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These statements come off a little too strongly towards "don't use data streams if you *ever* have updates", but they do support updates when necessary, as long as the backing indices are used.
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[chapter]
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[[aliases]]
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= Aliases
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An alias is a secondary name for a group of data streams or indices. Most {es}
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APIs accept an alias in place of a data stream or index name.
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You can change the data streams or indices of an alias at any time. If you use
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aliases in your application's {es} requests, you can reindex data with no
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downtime or changes to your app's code.
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[discrete]
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[[alias-types]]
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=== Alias types
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There are two types of aliases:
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* A **data stream alias** points to one or more data streams.
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* An **index alias** points to one or more indices.
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An alias cannot point to both data streams and indices. You also cannot add a
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data stream's backing index to an index alias.
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[discrete]
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[[add-alias]]
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=== Add an alias
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To add an existing data stream or index to an alias, use the
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<<indices-aliases,aliases API>>'s `add` action. If the alias doesn't exist, the
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request creates it.
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[source,console]
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----
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POST _aliases
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{
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"actions": [
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{
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"add": {
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"index": "logs-nginx.access-prod",
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"alias": "logs"
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}
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}
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]
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}
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----
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// TEST[s/^/PUT _data_stream\/logs-nginx.access-prod\n/]
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The API's `index` and `indices` parameters support wildcards (`*`). Wildcard
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patterns that match both data streams and indices return an error.
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[source,console]
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----
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POST _aliases
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{
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"actions": [
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{
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"add": {
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"index": "logs-*",
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"alias": "logs"
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}
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}
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]
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}
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----
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// TEST[s/^/PUT _data_stream\/logs-nginx.access-prod\n/]
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[discrete]
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[[remove-alias]]
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=== Remove an alias
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To remove an alias, use the aliases API's `remove` action.
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[source,console]
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----
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POST _aliases
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{
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"actions": [
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{
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"remove": {
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"index": "logs-nginx.access-prod",
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"alias": "logs"
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}
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}
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]
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}
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----
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// TEST[continued]
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[discrete]
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[[multiple-actions]]
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=== Multiple actions
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You can use the aliases API to perform multiple actions in a single atomic
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operation.
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// tag::alias-multiple-actions-example[]
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For example, the `logs` alias points to a single data stream. The following
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request swaps the stream for the alias. During this swap, the `logs` alias has
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no downtime and never points to both streams at the same time.
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[source,console]
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----
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POST _aliases
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{
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"actions": [
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{
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"remove": {
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"index": "logs-nginx.access-prod",
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"alias": "logs"
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}
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},
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{
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"add": {
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"index": "logs-my_app-default",
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"alias": "logs"
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}
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}
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]
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}
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----
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// TEST[s/^/PUT _data_stream\/logs-nginx.access-prod\nPUT _data_stream\/logs-my_app-default\n/]
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// end::alias-multiple-actions-example[]
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[discrete]
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[[add-alias-at-creation]]
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=== Add an alias at index creation
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You can also use a <<indices-component-template,component>> or
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<<indices-put-template,index template>> to add index or data stream aliases
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when they are created.
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[source,console]
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----
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# Component template with index aliases
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PUT _component_template/my-aliases
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{
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"template": {
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"aliases": {
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"my-alias": {}
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}
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}
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}
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# Index template with index aliases
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PUT _index_template/my-index-template
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{
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"index_patterns": [
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"my-index-*"
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],
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"composed_of": [
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"my-aliases",
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"my-mappings",
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"my-settings"
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],
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"template": {
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"aliases": {
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"yet-another-alias": {}
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}
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}
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}
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----
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// TEST[s/,\n "my-mappings",\n "my-settings"//]
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// TEST[teardown:data_stream_cleanup]
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You can also specify index aliases in <<indices-create-index,create index API>>
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requests.
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[source,console]
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----
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# PUT <my-index-{now/d}-000001>
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PUT %3Cmy-index-%7Bnow%2Fd%7D-000001%3E
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{
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"aliases": {
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"my-alias": {}
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}
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}
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----
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[discrete]
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[[view-aliases]]
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=== View aliases
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To get a list of your cluster's aliases, use the <<indices-get-alias,get alias
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API>> with no argument.
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[source,console]
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----
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GET _alias
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----
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// TEST[s/^/PUT _data_stream\/logs-nginx.access-prod\nPUT logs-nginx.access-prod\/_alias\/logs\n/]
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Specify a data stream or index before `_alias` to view its aliases.
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[source,console]
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----
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GET my-data-stream/_alias
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----
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// TEST[s/^/PUT _data_stream\/logs-nginx.access-prod\nPUT logs-nginx.access-prod\/_alias\/logs\n/]
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// TEST[s/my-data-stream/logs-nginx.access-prod/]
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Specify an alias after `_alias` to view its data streams or indices.
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[source,console]
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----
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GET _alias/logs
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----
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// TEST[s/^/PUT _data_stream\/logs-nginx.access-prod\nPUT logs-nginx.access-prod\/_alias\/logs\n/]
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[discrete]
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[[write-index]]
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=== Write index
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You can use `is_write_index` to specify a write index or data stream for an
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alias. {es} routes any write requests for the alias to this index or data
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stream.
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[source,console]
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----
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POST _aliases
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{
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"actions": [
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{
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"add": {
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"index": "logs-nginx.access-prod",
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"alias": "logs"
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}
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},
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{
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"add": {
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"index": "logs-my_app-default",
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"alias": "logs",
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"is_write_index": true
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}
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}
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]
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}
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----
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// TEST[s/^/PUT _data_stream\/logs-nginx.access-prod\nPUT _data_stream\/logs-my_app-default\n/]
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include::{es-repo-dir}/indices/aliases.asciidoc[tag=write-index-defaults]
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TIP: We recommend using data streams to store append-only time series data. If
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you need to update or delete existing time series data, you can perform update or delete operations
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directly on the data stream backing index. If you frequently send multiple documents using the same
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`_id` expecting last-write-wins, you may want to use an index alias with a write index instead. See
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<<manage-time-series-data-without-data-streams>>.
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[discrete]
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[[filter-alias]]
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=== Filter an alias
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The `filter` option uses <<query-dsl,Query DSL>> to limit the documents an alias
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can access.
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[source,console]
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----
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POST _aliases
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{
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"actions": [
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{
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"add": {
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"index": "my-index-2099.05.06-000001",
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"alias": "my-alias",
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"filter": {
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"bool": {
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"filter": [
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{
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"range": {
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"@timestamp": {
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"gte": "now-1d/d",
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"lt": "now/d"
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}
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}
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},
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{
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"term": {
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"user.id": "kimchy"
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}
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}
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]
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}
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}
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}
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}
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]
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}
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----
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// TEST[s/^/PUT my-index-2099.05.06-000001\n/]
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[discrete]
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[[alias-routing]]
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=== Routing
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Use the `routing` option to <<mapping-routing-field,route>> requests for an
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alias to a specific shard. This lets you take advantage of
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<<shard-request-cache,shard caches>> to speed up searches. Data stream aliases
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do not support routing options.
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[source,console]
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----
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POST _aliases
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{
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"actions": [
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{
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"add": {
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"index": "my-index-2099.05.06-000001",
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"alias": "my-alias",
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"routing": "1"
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}
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}
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]
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}
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----
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// TEST[s/^/PUT my-index-2099.05.06-000001\n/]
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Use `index_routing` and `search_routing` to specify different routing values for
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indexing and search. If specified, these options overwrite the `routing` value
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for their respective operations.
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[source,console]
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----
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POST _aliases
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{
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"actions": [
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{
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"add": {
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"index": "my-index-2099.05.06-000001",
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"alias": "my-alias",
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"search_routing": "1",
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"index_routing": "2"
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}
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}
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]
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}
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----
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// TEST[s/^/PUT my-index-2099.05.06-000001\n/]
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