# Creating an index and alias in the same request
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/creating-an-index-and-alias-in-the-same-request/6670
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [February 10, 2012, 12:54pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/creating-an-index-and-alias-in-the-same-request/6670 "2012-02-10T12:54:48Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)
#### Post date: [February 10, 2012, 12:54pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/creating-an-index-and-alias-in-the-same-request/6670/1 "2012-02-10T12:54:48Z")
Hi,
Is there anyway to create an index and set an alias name on it with only
one request ?
Something like :
curl -XPUT [http://localhost:9200/twitter/](http://localhost:9200/twitter/) -d '
{
"settings": {
"number\_of\_shards": 3,
"number\_of\_replicas": 2
},
"alias": [
"myalias"
]
}
'
Thanks,
David.
--
David Pilato
[http://dev.david.pilato.fr/](http://dev.david.pilato.fr/)
Twitter : @dadoonet
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### Author:  [@kimchy](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kimchy)
#### Post date: [February 12, 2012, 1:34pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/creating-an-index-and-alias-in-the-same-request/6670/2 "2012-02-12T13:34:49Z")
No, there ins't an option to do so (at least not for a complex alias, with routing and other parameters). You can open an issue...
On Friday, February 10, 2012 at 2:54 PM, [david@pilato.fr](mailto:david@pilato.fr) wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Is there anyway to create an index and set an alias name on it with only one request ?
>
> Something like :
>
> curl -XPUT [http://localhost:9200/twitter/](http://localhost:9200/twitter/) -d '
>
> {
> "settings": {
> "number\_of\_shards": 3,
> "number\_of\_replicas": 2
> },
> "alias": [
> "myalias"
> ]
> }
> '
>
> Thanks,
>
> David.
>
> --
> David Pilato
> [http://dev.david.pilato.fr/](http://dev.david.pilato.fr/)
> Twitter : @dadoonet
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### Author:  [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)
#### Post date: [February 12, 2012, 1:59pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/creating-an-index-and-alias-in-the-same-request/6670/3 "2012-02-12T13:59:47Z")
Ok thanks. Issue opened here : [https://github.com/elasticsearch/elasticsearch/issues/1695](https://github.com/elasticsearch/elasticsearch/issues/1695)
I would be pleased to try to implement it. Could you give an advice on some classes I should look at to start ?
Thanks,
David.
De : [elasticsearch@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch@googlegroups.com) [[mailto:elasticsearch@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch@googlegroups.com)] De la part de Shay Banon
Envoyé : dimanche 12 février 2012 14:35
À : [elasticsearch@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch@googlegroups.com)
Objet : Re: Creating an index and alias in the same request
No, there ins't an option to do so (at least not for a complex alias, with routing and other parameters). You can open an issue...
On Friday, February 10, 2012 at 2:54 PM, david@pilato.fr wrote:
Hi,
Is there anyway to create an index and set an alias name on it with only one request ?
Something like :
curl -XPUT [http://localhost:9200/twitter/](http://localhost:9200/twitter/) -d '
{
"settings": {
"number\_of\_shards": 3,
"number\_of\_replicas": 2
},
"alias": [
"myalias"
]
}
'
Thanks,
David.
--
David Pilato
[http://dev.david.pilato.fr/](http://dev.david.pilato.fr/)
Twitter : @dadoonet
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### Author:  [@kimchy](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kimchy)
#### Post date: [February 12, 2012, 4:52pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/creating-an-index-and-alias-in-the-same-request/6670/4 "2012-02-12T16:52:47Z")
Lets talk it over on the issue.
On Sunday, February 12, 2012 at 3:59 PM, David Pilato wrote:
> Ok thanks. Issue opened here : [Creating an index and alias in the same request · Issue #1695 · elastic/elasticsearch · GitHub](https://github.com/elasticsearch/elasticsearch/issues/1695)
>
> I would be pleased to try to implement it. Could you give an advice on some classes I should look at to start ?
>
> Thanks,
> David.
>
> De : [elasticsearch@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch@googlegroups.com) [[mailto:elasticsearch@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch@googlegroups.com)] De la part de Shay Banon
> Envoyé : dimanche 12 février 2012 14:35
> À : [elasticsearch@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch@googlegroups.com) ([mailto:elasticsearch@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch@googlegroups.com))
> Objet : Re: Creating an index and alias in the same request
>
> No, there ins't an option to do so (at least not for a complex alias, with routing and other parameters). You can open an issue...
>
> On Friday, February 10, 2012 at 2:54 PM, [david@pilato.fr](mailto:david@pilato.fr) ([mailto:david@pilato.fr](mailto:david@pilato.fr)) wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > Is there anyway to create an index and set an alias name on it with only one request ?
> >
> > Something like :
> >
> > curl -XPUT [http://localhost:9200/twitter/](http://localhost:9200/twitter/) -d '
> >
> > {
> > "settings": {
> > "number\_of\_shards": 3,
> > "number\_of\_replicas": 2
> > },
> > "alias": [
> > "myalias"
> > ]
> > }
> > '
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > David.
> >
> > --
> > David Pilato
> > [http://dev.david.pilato.fr/](http://dev.david.pilato.fr/)
> > Twitter : @dadoonet
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 6, 2017, 3:39am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/creating-an-index-and-alias-in-the-same-request/6670/5 "2017-07-06T03:39:43Z")