Delete Indices
action: delete_indices
description: "Delete selected indices"
options:
continue_if_exception: False
filters:
- filtertype: ...
Note
Empty values and commented lines will result in the default value, if any, being selected. If a setting is set, but not used by a given action, it will be ignored.
This action deletes the selected indices.
In clusters which are overcrowded with indices, or a high number of shards per node, deletes can take a longer time to process. In such cases, it may be helpful to set a higher timeout than is set in the configuration file. You can override that request_timeout as follows:
action: delete_indices
description: "Delete selected indices"
options:
timeout_override: 300
continue_if_exception: False
filters:
- filtertype: ...
Tip
See an example of this action in an actionfile here.