Mount a snapshot

POST /_snapshot/{repository}/{snapshot}/_mount

Mount a snapshot as a searchable snapshot index. Do not use this API for snapshots managed by index lifecycle management (ILM). Manually mounting ILM-managed snapshots can interfere with ILM processes.

Required authorization

Index privileges: manage
Cluster privileges: manage

Path Parameters

Query Parameters

Request

Response

application/json

Examples

Run POST /_snapshot/my_repository/my_snapshot/_mount?wait_for_completion=true to mount the index my_docs from an existing snapshot named my_snapshot stored in my_repository as a new index docs.

Request Console 1 / 8 languages

Console Kibana Dev Tools

POST /_snapshot/my_repository/my_snapshot/_mount?wait_for_completion=true
{
  "index": "my_docs",
  "renamed_index": "docs",
  "index_settings": {
    "index.number_of_replicas": 0
  },
  "ignore_index_settings": [ "index.refresh_interval" ]
}

JavaScript Elasticsearch JavaScript Client

const response = await client.searchableSnapshots.mount({
  repository: "my_repository",
  snapshot: "my_snapshot",
  wait_for_completion: "true",
  index: "my_docs",
  renamed_index: "docs",
  index_settings: {
    "index.number_of_replicas": 0,
  },
  ignore_index_settings: ["index.refresh_interval"],
});

Python Elasticsearch Python Client

resp = client.searchable_snapshots.mount(
    repository="my_repository",
    snapshot="my_snapshot",
    wait_for_completion=True,
    index="my_docs",
    renamed_index="docs",
    index_settings={
        "index.number_of_replicas": 0
    },
    ignore_index_settings=[
        "index.refresh_interval"
    ],
)

curl Shell

curl -X POST "$ELASTICSEARCH_URL/_snapshot/my_repository/my_snapshot/_mount?wait_for_completion=true" \
  -H "Authorization: ApiKey $ELASTIC_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "index": "my_docs",
    "renamed_index": "docs",
    "index_settings": {
      "index.number_of_replicas": 0
    },
    "ignore_index_settings": [
      "index.refresh_interval"
    ]
  }'

Java Elasticsearch Java Client

client.searchableSnapshots().mount(m -> m
    .ignoreIndexSettings("index.refresh_interval")
    .index("my_docs")
    .indexSettings("index.number_of_replicas", JsonData.fromJson("0"))
    .renamedIndex("docs")
    .repository("my_repository")
    .snapshot("my_snapshot")
    .waitForCompletion(true)
);

C# Elasticsearch .NET Client

var response = await client.SearchableSnapshots
    .MountAsync(repository: "my_repository", snapshot: "my_snapshot", d1 => d1
        .WaitForCompletion(true)
        .IgnoreIndexSettings("index.refresh_interval")
        .Index("my_docs")
        .IndexSettings(new Dictionary<string, object>()
        {
            { "index.number_of_replicas", 0 }
        })
        .RenamedIndex("docs")
    );

PHP Elasticsearch PHP Client

$resp = $client->searchableSnapshots()->mount([
    "repository" => "my_repository",
    "snapshot" => "my_snapshot",
    "wait_for_completion" => "true",
    "body" => [
        "index" => "my_docs",
        "renamed_index" => "docs",
        "index_settings" => [
            "index.number_of_replicas" => 0,
        ],
        "ignore_index_settings" => array(
            "index.refresh_interval",
        ),
    ],
]);

Ruby Elasticsearch Ruby Client

response = client.searchable_snapshots.mount(
  repository: "my_repository",
  snapshot: "my_snapshot",
  wait_for_completion: "true",
  body: {
    "index": "my_docs",
    "renamed_index": "docs",
    "index_settings": {
      "index.number_of_replicas": 0
    },
    "ignore_index_settings": [
      "index.refresh_interval"
    ]
  }
)

Response

No example

Required authorization

Path Parameters { repository , snapshot , }

Query Parameters { master_timeout , wait_for_completion , storage , }

Request { index , renamed_index , index_settings , ignore_index_settings , }

Response

Path Parameters

Query Parameters

Request