elasticsearch/docs/reference/indices/add-alias.asciidoc
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[[indices-add-alias]]
=== Create or update alias API
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<titleabbrev>Create or update alias</titleabbrev>
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.New API reference
[sidebar]
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For the most up-to-date API details, refer to {api-es}/group/endpoint-indices[Index APIs].
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Adds a data stream or index to an <<aliases,alias>>.
[source,console]
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PUT my-data-stream/_alias/my-alias
----
// TEST[setup:my_data_stream]
// TEST[teardown:data_stream_cleanup]
[[add-alias-api-request]]
==== {api-request-title}
`POST <target>/_alias/<alias>`
`POST <target>/_aliases/<alias>`
`PUT <target>/_alias/<alias>`
`PUT <target>/_aliases/<alias>`
[[add-alias-api-prereqs]]
==== {api-prereq-title}
* If the {es} {security-features} are enabled, you must have the `manage`
<<privileges-list-indices,index privilege>> for the alias and its data streams
or indices.
[[add-alias-api-path-params]]
==== {api-path-parms-title}
`<alias>`::
(Required, string) Alias to update. If the alias doesn't exist, the request
creates it. Index alias names support <<api-date-math-index-names,date math>>.
`<target>`::
(Required, string) Comma-separated list of data streams or indices to add.
Supports wildcards (`*`). Wildcard patterns that match both data streams and
indices return an error.
[[add-alias-api-query-params]]
==== {api-query-parms-title}
include::{es-ref-dir}/rest-api/common-parms.asciidoc[tag=timeoutparms]
[[add-alias-api-request-body]]
==== {api-request-body-title}
include::aliases.asciidoc[tag=alias-options]