# How to move index to new server without direct connection?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-move-index-to-new-server-without-direct-connection/231397>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [May 6, 2020, 7:32pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-move-index-to-new-server-without-direct-connection/231397 "2020-05-06T19:32:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![guibarati](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/848f3c/32.png) [@guibarati](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/guibarati)\
**Post date:** [May 6, 2020, 7:32pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-move-index-to-new-server-without-direct-connection/231397/1 "2020-05-06T19:32:16Z")

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Is it possible to move index data through file transfer?  
I need to move a few indices to a new server but the current and new server networks don't have connectivity to each other. How can I save the index in a manner that it can be downloaded on the other end and imported into the cluster?

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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:** [May 6, 2020, 9:53pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-move-index-to-new-server-without-direct-connection/231397/2 "2020-05-06T21:53:00Z")

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If you want to move things between clusters, which is what you seem to be asking, then check out snapshot and restore.

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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:** [June 3, 2020, 9:53pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-move-index-to-new-server-without-direct-connection/231397/3 "2020-06-03T21:53:02Z")

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