Freeze index APIedit
Freezes an index.
Requestedit
POST /<index>/_freeze
Descriptionedit
A frozen index has almost no overhead on the cluster (except for maintaining its metadata in memory), and is blocked for write operations. See Frozen Indices and Unfreeze index.
Path Parametersedit
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index(required) - (string) Identifier for the index
Examplesedit
The following example freezes and unfreezes an index:
POST /my_index/_freeze POST /my_index/_unfreeze
Freezing an index will close the index and reopen it within the same API call. This causes primaries to not be allocated for a short amount of time and causes the cluster to go red until the primaries are allocated again. This limitation might be removed in the future.