[Docs] Indicate that CCR does not auto-follow existing indices, only newly created ones (#89498)

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@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ example, `cluster.es.eastus2.staging.azure.foundit.no:9400` or
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.API example
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You can also use the <<cluster-update-settings,cluster update settings API>> to
You can also use the <<cluster-update-settings,cluster update settings API>> to
add a remote cluster:
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@ -192,8 +192,8 @@ image::images/ccr-follower-index.png["The Cross-Cluster Replication page in {kib
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.API example
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You can also use the <<ccr-put-follow,create follower API>> to create follower
indices. When you create a follower index, you must reference the remote cluster
You can also use the <<ccr-put-follow,create follower API>> to create follower
indices. When you create a follower index, you must reference the remote cluster
and the leader index that you created in the remote cluster.
When initiating the follower request, the response returns before the
@ -247,7 +247,9 @@ POST /server-metrics-follower/_ccr/unfollow
You use <<ccr-auto-follow,auto-follow patterns>> to automatically create new
followers for rolling time series indices. Whenever the name of a new index on
the remote cluster matches the auto-follow pattern, a corresponding follower
index is added to the local cluster.
index is added to the local cluster. Note that only indices created on the
remote cluster after the auto-follow pattern is created will be auto-followed:
existing indices on the remote cluster are ignored even if they match the pattern.
An auto-follow pattern specifies the remote cluster you want to replicate from,
and one or more index patterns that specify the rolling time series indices you