[role="xpack"]
[[indices-migrate-to-data-stream]]
=== Migrate to data stream API
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<titleabbrev>Migrate to data stream</titleabbrev>
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Converts an <<aliases,index alias>> to a <<data-streams,data stream>>.

////
[source,console]
----
POST idx1/_doc/
{
    "message" : "testing",
    "@timestamp" : "2020-01-01"
}

POST idx2/_doc/
{
    "message" : "testing2",
    "@timestamp" : "2020-01-01"
}

POST /_aliases
{
  "actions": [
    {
      "add": {
        "index": "idx1",
        "alias": "my-logs",
        "is_write_index": true
      }
    },
    {
      "add": {
        "index": "idx2",
        "alias": "my-logs"
      }
    }
  ]
}

PUT /_index_template/template
{
  "index_patterns": ["my-logs*"],
  "data_stream": { }
}
----
////

[source,console]
----
POST /_data_stream/_migrate/my-logs
----
// TEST[continued]

////
[source,console]
-----------------------------------
DELETE /_data_stream/my-logs
DELETE /_index_template/template
-----------------------------------
// TEST[continued]
////

[[indices-migrate-to-data-stream-request]]
==== {api-request-title}

`POST /_data_stream/_migrate/<alias>`

[[indices-migrate-to-data-stream-prereqs]]
==== {api-prereq-title}

* If the {es} {security-features} are enabled, you must have the `manage`
<<privileges-list-indices,index privilege>> for the index alias.

* A matching <<index-templates,index template>> with data stream enabled.
See <<set-up-a-data-stream>>.

[[indices-migrate-to-data-stream-api-path-params]]
==== {api-path-parms-title}

`<alias>`::
+
--
(Required, string)
Name of the index alias to convert to a data stream. The alias must meet the
following criteria:

- The alias must have a <<write-index,write index>>.
- All indices for the alias have a `@timestamp` field mapping of a `date` or `date_nanos` field type.
- The alias must not have any <<filter-alias,filters>>.
- The alias must not use <<alias-routing,custom routing>>.

If successful, the request removes the alias and creates a data stream with the
same name. The alias's indices become hidden backing indices for the stream. The
alias's write index becomes the stream's write index.
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