anything helpful - I'll just remove this block for now.