Snapshot
A snapshot is a backup of your cluster index(s). Snapshots are stored in a repository that has been registered before. A repository can contain multiple snapshots of the same cluster. A snapshot can be created by executing the following command:
curl -XPUT localhost:9200/_snapshot/my_backup/first_snapshot
The _snapshot is REST endpoint for snapshot operations. Its second parameter is a unique snapshot name. The preceding command creates a snapshot of all open and started indices in the cluster. If you want to back up a certain index, you must specify the list of indices in the body of the request:
curl -XPUT localhost:9200/_snapshot/my_backup/first_snapshot -d '{ "indices": "my_index", "ignore_unavailable": "true", "include_global_state": ...Get Elasticsearch Indexing now with the O’Reilly learning platform.
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