# How to create tokenizer and analyzer in elasticsearch.yml

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-create-tokenizer-and-analyzer-in-elasticsearch-yml/39415>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [January 18, 2016, 3:32am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-create-tokenizer-and-analyzer-in-elasticsearch-yml/39415 "2016-01-18T03:32:35Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 8\
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**Author:** ![NgocPham](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ngocpham/32/6242_2.png) [@NgocPham](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/NgocPham)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2016, 3:32am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-create-tokenizer-and-analyzer-in-elasticsearch-yml/39415/1 "2016-01-18T03:32:35Z")

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Hi, im newbie in elasticsearch and i have a question. Please help me ☀

i have one command working like this 🙂

> curl -XPUT 'localhost:9200/number2' -d '

> {  
> "settings" : {  
> "analysis" : {  
> "analyzer" : {  
> "my\_ngram\_analyzer" : {  
> "tokenizer" : "my\_ngram\_tokenizer"  
> }  
> },  
> "tokenizer" : {  
> "my\_ngram\_tokenizer" : {  
> "type" : "nGram",  
> "min\_gram" : "1",  
> "max\_gram" : "1",  
> "token\_chars": ["letter", "digit"]  
> }  
> }  
> }  
> }  
> }'

Now i want config it in file config elasticsearch.yml . I dont know how to do it  
It maybe like this(i tried but error 🙂 )

```
index.analysis.analyzer:my_ngram_analyzer
index.analysis.analyzer.my_ngram_analyzer.tokenizer:my_ngram_tokenizer
index.analysis.tokenizer.......

```

Thanks for your help!

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**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2016, 3:42am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-create-tokenizer-and-analyzer-in-elasticsearch-yml/39415/2 "2016-01-18T03:42:39Z")

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I don't believe you can do that.

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**Author:** ![NgocPham](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ngocpham/32/6242_2.png) [@NgocPham](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/NgocPham)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2016, 3:54am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-create-tokenizer-and-analyzer-in-elasticsearch-yml/39415/3 "2016-01-18T03:54:03Z")

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i only want create one custom analyzer or one custom tokenizer in file config (or both :)) )

It impossible??

@warkolm

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**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2016, 3:55am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-create-tokenizer-and-analyzer-in-elasticsearch-yml/39415/4 "2016-01-18T03:55:02Z")

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Create it for what? All indices?

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**Author:** ![Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/christian_dahlqvist/32/4617_2.png) [@Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Christian_Dahlqvist)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2016, 3:59am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-create-tokenizer-and-analyzer-in-elasticsearch-yml/39415/5 "2016-01-18T03:59:31Z")

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This is not managed through the elasticsearch.yml file. You can use an [index template](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/indices-templates.html#indices-templates) if you want this mapping to apply to all or a subset of all created indices. You can also set it for specific indices using the [PUT mapping API](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/indices-put-mapping.html).

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**Author:** ![NgocPham](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ngocpham/32/6242_2.png) [@NgocPham](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/NgocPham)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2016, 4:03am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-create-tokenizer-and-analyzer-in-elasticsearch-yml/39415/6 "2016-01-18T04:03:29Z")

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@warkolm yes. All indeces maybe use custom analyzer . It use or not define by mapping properties.

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**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2016, 4:10am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-create-tokenizer-and-analyzer-in-elasticsearch-yml/39415/7 "2016-01-18T04:10:14Z")

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Then use a template as @Christian_Dahlqvist mentioned.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2017, 11:23pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-create-tokenizer-and-analyzer-in-elasticsearch-yml/39415/8 "2017-07-05T23:23:46Z")

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