---
title: indices
description: This setting must be a list of indices to restore.  Any valid YAML format for lists are acceptable here.  If indices is left empty, or unset, all indices...
url: https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/3016/reference/elasticsearch/curator/option_indices
products:
  - Elasticsearch
  - Elasticsearch Curator
---

# indices
<note>
  This setting is only used by the [restore](https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/3016/reference/elasticsearch/curator/restore) action.
</note>


## [restore](https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/3016/reference/elasticsearch/curator/restore)

```yaml
actions:
  1:
    action: restore
    description: Restore my_index from my_snapshot in my_repository
    options:
      repository: my_repository
      name: my_snapshot
      indices: my_index
      wait_for_completion: True
      max_wait: 3600
      wait_interval: 10
    filters:
    - filtertype: state
      state: SUCCESS
      exclude:
    - filtertype: ...
```

This setting must be a list of indices to restore.  Any valid YAML format for lists are acceptable here.  If `indices` is left empty, or unset, all indices in the snapshot will be restored.
The default value of this setting is an empty setting.