# How to set replication to async for a index **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [June 10, 2014, 1:01am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-set-replication-to-async-for-a-index/18002 "2014-06-10T01:01:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Jinyuan\_Zhou](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/jinyuan_zhou/32/90185_2.png) [@Jinyuan\_Zhou](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Jinyuan_Zhou)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2014, 1:01am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-set-replication-to-async-for-a-index/18002/1 "2014-06-10T01:01:20Z")
Hi there, I am new to ES. I understand the concept but cannot find documentation about where to put the setting. Thanks, Jack -- 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). To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/d93b0067-921b-4887-9c63-b51adc23e648%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/d93b0067-921b-4887-9c63-b51adc23e648%40googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
**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:** [June 10, 2014, 1:05am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-set-replication-to-async-for-a-index/18002/2 "2014-06-10T01:05:25Z")
> **[Elasticsearch Platform — Find real-time answers at scale](https://www.elastic.co)** > > Power insights and outcomes with the Elasticsearch Platform and AI. See into your data and find answers that matter with enterprise solutions designed to help you build, observe, and protect. Try Elasticsearch free today. will do it Regards, Mark Walkom Infrastructure Engineer Campaign Monitor email: [markw@campaignmonitor.com](mailto:markw@campaignmonitor.com) web: [www.campaignmonitor.com](http://www.campaignmonitor.com) On 10 June 2014 11:01, Jinyuan Zhou [zhou.jinyuan@gmail.com](mailto:zhou.jinyuan@gmail.com) wrote: > Hi there, > I am new to ES. I understand the concept but cannot find documentation > about where to put the setting. > Thanks, > Jack > > -- > 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). > To view this discussion on the web visit > [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/d93b0067-921b-4887-9c63-b51adc23e648%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/d93b0067-921b-4887-9c63-b51adc23e648%40googlegroups.com) > [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/d93b0067-921b-4887-9c63-b51adc23e648%40googlegroups.com?utm\_medium=email&utm\_source=footer](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/d93b0067-921b-4887-9c63-b51adc23e648%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer) > . > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). -- 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). To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CAEM624YVSWUnjuqxVuny1v3DTFA-4zB8j7pzh%2B\_WLC44AMHS\_w%40mail.gmail.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CAEM624YVSWUnjuqxVuny1v3DTFA-4zB8j7pzh%2B_WLC44AMHS_w%40mail.gmail.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
**Author:** ![Jinyuan\_Zhou](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/jinyuan_zhou/32/90185_2.png) [@Jinyuan\_Zhou](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Jinyuan_Zhou)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2014, 1:17am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-set-replication-to-async-for-a-index/18002/3 "2014-06-10T01:17:24Z")
Thanks Mark, the page explain what needs to effectively be done but not how to achieve it. I just need an example. is it something like settings { ..... "mapping.allow\_type\_wrapper":true, ... "replication": "async" ... } in the index's setting? Thanks, Jack On Mon, Jun 9, 2014 at 6:05 PM, Mark Walkom [markw@campaignmonitor.com](mailto:markw@campaignmonitor.com) wrote: > [Elasticsearch Platform — Find real-time answers at scale | Elastic](http://www.elasticsearch.org/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/docs-index_.html#index-replication) > will do it > > Regards, > Mark Walkom > > Infrastructure Engineer > Campaign Monitor > email: [markw@campaignmonitor.com](mailto:markw@campaignmonitor.com) > web: [www.campaignmonitor.com](http://www.campaignmonitor.com) > > On 10 June 2014 11:01, Jinyuan Zhou [zhou.jinyuan@gmail.com](mailto:zhou.jinyuan@gmail.com) wrote: > > > Hi there, > > I am new to ES. I understand the concept but cannot find documentation > > about where to put the setting. > > Thanks, > > Jack > > > > -- > > 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). > > > > To view this discussion on the web visit > > [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/d93b0067-921b-4887-9c63-b51adc23e648%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/d93b0067-921b-4887-9c63-b51adc23e648%40googlegroups.com) > > [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/d93b0067-921b-4887-9c63-b51adc23e648%40googlegroups.com?utm\_medium=email&utm\_source=footer](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/d93b0067-921b-4887-9c63-b51adc23e648%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer) > > . > > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > [https://groups.google.com/d/topic/elasticsearch/-tgX1F\_IzSA/unsubscribe](https://groups.google.com/d/topic/elasticsearch/-tgX1F_IzSA/unsubscribe). > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). > To view this discussion on the web visit > [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CAEM624YVSWUnjuqxVuny1v3DTFA-4zB8j7pzh%2B\_WLC44AMHS\_w%40mail.gmail.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CAEM624YVSWUnjuqxVuny1v3DTFA-4zB8j7pzh%2B_WLC44AMHS_w%40mail.gmail.com) > [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CAEM624YVSWUnjuqxVuny1v3DTFA-4zB8j7pzh%2B\_WLC44AMHS\_w%40mail.gmail.com?utm\_medium=email&utm\_source=footer](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CAEM624YVSWUnjuqxVuny1v3DTFA-4zB8j7pzh%2B_WLC44AMHS_w%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer) > . > > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). -- -- Jinyuan (Jack) Zhou -- 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). To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CANBTPCF78w0H4Kmj3Jj1AaPtdvr0TAkwMi3-5juGY57KAoGSrg%40mail.gmail.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CANBTPCF78w0H4Kmj3Jj1AaPtdvr0TAkwMi3-5juGY57KAoGSrg%40mail.gmail.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
**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:** [June 10, 2014, 1:29am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-set-replication-to-async-for-a-index/18002/4 "2014-06-10T01:29:16Z")
Yep that looks fine. Regards, Mark Walkom Infrastructure Engineer Campaign Monitor email: [markw@campaignmonitor.com](mailto:markw@campaignmonitor.com) web: [www.campaignmonitor.com](http://www.campaignmonitor.com) On 10 June 2014 11:17, Jinyuan Zhou [zhou.jinyuan@gmail.com](mailto:zhou.jinyuan@gmail.com) wrote: > Thanks Mark, > the page explain what needs to effectively be done but not how to achieve > it. I just need an example. > is it something like > > settings { > ..... > "mapping.allow\_type\_wrapper":true, > ... > "replication": "async" > ... > } > > in the index's setting? > > Thanks, > Jack > > On Mon, Jun 9, 2014 at 6:05 PM, Mark Walkom [markw@campaignmonitor.com](mailto:markw@campaignmonitor.com) > wrote: > > > [Elasticsearch Platform — Find real-time answers at scale | Elastic](http://www.elasticsearch.org/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/docs-index_.html#index-replication) > > will do it > > > > Regards, > > Mark Walkom > > > > Infrastructure Engineer > > Campaign Monitor > > email: [markw@campaignmonitor.com](mailto:markw@campaignmonitor.com) > > web: [www.campaignmonitor.com](http://www.campaignmonitor.com) > > > > On 10 June 2014 11:01, Jinyuan Zhou [zhou.jinyuan@gmail.com](mailto:zhou.jinyuan@gmail.com) wrote: > > > > > Hi there, > > > I am new to ES. I understand the concept but cannot find documentation > > > about where to put the setting. > > > Thanks, > > > Jack > > > > > > -- > > > 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). > > > > > > To view this discussion on the web visit > > > [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/d93b0067-921b-4887-9c63-b51adc23e648%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/d93b0067-921b-4887-9c63-b51adc23e648%40googlegroups.com) > > > [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/d93b0067-921b-4887-9c63-b51adc23e648%40googlegroups.com?utm\_medium=email&utm\_source=footer](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/d93b0067-921b-4887-9c63-b51adc23e648%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer) > > > . > > > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > > Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. > > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > > [https://groups.google.com/d/topic/elasticsearch/-tgX1F\_IzSA/unsubscribe](https://groups.google.com/d/topic/elasticsearch/-tgX1F_IzSA/unsubscribe). > > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > > [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). > > To view this discussion on the web visit > > [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CAEM624YVSWUnjuqxVuny1v3DTFA-4zB8j7pzh%2B\_WLC44AMHS\_w%40mail.gmail.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CAEM624YVSWUnjuqxVuny1v3DTFA-4zB8j7pzh%2B_WLC44AMHS_w%40mail.gmail.com) > > [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CAEM624YVSWUnjuqxVuny1v3DTFA-4zB8j7pzh%2B\_WLC44AMHS\_w%40mail.gmail.com?utm\_medium=email&utm\_source=footer](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CAEM624YVSWUnjuqxVuny1v3DTFA-4zB8j7pzh%2B_WLC44AMHS_w%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer) > > . > > > > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). > > -- > -- Jinyuan (Jack) Zhou > > -- > 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). > To view this discussion on the web visit > [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CANBTPCF78w0H4Kmj3Jj1AaPtdvr0TAkwMi3-5juGY57KAoGSrg%40mail.gmail.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CANBTPCF78w0H4Kmj3Jj1AaPtdvr0TAkwMi3-5juGY57KAoGSrg%40mail.gmail.com) > [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CANBTPCF78w0H4Kmj3Jj1AaPtdvr0TAkwMi3-5juGY57KAoGSrg%40mail.gmail.com?utm\_medium=email&utm\_source=footer](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CANBTPCF78w0H4Kmj3Jj1AaPtdvr0TAkwMi3-5juGY57KAoGSrg%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer) > . > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. 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