Executing a snapshot

In the previous recipe, we defined a repository. Now you can create snapshots of indices. For every repository, it's possible to define multiple snapshots.

Getting ready

You need a working ElasticSearch cluster and the repository created in the previous recipe.

How to do it...

To manage a snapshot, we will perform the following:

• To create a snapshot called snap_1 for the indices test and test1, the HTTP method is PUT and the curl command is:

  curl -XPUT "localhost:9200/_snapshot/my_backup/snap_1?wait_for_completion=true" -d '{
    "indices": " test-index,test-2",
    "ignore_unavailable": "true",
    "include_global_state": false
  }'
  

  The result will be as follows:

  {
    "snapshot" : {
      "snapshot" : "snap_1",
      "indices" : [ "test-index" ],
      "state" : "SUCCESS",
      "start_time" : "2014-11-13T21:40:45.406Z",
      ...