Unfollow APIedit
Converts a follower index to a regular index.
Descriptionedit
This API stops the following task associated with a follower index and removes index metadata and settings associated with cross-cluster replication. This enables the index to treated as a regular index. The follower index must be paused and closed before invoking the unfollow API.
Currently cross-cluster replication does not support converting an existing regular index to a follower index. Converting a follower index to a regular index is an irreversible operation.
Requestedit
POST /<follower_index>/_ccr/unfollow
Path Parametersedit
-
follower_index
(required) - (string) the name of the follower index
Authorizationedit
If the Elasticsearch security features are enabled, you must have manage_follow_index
index privileges for the follower index. For more information, see
Security privileges.
Exampleedit
This example converts follower_index
from a follower index to a regular index:
POST /follower_index/_ccr/unfollow
The API returns the following result:
{ "acknowledged" : true }