# How to export a cluster index? **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [October 21, 2011, 1:43pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-export-a-cluster-index/5658 "2011-10-21T13:43:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Spico\_Florin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/spico_florin/32/49309_2.png) [@Spico\_Florin](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Spico_Florin)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2011, 1:43pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-export-a-cluster-index/5658/1 "2011-10-21T13:43:26Z")
Hello! I have a cluster (7 machines) with 7 nodes and 7 shards. I would like to export the elastic search index in such a way it can be restore it on one machine. Is there any tool or command that will do that? I'll look forward for your answers. Thank you. Regards, Florin ---
**Author:** ![vineeth\_mohan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/bc79bd/32.png) [@vineeth\_mohan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/vineeth_mohan)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2011, 2:06pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-export-a-cluster-index/5658/2 "2011-10-21T14:06:32Z")
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**Author:** ![kimchy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/kimchy/32/44952_2.png) [@kimchy](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kimchy)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2011, 6:22pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-export-a-cluster-index/5658/3 "2011-10-21T18:22:24Z")
There isn't one specific, you can scan search the index and reindex it into another cluster. Do you want to start the whole 7 node cluster on a single machine? On Fri, Oct 21, 2011 at 3:43 PM, Spico Florin [spicoflorin@gmail.com](mailto:spicoflorin@gmail.com) wrote: > Hello! > I have a cluster (7 machines) with 7 nodes and 7 shards. I would like to > export the Elasticsearch index in such a way it can be restore it on one > machine. Is there any tool or command that will do that? > > I'll look forward for your answers. > Thank you. > Regards, > Florin ---
**Author:** ![Spico\_Florin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/spico_florin/32/49309_2.png) [@Spico\_Florin](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Spico_Florin)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2011, 4:34pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-export-a-cluster-index/5658/4 "2011-10-22T16:34:25Z")
Hello! Thanks for your answers. My export should export the index scattered on 7 machines to one machine. Due to the fact that the two clusters are not in the same network we should export the index in a file and then copy it to the destination machine. After the copy process, we would like to restore the index. The snapshot feature can help us? Regards, Florin On Fri, Oct 21, 2011 at 8:22 PM, Shay Banon [kimchy@gmail.com](mailto:kimchy@gmail.com) wrote: > There isn't one specific, you can scan search the index and reindex it into > another cluster. Do you want to start the whole 7 node cluster on a single > machine? > > On Fri, Oct 21, 2011 at 3:43 PM, Spico Florin [spicoflorin@gmail.com](mailto:spicoflorin@gmail.com)wrote: > > > Hello! > > I have a cluster (7 machines) with 7 nodes and 7 shards. I would like > > to export the Elasticsearch index in such a way it can be restore it on one > > machine. Is there any tool or command that will do that? > > > > I'll look forward for your answers. > > Thank you. > > Regards, > > Florin ---
**Author:** ![kimchy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/kimchy/32/44952_2.png) [@kimchy](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kimchy)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2011, 12:13am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-export-a-cluster-index/5658/5 "2011-10-23T00:13:50Z")
I suggest using the scan API then, no, the snapshot API will not help. On Sat, Oct 22, 2011 at 6:34 PM, Spico Florin [spicoflorin@gmail.com](mailto:spicoflorin@gmail.com) wrote: > Hello! > Thanks for your answers. My export should export the index scattered on 7 > machines to one machine. Due to the fact that the two clusters are not in > the same network we should export the index in a file and then copy it to > the destination machine. After the copy process, we would like to restore > the index. The snapshot feature can help us? > > Regards, > Florin > > On Fri, Oct 21, 2011 at 8:22 PM, Shay Banon [kimchy@gmail.com](mailto:kimchy@gmail.com) wrote: > > > There isn't one specific, you can scan search the index and reindex it > > into another cluster. Do you want to start the whole 7 node cluster on a > > single machine? > > > > On Fri, Oct 21, 2011 at 3:43 PM, Spico Florin [spicoflorin@gmail.com](mailto:spicoflorin@gmail.com)wrote: > > > > > Hello! > > > I have a cluster (7 machines) with 7 nodes and 7 shards. I would like > > > to export the Elasticsearch index in such a way it can be restore it on one > > > machine. Is there any tool or command that will do that? > > > > > > I'll look forward for your answers. > > > Thank you. > > > Regards, > > > Florin ---
**Author:** ![Andrej](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d9b06d/32.png) [@Andrej](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Andrej)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2011, 1:13pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-export-a-cluster-index/5658/6 "2011-11-29T13:13:53Z")
Shay, will scan search and reindexing work when I have an index where I exclude fields from \_source? When doing a scan search I can not retrieve all fields (cause they are just analyzed, not stored), right? So the new index wouldnt be equal. If so, what would be a good strategy? Thanks, Andrej On 21 Okt., 19:22, Shay Banon [kim...@gmail.com](mailto:kim...@gmail.com) wrote: > There isn't one specific, you can scan search the index and reindex it into > another cluster. Do you want to start the whole 7 node cluster on a single > machine? ---
**Author:** ![kimchy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/kimchy/32/44952_2.png) [@kimchy](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kimchy)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2011, 3:16pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-export-a-cluster-index/5658/7 "2011-11-29T15:16:33Z")
Right, if you don't store the whole \_source, you can't really reindex from elasticsearch, no black magic there... . You need to have the original content somewhere to reindex. On Tue, Nov 29, 2011 at 3:13 PM, Andrej Rosenheinrich \< [andrej.rosenheinrich@unister.de](mailto:andrej.rosenheinrich@unister.de)\> wrote: > Shay, will scan search and reindexing work when I have an index where > I exclude fields from \_source? When doing a scan search I can not > retrieve all fields (cause they are just analyzed, not stored), right? > So the new index wouldnt be equal. If so, what would be a good > strategy? > > Thanks, > Andrej > > On 21 Okt., 19:22, Shay Banon [kim...@gmail.com](mailto:kim...@gmail.com) wrote: > > > There isn't one specific, you can scan search the index and reindex it > > into > > another cluster. Do you want to start the whole 7 node cluster on a > > single > > machine? ---
**Author:** ![Andrej](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d9b06d/32.png) [@Andrej](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Andrej)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2011, 3:27pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-export-a-cluster-index/5658/8 "2011-11-29T15:27:12Z")
Considering that most talks about reindexing actually have backups in mind and that excluding fields from source creates problems here: would it be an (may be long term) option to include methods for backup of an index to ES? I'm sure I am not the only user with such an request ... On 29 Nov., 16:16, Shay Banon [kim...@gmail.com](mailto:kim...@gmail.com) wrote: > Right, if you don't store the whole \_source, you can't really reindex from > elasticsearch, no black magic there... . You need to have the original > content somewhere to reindex. > > On Tue, Nov 29, 2011 at 3:13 PM, Andrej Rosenheinrich \< > > [andrej.rosenheinr...@unister.de](mailto:andrej.rosenheinr...@unister.de)\> wrote: > > > Shay, will scan search and reindexing work when I have an index where > > I exclude fields from \_source? When doing a scan search I can not > > retrieve all fields (cause they are just analyzed, not stored), right? > > So the new index wouldnt be equal. If so, what would be a good > > strategy? > > > Thanks, > > Andrej > > > On 21 Okt., 19:22, Shay Banon [kim...@gmail.com](mailto:kim...@gmail.com) wrote: > > > > > There isn't one specific, you can scan search the index and reindex it > > > into > > > another cluster. Do you want to start the whole 7 node cluster on a > > > single > > > machine? ---
**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, 3:47am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-export-a-cluster-index/5658/9 "2017-07-06T03:47:05Z")