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
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.