# Import indices from snapshot

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/import-indices-from-snapshot/173391>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [March 21, 2019, 7:56pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/import-indices-from-snapshot/173391 "2019-03-21T19:56:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![nathanpaul8](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/41988e/32.png) [@nathanpaul8](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/nathanpaul8)\
**Post date:** [March 21, 2019, 7:56pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/import-indices-from-snapshot/173391/1 "2019-03-21T19:56:08Z")

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I have a cluster with snapshots. Can I import one index to JSON file directly from snapshot. Is there any Logstash plugin I can use. Or I have to restore to a new /existing ES and export. Please advise.

Thanks in advance.

NP

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**Author:** ![wangqinghuan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d26b3c/32.png) [@wangqinghuan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/wangqinghuan)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2019, 9:16am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/import-indices-from-snapshot/173391/2 "2019-03-22T09:16:40Z")

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Yes, you should restore to a ES cluster and export.

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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:** [April 19, 2019, 9:16am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/import-indices-from-snapshot/173391/3 "2019-04-19T09:16:46Z")

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