# Elastic Migration API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/elastic/elastic-migration-api/  
**Provider:** Elastic — https://apis.io/providers/elastic/  
**Base URL:** https://api.elastic-cloud.com  
**Documentation:** https://www.elastic.co/docs/api/doc/elasticsearch

Elastic Migration API is one of 50 APIs that [Elastic](https://apis.io/providers/elastic/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification. This API exposes 1 JSON Schema definition. Tagged areas include Migration. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, and 1 JSON Schema.

The migration APIs power Kibana's Upgrade Assistant feature.

## Operations (9)

| Method | Path | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| POST | `/_migration/reindex/{index}/_cancel` | Cancel a migration reindex operation |
| PUT | `/_create_from/{source}/{dest}` | Create an index from a source index |
| POST | `/_create_from/{source}/{dest}` | Create an index from a source index |
| GET | `/_migration/reindex/{index}/_status` | Get the migration reindexing status |
| POST | `/_migration/reindex` | Reindex legacy backing indices |
| GET | `/_migration/deprecations` | Get deprecation information |
| GET | `/{index}/_migration/deprecations` | Get deprecation information |
| GET | `/_migration/system_features` | Get feature migration information |
| POST | `/_migration/system_features` | Start the feature migration |

## Machine-readable artifacts (5)

- **OpenAPI** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/elastic/refs/heads/main/openapi/elastic-migration-api-openapi.yml
- **Documentation** — https://www.elastic.co/docs/api/doc/elasticsearch
- **Documentation** — https://www.elastic.co/docs/api/doc/kibana
- **Documentation** — https://www.elastic.co/docs/api/doc/cloud
- **JSONSchema** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/elastic/refs/heads/main/json-schema/elastic-saved-object-schema.json

## Other Elastic APIs (12)

- [Elastic Account API](https://apis.io/apis/elastic/elastic-account-api/)
- [Elastic Cluster API](https://apis.io/apis/elastic/elastic-cluster-api/)
- [Elastic Deployments API](https://apis.io/apis/elastic/elastic-deployments-api/)
- [Elastic Documents API](https://apis.io/apis/elastic/elastic-documents-api/)
- [Elastic Indices API](https://apis.io/apis/elastic/elastic-indices-api/)
- [Elastic Search API](https://apis.io/apis/elastic/elastic-search-api/)
- [Elastic Security API](https://apis.io/apis/elastic/elastic-security-api/)
- [Elastic Spaces API](https://apis.io/apis/elastic/elastic-spaces-api/)
- [Elastic Status API](https://apis.io/apis/elastic/elastic-status-api/)
- [Elastic TrafficFilters API](https://apis.io/apis/elastic/elastic-trafficfilters-api/)
- [Elastic Analytics API](https://apis.io/apis/elastic/elastic-analytics-api/)
- [Elastic Cat API](https://apis.io/apis/elastic/elastic-cat-api/)

## Tags

Migration

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/apis/elastic/elastic-migration-api/). The API's provider profile, Kin Score and agent-readiness rating are at https://apis.io/providers/elastic/.