# Elasticsearch index as a key/object storage **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [January 29, 2013, 5:12pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-index-as-a-key-object-storage/10544 "2013-01-29T17:12:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Eugene\_Strokin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/eugene_strokin/32/1238_2.png) [@Eugene\_Strokin](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Eugene_Strokin)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2013, 5:12pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-index-as-a-key-object-storage/10544/1 "2013-01-29T17:12:08Z")
Hello, one of my index doesn't need any searching. All I need there is just to get document's source by ID. Document is a free structure, could have any kind of fields which I don't know upfront. Could you please help me with mapping? Strangely, I couldn't find any way to say: don't index my document no matter structure it would be, just store it with some ID. Thanks in advance, Eugene -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/groups/opt\_out](https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out). ---
**Author:** ![ppearcy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ppearcy/32/980_2.png) [@ppearcy](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ppearcy)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2013, 5:48pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-index-as-a-key-object-storage/10544/2 "2013-01-29T17:48:21Z")
Hey, You should do the following: - Disable dynamic mapping when you create the index (index.mapper.dynamic == 0) - Enable storing of the \_source That should be it. You will the need to use the GET API to access. Best Regards, Paul On Tuesday, January 29, 2013 10:12:08 AM UTC-7, Eugene Strokin wrote: > Hello, > one of my index doesn't need any searching. All I need there is just to > get document's source by ID. Document is a free structure, could have any > kind of fields which I don't know upfront. > Could you please help me with mapping? Strangely, I couldn't find any way > to say: don't index my document no matter structure it would be, just store > it with some ID. > Thanks in advance, > Eugene -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/groups/opt\_out](https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out). ---
**Author:** ![Eugene\_Strokin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/eugene_strokin/32/1238_2.png) [@Eugene\_Strokin](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Eugene_Strokin)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2013, 9:12pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-index-as-a-key-object-storage/10544/3 "2013-01-29T21:12:56Z")
Thank you Paul. Just wanted to share an example for somebody who would have same question later: Here how you create such index: curl -XPUT '[http://localhost:9200/MyIndexName/](http://localhost:9200/MyIndexName/)' -d ' { "index": { "mapper": { "dynamic": false }, "number\_of\_shards": 5, "number\_of\_replicas": 1 } }' Correct me if I'm wrong, but looks like it works. Thanks, Eugene On Tuesday, January 29, 2013 12:48:21 PM UTC-5, ppearcy wrote: > Hey, > You should do the following: > > - Disable dynamic mapping when you create the index (index.mapper.dynamic > == 0) > - Enable storing of the \_source > > That should be it. You will the need to use the GET API to access. > > Best Regards, > Paul > > On Tuesday, January 29, 2013 10:12:08 AM UTC-7, Eugene Strokin wrote: > > > Hello, > > one of my index doesn't need any searching. All I need there is just to > > get document's source by ID. Document is a free structure, could have any > > kind of fields which I don't know upfront. > > Could you please help me with mapping? Strangely, I couldn't find any way > > to say: don't index my document no matter structure it would be, just store > > it with some ID. > > Thanks in advance, > > Eugene -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/groups/opt\_out](https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out). ---
**Author:** ![Clinton\_Gormley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/50afbb/32.png) [@Clinton\_Gormley](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Clinton_Gormley)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2013, 9:53am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-index-as-a-key-object-storage/10544/4 "2013-01-30T09:53:03Z")
On Tue, 2013-01-29 at 13:12 -0800, Eugene Strokin wrote: > Thank you Paul. > Just wanted to share an example for somebody who would have same > question later: I'd consider setting the "enabled" property on the default mapping instead: curl -XPUT '[http://127.0.0.1:9200/my\_index/?pretty=1](http://127.0.0.1:9200/my_index/?pretty=1)' -d ' { "mappings" : { "_default_" : { "enabled" : false } } } ' clint -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/groups/opt\_out](https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out). ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 2:53am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-index-as-a-key-object-storage/10544/5 "2017-07-06T02:53:59Z")
Closed on July 6, 2017, 2:53am UTC