# Automatically create shards
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/automatically-create-shards/319613
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [November 23, 2022, 5:21am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/automatically-create-shards/319613 "2022-11-23T05:21:25Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@dms6978](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dms6978)
#### Post date: [November 23, 2022, 5:21am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/automatically-create-shards/319613/1 "2022-11-23T05:21:25Z")
Is there a way to automatically create a shard in one index when the specified shard capacity is full like index rollover?
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### Author:  [@Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Christian_Dahlqvist)
#### Post date: [November 23, 2022, 5:48am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/automatically-create-shards/319613/2 "2022-11-23T05:48:50Z")
No. Increasing the number of primary shards require the use of the [split index API](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/8.5/indices-split-index.html) which will create a new index with a larger number of primary shards.
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### Author:  [@dms6978](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dms6978)
#### Post date: [November 23, 2022, 5:54am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/automatically-create-shards/319613/3 "2022-11-23T05:54:09Z")
Thank you for your answer!
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [December 21, 2022, 5:54am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/automatically-create-shards/319613/4 "2022-12-21T05:54:48Z")
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