Elastic Stack (ELK Stack) Searchable Snapshots API
The searchable_snapshots API from Elastic Stack (ELK Stack) — 7 operation(s) for searchable_snapshots.
The searchable_snapshots API from Elastic Stack (ELK Stack) — 7 operation(s) for searchable_snapshots.
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openapi: 3.2.0
info:
title: Elasticsearch Request & Response Specification Searchable Snapshots API
license:
name: Apache 2.0
url: https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch-specification/blob/main/LICENSE
version: ''
tags:
- name: searchable_snapshots
paths:
/_searchable_snapshots/cache/stats:
get:
tags:
- searchable_snapshots
summary: Get cache statistics
description: 'Get statistics about the shared cache for partially mounted indices.
## Required authorization
* Cluster privileges: `manage`
'
externalDocs:
description: More about searchable snapshots
url: https://www.elastic.co/docs/deploy-manage/tools/snapshot-and-restore/searchable-snapshots
x-previousVersionUrl: https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/8.19/searchable-snapshots-api-cache-stats.html
operationId: searchable-snapshots-cache-stats
responses:
'200':
$ref: '#/components/responses/searchable_snapshots.cache_stats-200'
x-state: Experimental; Added in 7.13.0
x-metaTags:
- content: Elasticsearch
name: product_name
/_searchable_snapshots/{node_id}/cache/stats:
get:
tags:
- searchable_snapshots
summary: Get cache statistics
description: 'Get statistics about the shared cache for partially mounted indices.
## Required authorization
* Cluster privileges: `manage`
'
externalDocs:
description: More about searchable snapshots
url: https://www.elastic.co/docs/deploy-manage/tools/snapshot-and-restore/searchable-snapshots
x-previousVersionUrl: https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/8.19/searchable-snapshots-api-cache-stats.html
operationId: searchable-snapshots-cache-stats-1
parameters:
- $ref: '#/components/parameters/searchable_snapshots.cache_stats-node_id'
responses:
'200':
$ref: '#/components/responses/searchable_snapshots.cache_stats-200'
x-state: Experimental; Added in 7.13.0
x-metaTags:
- content: Elasticsearch
name: product_name
/_searchable_snapshots/cache/clear:
post:
tags:
- searchable_snapshots
summary: Clear the cache
description: 'Clear indices and data streams from the shared cache for partially mounted indices.
## Required authorization
* Index privileges: `manage`
* Cluster privileges: `manage`
'
externalDocs:
description: More about searchable snapshots
url: https://www.elastic.co/docs/deploy-manage/tools/snapshot-and-restore/searchable-snapshots
x-previousVersionUrl: https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/8.19/searchable-snapshots-api-clear-cache.html
operationId: searchable-snapshots-clear-cache
parameters:
- $ref: '#/components/parameters/searchable_snapshots.clear_cache-expand_wildcards'
- $ref: '#/components/parameters/searchable_snapshots.clear_cache-allow_no_indices'
- $ref: '#/components/parameters/searchable_snapshots.clear_cache-ignore_unavailable'
responses:
'200':
$ref: '#/components/responses/searchable_snapshots.clear_cache-200'
x-state: Experimental; Added in 7.10.0
x-metaTags:
- content: Elasticsearch
name: product_name
/{index}/_searchable_snapshots/cache/clear:
post:
tags:
- searchable_snapshots
summary: Clear the cache
description: 'Clear indices and data streams from the shared cache for partially mounted indices.
## Required authorization
* Index privileges: `manage`
* Cluster privileges: `manage`
'
externalDocs:
description: More about searchable snapshots
url: https://www.elastic.co/docs/deploy-manage/tools/snapshot-and-restore/searchable-snapshots
x-previousVersionUrl: https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/8.19/searchable-snapshots-api-clear-cache.html
operationId: searchable-snapshots-clear-cache-1
parameters:
- $ref: '#/components/parameters/searchable_snapshots.clear_cache-index'
- $ref: '#/components/parameters/searchable_snapshots.clear_cache-expand_wildcards'
- $ref: '#/components/parameters/searchable_snapshots.clear_cache-allow_no_indices'
- $ref: '#/components/parameters/searchable_snapshots.clear_cache-ignore_unavailable'
responses:
'200':
$ref: '#/components/responses/searchable_snapshots.clear_cache-200'
x-state: Experimental; Added in 7.10.0
x-metaTags:
- content: Elasticsearch
name: product_name
/_snapshot/{repository}/{snapshot}/_mount:
post:
tags:
- searchable_snapshots
summary: Mount a snapshot
description: '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`
'
operationId: searchable-snapshots-mount
parameters:
- in: path
name: repository
description: The name of the repository containing the snapshot of the index to mount.
required: true
deprecated: false
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/_types.Name'
style: simple
- in: path
name: snapshot
description: The name of the snapshot of the index to mount.
required: true
deprecated: false
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/_types.Name'
style: simple
- in: query
name: master_timeout
description: 'The period to wait for the master node.
If the master node is not available before the timeout expires, the request fails and returns an error.
To indicate that the request should never timeout, set it to `-1`.'
deprecated: false
schema:
default: 30s
allOf:
- $ref: '#/components/schemas/_types.Duration'
style: form
- in: query
name: wait_for_completion
description: If true, the request blocks until the operation is complete.
deprecated: false
schema:
default: false
type: boolean
style: form
- in: query
name: storage
description: 'The mount option for the searchable snapshot index.
For further information on mount options, refer to: [Mount options](https://www.elastic.co/docs/deploy-manage/tools/snapshot-and-restore/searchable-snapshots#searchable-snapshot-mount-storage-options)'
deprecated: false
schema:
default: full_copy
allOf:
- $ref: '#/components/schemas/searchable_snapshots.mount.StorageOption'
style: form
requestBody:
content:
application/json:
schema:
type: object
properties:
index:
description: 'The name of the index contained in the snapshot whose data is to be mounted.
If no `renamed_index` is specified, this name will also be used to create the new index.'
allOf:
- $ref: '#/components/schemas/_types.IndexName'
renamed_index:
description: The name of the index that will be created.
allOf:
- $ref: '#/components/schemas/_types.IndexName'
index_settings:
description: The settings that should be added to the index when it is mounted.
type: object
additionalProperties:
type: object
ignore_index_settings:
description: The names of settings that should be removed from the index when it is mounted.
type: array
items:
type: string
required:
- index
examples:
SearchableSnapshotsMountSnapshotRequestExample1:
description: '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`.
'
value: "{\n \"index\": \"my_docs\",\n \"renamed_index\": \"docs\",\n \"index_settings\": {\n \"index.number_of_replicas\": 0\n },\n \"ignore_index_settings\": [ \"index.refresh_interval\" ]\n}"
required: true
responses:
'200':
description: ''
content:
application/json:
schema:
type: object
properties:
snapshot:
allOf:
- $ref: '#/components/schemas/searchable_snapshots.mount.MountedSnapshot'
required:
- snapshot
x-state: Generally available; Added in 7.10.0
x-metaTags:
- content: Elasticsearch
name: product_name
/_searchable_snapshots/stats:
get:
tags:
- searchable_snapshots
summary: Get searchable snapshot statistics
description: '
## Required authorization
* Index privileges: `manage`
* Cluster privileges: `manage`
'
operationId: searchable-snapshots-stats
parameters:
- $ref: '#/components/parameters/searchable_snapshots.stats-level'
responses:
'200':
$ref: '#/components/responses/searchable_snapshots.stats-200'
x-state: Generally available; Added in 7.10.0
x-metaTags:
- content: Elasticsearch
name: product_name
/{index}/_searchable_snapshots/stats:
get:
tags:
- searchable_snapshots
summary: Get searchable snapshot statistics
description: '
## Required authorization
* Index privileges: `manage`
* Cluster privileges: `manage`
'
operationId: searchable-snapshots-stats-1
parameters:
- $ref: '#/components/parameters/searchable_snapshots.stats-index'
- $ref: '#/components/parameters/searchable_snapshots.stats-level'
responses:
'200':
$ref: '#/components/responses/searchable_snapshots.stats-200'
x-state: Generally available; Added in 7.10.0
x-metaTags:
- content: Elasticsearch
name: product_name
components:
schemas:
_types.ShardStatistics:
type: object
properties:
failed:
description: The number of shards the operation or search attempted to run on but failed.
allOf:
- $ref: '#/components/schemas/_types.uint'
successful:
description: The number of shards the operation or search succeeded on.
allOf:
- $ref: '#/components/schemas/_types.uint'
total:
description: The number of shards the operation or search will run on overall.
allOf:
- $ref: '#/components/schemas/_types.uint'
failures:
type: array
items:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/_types.ShardFailure'
skipped:
allOf:
- $ref: '#/components/schemas/_types.uint'
required:
- failed
- successful
- total
_types.NodeId:
type: string
_types.IndexName:
type: string
_types.ShardFailure:
type: object
properties:
index:
allOf:
- $ref: '#/components/schemas/_types.IndexName'
node:
type: string
reason:
allOf:
- $ref: '#/components/schemas/_types.ErrorCause'
shard:
type: number
status:
type: string
primary:
type: boolean
required:
- reason
_types.Duration:
externalDocs:
url: https://www.elastic.co/docs/reference/elasticsearch/rest-apis/api-conventions#time-units
description: 'A duration. Units can be `nanos`, `micros`, `ms` (milliseconds), `s` (seconds), `m` (minutes), `h` (hours) and
`d` (days). Also accepts "0" without a unit and "-1" to indicate an unspecified value.'
oneOf:
- type: string
- type: string
enum:
- '-1'
- type: string
enum:
- '0'
searchable_snapshots.cache_stats.Shared:
type: object
properties:
reads:
type: number
bytes_read_in_bytes:
allOf:
- $ref: '#/components/schemas/_types.ByteSize'
writes:
type: number
bytes_written_in_bytes:
allOf:
- $ref: '#/components/schemas/_types.ByteSize'
evictions:
type: number
num_regions:
type: number
size_in_bytes:
allOf:
- $ref: '#/components/schemas/_types.ByteSize'
region_size_in_bytes:
allOf:
- $ref: '#/components/schemas/_types.ByteSize'
required:
- reads
- bytes_read_in_bytes
- writes
- bytes_written_in_bytes
- evictions
- num_regions
- size_in_bytes
- region_size_in_bytes
_types.ExpandWildcards:
oneOf:
- $ref: '#/components/schemas/_types.ExpandWildcard'
- type: array
items:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/_types.ExpandWildcard'
searchable_snapshots._types.StatsLevel:
type: string
enum:
- cluster
- indices
- shards
_types.ExpandWildcard:
type: string
enum:
- all
- open
- closed
- hidden
- none
_types.ByteSize:
oneOf:
- type: number
- type: string
_types.NodeIds:
oneOf:
- $ref: '#/components/schemas/_types.NodeId'
- type: array
items:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/_types.NodeId'
_types.uint:
type: number
_types.Indices:
oneOf:
- $ref: '#/components/schemas/_types.IndexName'
- type: array
items:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/_types.IndexName'
searchable_snapshots.mount.MountedSnapshot:
type: object
properties:
snapshot:
allOf:
- $ref: '#/components/schemas/_types.Name'
indices:
allOf:
- $ref: '#/components/schemas/_types.Indices'
shards:
allOf:
- $ref: '#/components/schemas/_types.ShardStatistics'
required:
- snapshot
- indices
- shards
searchable_snapshots.cache_stats.Node:
type: object
properties:
shared_cache:
allOf:
- $ref: '#/components/schemas/searchable_snapshots.cache_stats.Shared'
required:
- shared_cache
_types.ErrorCause:
description: 'Cause and details about a request failure. This class defines the properties common to all error types.
Additional details are also provided, that depend on the error type.'
type: object
properties:
type:
description: The type of error
type: string
reason:
description: A human-readable explanation of the error, in English.
oneOf:
- type: string
- type:
- string
- 'null'
stack_trace:
description: The server stack trace. Present only if the `error_trace=true` parameter was sent with the request.
type: string
caused_by:
allOf:
- $ref: '#/components/schemas/_types.ErrorCause'
root_cause:
type: array
items:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/_types.ErrorCause'
suppressed:
type: array
items:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/_types.ErrorCause'
required:
- type
_types.Name:
type: string
searchable_snapshots.mount.StorageOption:
type: string
enum:
- full_copy
- shared_cache
parameters:
searchable_snapshots.clear_cache-ignore_unavailable:
in: query
name: ignore_unavailable
description: 'If `false`, the request returns an error if it targets a concrete (non-wildcarded)
index, alias, or data stream that is missing, closed, or otherwise unavailable.
If `true`, unavailable concrete targets are silently ignored.'
deprecated: false
schema:
type: boolean
style: form
searchable_snapshots.cache_stats-node_id:
in: path
name: node_id
description: The names of the nodes in the cluster to target.
required: true
deprecated: false
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/_types.NodeIds'
style: simple
searchable_snapshots.clear_cache-index:
in: path
name: index
description: 'A comma-separated list of data streams, indices, and aliases to clear from the cache.
It supports wildcards (`*`).'
required: true
deprecated: false
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/_types.Indices'
style: simple
searchable_snapshots.stats-index:
in: path
name: index
description: A comma-separated list of data streams and indices to retrieve statistics for.
required: true
deprecated: false
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/_types.Indices'
style: simple
searchable_snapshots.clear_cache-allow_no_indices:
in: query
name: allow_no_indices
description: 'A setting that does two separate checks on the index expression.
If `false`, the request returns an error (1) if any wildcard expression
(including `_all` and `*`) resolves to zero matching indices or (2) if the
complete set of resolved indices, aliases or data streams is empty after all
expressions are evaluated. If `true`, index expressions that resolve to no
indices are allowed and the request returns an empty result.'
deprecated: false
schema:
type: boolean
style: form
searchable_snapshots.stats-level:
in: query
name: level
description: Return stats aggregated at cluster, index or shard level
deprecated: false
schema:
default: indices
allOf:
- $ref: '#/components/schemas/searchable_snapshots._types.StatsLevel'
style: form
searchable_snapshots.clear_cache-expand_wildcards:
in: query
name: expand_wildcards
description: Whether to expand wildcard expression to concrete indices that are open, closed or both
deprecated: false
schema:
default: open
allOf:
- $ref: '#/components/schemas/_types.ExpandWildcards'
style: form
responses:
searchable_snapshots.clear_cache-200:
description: ''
content:
application/json:
schema:
type: object
searchable_snapshots.cache_stats-200:
description: ''
content:
application/json:
schema:
type: object
properties:
nodes:
type: object
additionalProperties:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/searchable_snapshots.cache_stats.Node'
required:
- nodes
examples:
CacheStatsResponseExample1:
description: A successful response from `GET /_searchable_snapshots/cache/stats`.
value: "{\n \"nodes\" : {\n \"eerrtBMtQEisohZzxBLUSw\" : {\n \"shared_cache\" : {\n \"reads\" : 6051, // The number of cache region read operations. If reads > writes, the difference represents requests successfully served from the cache without accessing the snapshot repository.\n \"bytes_read_in_bytes\" : 5448829,\n \"writes\" : 37, // The number of cache region write operations. If reads == writes, every request required fetching data from the snapshot repository into the cache.\n \"bytes_written_in_bytes\" : 1208320,\n \"evictions\" : 5, // The number of cache region evictions. A low eviction count indicates the cache is effectively serving requests. Use this metric to evaluate cache sizing.\n \"num_regions\" : 65536,\n \"size_in_bytes\" : 1099511627776,\n \"region_size_in_bytes\" : 16777216 // The size of each cache region. A region is a contiguous byte range stored on local disk.\n }\n }\n }\n}"
searchable_snapshots.stats-200:
description: ''
content:
application/json:
schema:
type: object
properties:
stats:
type: object
total:
type: object
required:
- stats
- total