---
title: stack es indices create cli command
description: Create an index. Behaviour flags: --dry-run — validate all inputs and exit without performing any action 
url: https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/elastic/cli/pull/458/cli/stack/es/indices/create
---

# stack es indices create cli command
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</cli-modifiers>

```bash
elastic stack es indices create --index <index> [options]
```

Create an index.
**Behaviour flags:**
`--dry-run` — validate all inputs and exit without performing any action

## Options

<definitions>
  <definition term="--index string required">
    Name of the index you wish to create. Index names must meet the following criteria: * Lowercase only * Cannot include ``, `/`, `*`, `?`, `"`, `<`, `>`, `|`, ` ` (space character), `,`, or `#` * Indices prior to 7.0 could contain a colon (`:`), but that has been deprecated and will not be supported in later versions * Cannot start with `-`, `_`, or `+` * Cannot be `.` or `..` * Cannot be longer than 255 bytes (note thtat it is bytes, so multi-byte characters will reach the limit faster) * Names starting with `.` are deprecated, except for hidden indices and internal indices managed by plugins
  </definition>
  <definition term="--master-timeout string">
    Period to wait for a connection to the master node. If no response is received before the timeout expires, the request fails and returns an error.
  </definition>
  <definition term="--timeout string">
    Period to wait for a response. If no response is received before the timeout expires, the request fails and returns an error.
  </definition>
  <definition term="--wait-for-active-shards number">
    The number of shard copies that must be active before proceeding with the operation. Set to `all` or any positive integer up to the total number of shards in the index (`number_of_replicas+1`).
  </definition>
  <definition term="--aliases string">
    Aliases for the index.
  </definition>
  <definition term="--mappings string">
    Mapping for fields in the index. If specified, this mapping can include: - Field names - Field data types - Mapping parameters
  </definition>
  <definition term="--settings string">
    Configuration options for the index.
  </definition>
  <definition term="--input-file string">
    path to a JSON file to use as command input
  </definition>
  <definition term="--[no-]dry-run">
    validate all inputs and exit without performing any action (preview changes without applying them)
  </definition>
</definitions>


## Global Options

<definitions>
  <definition term="--[no-]json">
    output as JSON
  </definition>
</definitions>